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Indonesian fishermen have rescued hundreds of Bangladeshis and Rohingya from Myanmar this month, including these children.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Sixth Asia Leadership Conference, held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

A rescued boat woman and her two children eat some welcome food at a centre in Kuala Cangkoi, Indonesia.

The first UNHCR flights bringing urgently needed aid to war-ravaged Yemen arrived in Sana'a on Friday. Up to four more flights will follow in coming days with blankets, kitchen sets and sleeping mats from UNHCR stockpiles in Dubai.

UNHCR is working to relocate thousands of Burundians who have fled to Tanzanian territory on Lake Tanganyika, using an old ferry that can carry a maximum of 600 people.

Children queue up at the UNRWA medical point in Yalda.

Dozens of children have been killed, at least 12 raped and others abducted and recruited in a series of attacks in South Sudan’s Unity State over a two-week period, according to eyewitness accounts received by UNICEF.

People risking sea journeys across the Bay of Bengal often set sail at night.

UNHCR is working to relocate thousands of Burundians who have fled to Tanzanian teritory on Lake Tanganyika, using an old ferry that can carry a maximum of 600 people.

More than 24,000 Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned home so far this year; since 2002 some 5.8 million Afghans have repatriated from Pakistan and Iran.