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Bomb-damaged buildings in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv
More young lives lost in Ukraine, as UN chief repeats call for a 'just, comprehensive and sustainable peace'

Russian drone strikes on Ukraine overnight including in the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia reportedly killed at least 14 people – including three children.

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Peace and Security
In Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, escalating violence has become a grim reality that is displacing thousands.
First Person: 'Tomorrow is too late' to scale up humanitarian aid in Haiti

As gang violence across Haiti escalates, and the United States and other donors reduce their humanitarian funding, 1.3 million people who have fled their homes are facing the direst of consequences.

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Humanitarian Aid
A wide view of the UN Security Council chamber as members meet on Sudan and South Sudan.
South Sudanese 'are counting on us', top UN official tells Security Council

Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan on Monday.

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Peace and Security
A group of students wait in line to get vaccinated against Measles-Rubella during the Outbreak Response Immunization campaign in Mahottari district of Madhesh Province.
Rubella eliminated as a public health problem in Nepal: WHO

Nepal has eliminated rubella as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday, hailing the breakthrough as a "remarkable achievement".

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Health
 Viktoriia Tiutiunnyk, an assistant external relations officer working in Ukraine for the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
First Person: On Ukraine's frontlines, humanitarians risk all to bring hope

UN aid worker Viktoriia Tiutiunnyk embodies the resilience and compassion driving humanitarian efforts on the frontlines of the battle for Ukraine. Displaced from the Luhansk region following Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, she now helps others to navigate the trauma of displacement.

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Migrants and Refugees
Access to safe drinking water in Gaza has been severely compromised due to the ongoing war, extensive damage to civilian infrastructure, relentless displacementand severe restrictions on fuel and other supplies.
World News in Brief: Gaza aid crisis latest, deadly floods in India and Pakistan, funding cuts exacerbate Somalia drought

UN aid teams in Gaza say that they're only able to get less than half the lifesaving food support that is needed into the war-torn enclave.

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Peace and Security
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