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Young people must have ‘a seat at the table’ in peace efforts: Guterres

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In Glasgow, Scotland, people take part in a demonstration for climate action, led by youth climate activists and organized on the sidelines of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

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80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami

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Damage caused in Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, by the volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami on 15 January 2022.

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Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life

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Women at the UNICEF-supported Mirza Mohammad Khan clinic in Afghanistan.

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Tonga volcanic eruption: Too soon to assess damage

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Explosive eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 15, 2022.

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Horrors of Hiroshima, a reminder nuclear weapons remain global threat

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Erico Platt looks at the disarmament exhibition that she staged, "Three Quarters of a Century After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Hibakusha—Brave Survivors Working for a Nuclear-Free World".

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Scores of civilians dead, UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in Nigeria

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Internally displaced mothers and their children attend a WFP famine assessment in Borno State, Nigeria.

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UNESCO condemns killing of journalist in Myanmar

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Dusk approaches in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Harsh winter fuels ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

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Smoke rises from the chimneys of houses in a camp for displaced people during a harsh winter in Afghanistan.

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Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing

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Greece’s Aegean coast.

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‘Grasp this opportunity’, Guterres says, following announcements by Ethiopia and Tigray forces

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A family from Samre, in south-western Tigray, walked for two days to reach a camp for displaced people in Mekelle.