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'All of humanity is part of this story,' UNESCO says on Day to remember slavery and its abolition

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Shackles used to bind slaves.

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Risking it all to escape gang violence and poverty

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Alexis, 18, with his brother Wilson, 6, and their pet, a Caracara, at home in Omoa, Honduras.

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More than three million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report

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Displacement site in Khamer, Amran Governorate, Yemen. About 200 families of the muhamasheen minority,...

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UNHCR report notes fall in refugee child detention in focus countries

Two reports issued on 18 August show that 12 countries taking part in a UNHCR strategy to end detention of asylum seekers and refugees have made important progress towards ending detention of children over the past two years.

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