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UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien (3rd left) visits the city of Homs, Syria.

A young boy waits while his family is given humanitarian assistance in Lopez de Micay, Colombia.

Bernard, 50, is blind and lives now under a mango tree in the bush some 15 km east of Maridi after fleeing ethnic violence in his home town of Maridi. He told UNHCR staff that he ran for his life with the help of his wife and son.

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien, on visit to Yemen, talks with an elderly man who said his home was burnt to the ground during fighting.

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.