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Durable ceasefire needed as ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ leaves millions suffering in Yemen – UN relief chief

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Boys hold shrapnel from exploded artillery shells while standing on a street damaged by blasts in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.

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Violent attacks reported against civilians fleeing ISIL-controlled areas of Iraq – UN human rights office

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Children in the Khanke Camp near Dohuk city, Iraq, which mainly houses Yazidis fleeing from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

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Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp turns three, challenges for the future of thousands living there

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View over Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan housing over 80,000 Syrian Refugees. This Wednesday marks three years since it was set up.

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Top UN relief official in Yemen warns of conflict’s ‘catastrophic’ consequences; urges humanitarian access

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Abdallah and his six-year-old son stand in what used to be the entrance of their home, in Sana’a’s Bayt Mayad neighbourhood.

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‘Paralyzing’ funding gap forces shutdown of 80 per cent of frontline health services in war-torn Iraq – UN

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Polio vaccination campaign in Iraq – August 2014.

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Talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour father who died for his art

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Abdirahim with his stepfather Muhamed after receiving his Certificate of Achievement for the 'My Somalia' art competition.

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Three months on from first Nepal quake, children still at risk

UNICEF provides $15 million in cash transfers to most vulnerable families

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Thirteen-year-old Anjali listens to her grandfather Dil Bahadur Darain speak about his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, who died during the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.

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Decisive action by Israel and Palestinians can dispel view that peace process ‘on life support’ – UN envoy

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UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process Nickolay Mladenov briefs the Security Council.

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Families flee militant-held Fallujah after months of violence.

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Rasmiyya, 65, wipes a tear from her eye as she recalls the story of losing her leg, as she sits in her tent in a camp for internally displaced Iraqis in Dhuha al-Rawii in Baghdad's western Mansour district.

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Libya: UN mission calls for immediate ceasefire as fresh violence erupts across country's southern region

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A girl looks out of her house window in Benghazi, Libya.