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Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned

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From left to right: Abdulrahman, aged three, sits on the laps of his father Yasin, 24. They are among 41 survivors of a boat...

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Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

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Cate Blanchett meets young Syrian refugees at Mazboud Community Center in Lebanon, in this May 2015 file photograph.

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Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

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A displaced woman stands in a temporary longhouse shelter in Minbya township, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

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Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

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105 tonnes of ivory from over 7,000 elephants and 1.35 tonnes of rhino horn was burned in Nairobi, Kenya, on 30...

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