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Police, Journalists Held by Ecuador Protesters

The weeklong protests in Ecuador took an alarming turn Thursday when indigenous protesters took several police officers hostage and paraded them before an angry crowd in the capital Quito.

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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

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In 2019, a girl eats lunch in the Hanaq Chuquibamba community in Peru.

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Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria

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On 11 October 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, a woman holds a child as families displaced...

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After this year’s Climate Action Summit, what happens next?

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The Chullpia community in Peru has developed floating solar panels to provide electricity for...

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