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UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a press conference at the Intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

All-women driving school founders Mana, left, and Ghalia, right, proudly pose next to their car.

Fatima, 34, has two small children, Kharuan and Kaphin. Thanks to a Greek family she has found a new life after fleeing Syria and war.

Destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra (April 2016)

The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution on the UN Peacebuilding Architecture. The General Assembly also adopted a substantively identical resolution, with the two resolutions providing renewed momentum for the focus on ‘sustaining peace’ within the UN system.

A view of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Ibrahim Al-Hussein carries the Olympic torch inside the Eleonas temporary accommodation site in Athens.

The 7th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) kicks off at the Baku Convention Centre in Azerbaijan on 26 April 2016.

UN peacekeepers in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution imposing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).