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Philomène, a CAR refugee and a former school director, in the field where she works, near Meiganga, eastern Cameroon.

Hovig Ashjian, a refugee from Aleppo, Syria, arrived with his family in Armenia in the autumn of 2012. Thanks to a rental subsidy scheme, they are able to afford a small apartment in Yerevan.

To reap a demographic dividend, countries must empower, educate and employ their young people.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the media on allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR).

A woman and her children collect firewood and paper for baking bread in Ezbet Abd Rabbo, Gaza.

Abdur Rehman talking to a student in one of his schools in Attock.

Suffering displacement, injury and even death, children continue to bear unacceptable consequences of the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza.

Somali refugees return to Somalia from Kenya – a short flight, but for many a journey of a lifetime.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front, left) and his wife, Yoo Soon-taek (beside Mr. Ban), solemnly lay a wreath at the Hypocenter Monument at Nagasaki Peace Park, Japan during a visit in August 2010.

A group of Syrian refugees arrive on the island of Lesbos after traveling in an inflatable raft from Turkey, near Skala Sykaminias, Greece.