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Refugees on the move in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

U.S. President Barack Obama has marked the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying the United States looks forward to improved relations with Venezuela.

China's government promised to fight corruption, improve the environment and grow the economy as its annual parliamentary session got underway Tuesday.

Syrian rebels appear to have captured the northern city of Raqqa, in one of the biggest gains of their two-year revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

People reported standing in line for several hours before casting their vote in Kenya’s general elections in Gatundu, Kenya, March 4, 2013.”

Kenyans are voting to elect the country’s fourth president since independence. Police have issued warnings of possible violence during the poll.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Joint Special Representative of the UN and League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis.

Women sit together outside a dormitory at the Heal Africa Transit Center for victims of sexual violence.

Ms. Jody Williams,1997 Nobel Peace Laureate and founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, addresses an annual meeting of the Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva on December 4, 2012.

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman briefs the Security Council on the Middle East.