World | WPN World People News

A child watches a truck carrying humanitarian aid for the besieged town of Moadamiyeh in February. In all, UNICEF delivered 16 truckloads of winter clothing and diapers.

Army 1st Lt. Joseph Ross, 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 29th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, provides security after exiting from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during tactical insertion training at the 25th ID Lightning Academy’s Jungle Operations Training Center in Hawaii, March 23, 2016. Students learn how to operate in a jungle environment and practice skills focused on survival, communication, navigation, and waterborne and patrol-base operations. Ross grew up in York, Pennsylvania, and said stories he heard from his grandfather, a World War II veteran, influenced his decision to join the military.

A five-day training course for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their operational awareness to detect forged travel documents started on 4 April in Cherkasy. This course will be followed by an advanced train-the-trainer programme from 11 to 16 April 2016.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The aftermath of a bombing by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

The World Bank will support the efforts of Hubballi-Dharwad, the second largest urban centre in Karnataka, to become one of the first Indian cities to provide citywide, continuous, piped water supply to its residents.

Displaced women sit in the ashes of their shelter which was burnt during the fighting and fires on 17 and 18 2016 February in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joins United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at a high-level conference in Geneva calling for more options for Syrian refugees.

President Schulz addressing the House of Representatives of Cyprus

Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.