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Laimdota Straujuma during her speech at the European Parliament

Donald Tusk's first visit as President of the European Council to the European Parliament in Strasbourg to debate the outcome of the December EU summit.

Wide view of the Security Council in session.

MEPs discussed the recent cases of migrants smuggled in cargo ships from Turkey to Italy and abandoned at sea by the crew and other incidents in the Mediterranean with Commissioner Avramopoulos on Tuesday evening. The new routes used by smugglers, the role of the EU border agency Frontex, legal channels of migration to the EU and a comprehensive approach to migration came under the spotlight.

According to UN estimates, nearly 440,000 people remain displaced inside the Central African Republic (CAR) while some 190,000 have sought asylum across the borders.

A group of Nigerian refugees rest in the Cameroon town of Mora after fleeing armed Boko Haram attacks.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Indian Council of World Affairs.

A minute of silence in the European Parliament hemicycle to pay triubute to the victims of Paris terrorism attacks #JeSuisCharlie

The Haitian government and the UN Operations have teamed up with project 16/6 - a rebuilding initiative that includes construction training programs.

Appalled by the escalating bloodshed at the hands of Boko Haram in northern Nigeria over the past week, capped by reports that suspected child suicide bombers attacked a crowded market in war-torn Borno state, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Anthony Lake, head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), have both strongly condemned the terrorist group's “depraved act.”