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Joint MONUSCO/FARDC patrol in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

A young new arrival at Jordan’s Za’tari camp. His family fled violence in Syria’s Daraa governorate.

Two United Nations employees have been sentenced by a Myanmar court in connection with the violent unrest that recently gripped the country’s Rakhine state in June, a spokesperson for the Organization said today.

Maxwell Gaylard, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, and other UN officials at press conference launching new report.

Spc. Andrew Simmons, and Army Sgt. Adam Priebe, both assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), provide security outside the Shigal Girl's School in Kunar Province, Afghanistan while members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar visit the school to check on the status of construction. The members of Company A serve as the PRT’s security element and have earned high praise from the PRT commander.

Syrians were burying dozens of bodies Sunday, as activists said the death toll from a five-day massacre in a town near Damascus has reached at least 320.

Special Representative Augustine Mahiga greets members of the Technical Selection Committee.

United Nations nuclear agency officials are meeting Friday in Vienna with representatives from Iran over access to a nuclear site the U.N. agency suspects was used for research related to nuclear weapon development.

One year ago, Somalia’s capital Mogadishu had an image of a war zone. Presidential candidates today are campaigning with election posters hanging on buildings, main roads and even on cars. One sign shopowner said campaign excitement not only is good for business, but also is important for the country's stability.

Combat engineers from the Canadian Army and the Washington Army National Guard transport two Canadian military police vehicles up the Columbia River here using bridge boat pontoons Aug. 20 as part of training exercise Kootenay Castor 2012. The vehicles are being relocated to support the main training event of the exercise.