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A woman walks past destroyed apartment buildings and vehicles in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

1,000 days of war in Ukraine: UN support remains steadfast

As Russia’s assault on Ukraine reaches its 1000th day, the UN continues to provide much-needed assistance, in areas ranging from humanitarian aid, to healthcare, sanitation and ensuring the safety and security of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

Atomic bombs: The second the world changed

The remains of a wristwatch found in the ruins of Hiroshima, Japan, records the moment of the atomic bomb explosion at 8:15am local time on 6 August 1945. (file)

Faces of Gaza, one year on

The town of Khan Younis, like many areas of the Gaza Strip, has been decimated by the war.

Thousands descend on UN for busiest week of the year

Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session.

Timor-Leste’s 25-year-long path to freedom and democracy

Voters in Timor Leste celebrate their right to vote in the 30 August 1999 referendum on self-rule.

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Searching for safety in Gaza

People in Gaza have been displaced multiple times and are living in makeshift shelters.

A young child peers through the ripped side of a shelter in the Gaza Strip.

Two children stand at the back of a truck as their family flees Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Children share a small amount of food provided by the UN's World Food Programme.

A UN vehicle passes through the ruins of Gaza City.

Two children play outside a shelter in Gaza fashioned from material including from the UN.

A 13-year-old boy recovers at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip after his crushed and gangrenous lower arm was amputated.

Much of Khan Younis lies in ruins.

PHOTO STORY: 6 months of Gaza conflict leaves many close to famine

The escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip is having a catastrophic impact on children.

Many children in Gaza are showing signs of severe acute malnutrition and drastic weight loss.

Emergency medical supplies are delivered to the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

Children in Gaza have been forced to evacuate their homes and live in makeshift shelters with their familes.

At Rafah’s Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital, 77 babies share 20 incubators.

A three-year-old is screened for malnutrition at pediatrician clinic set up in a tent in Rafah, southern Gaza.

A young patient is visited during a joint mission by WHO, OCHA, UNRWA and UNDSS to a hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.

Displaced children eat high energy biscuits at a makeshift shelter in central Gaza.

Displaced Gazans are living in tents made of cloth and plastic.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A UNDP expert inspects a war-damaged building. Before starting the work of clearing debris, each site is carefully inspected for the presence of dangerous objects, such as unexploded ordnance.

IOM mobile teams are conducting renovation works in several regions heavily affected by shelling.

An elderly woman uses the Ukrainian digital platform Diia, which is aptly described as “the state in a smartphone”. UNDP in Ukraine supports Diia and helps older people to strengthen their digital skills.

Children in Kharkiv attend school classes underground to stay safe.

A Ukrainian developer prepares to present new technology for humanitarian mine action. UNDP Ukraine, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and the Kyiv School of Economics, are testing a range of robotic technologies.

East Expo 2023 in Kyiv supported small and medium-sized business expansion in war-affected areas of Ukraine.

Wrecked tanks in the village of Dmitrovka, near Bucha, Ukraine.

Gaza’s displaced children: ‘A heartbreaking story of loss and grief’

A boy walks thoughtfully as he inspects the rubble of destroyed houses in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

We have just witnessed over the last few weeks the largest displacement of Palestinians since 1948. The scale of destruction and loss is staggering.

A 14-year-old boy carries mattresses and blankets on his head while his family follows him to an emergency shelter in the Gaza Strip.

An eight-year-old girl, watches other children play in UNRWA school playground. "I want to play with them but I am afraid to leave the room. I don’t know how they can play without being scared, I just want to go back home", she said.

Access to clean water is a matter of life and death. In Gaza, every day is a struggle to find bread and water. Every day is a struggle to survive. Without safe water, many more people will die from deprivation and disease.

On 11 January 2024, internally displaced people look through the window at a shelter centre in Al-Quds Open University.

Children play in a classroom at a shelter located in Rafah city.

A girl sits in front of her tent at an UNRWA shelter camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

PHOTO STORY: UN peacekeeping mission closes in Mali

A member of the Search and Detect Team serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali surveys a road in Menaka in the northeast of Mali.

A Rwandan police officer deployed in Mali meets with civilians while patrolling the streets of Gao.

Children play in front of a police station in Gao that was attacked by terrorists.

Small arms ammunition at the unexploded ordnance pit at the Malian Army Camp in Timbuktu, Mali.

A voter's finger is dyed with ink after casting a vote in presidential elections.

UN peacekeeping engineers from Ghana renovate a school in Bamako.

A CH-147 Chinook helicopter takes off while Canadian UN peacekeepers protect themselves from dust during a medical evacuation exercise around Gao in Mali.

The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) holds a memorial ceremony for three peacekeepers - two Chadian and one Nigerien - killed during attacks on 5 and 6 April in Aguelhock and Gao in the north of Mali.

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations (second from right), attends a commemoration ceremony in tribute to fallen peacekeepers in Gao, Mali.

PHOTO STORY: Muted reactions as climate deal is struck in Dubai

Dubai, the biggest city in UAE is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference COP28.

Panelists onstage for the session on ‘Farmers and Traditional Producers’ during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A participant at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A woman from an indigenous community attends COP28 at Expo City Dubai.

Nepal-based civil society group Digo Bikas Institute holds an action on loss and damage during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Delegates arriving at the Al Waha Theatre to attend the Health Day session held at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres attends COP28 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Moriana Philip, a representative from Marshall Islands, in tears during the closing plenary at COP28 in Dubai, UAE.

Night falls on the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai.

Veteran UN photographer and ‘witness to troubled world’ leaves priceless legacy

A mother and her child rest at a relief centre in Bati, Ethiopia.

Rwandan children who had lost their parents rest at Ndosha camp in Goma, 25 July 1994.

Vietnamese refugees (foreground) bid farewell to other refugees who are leaving for Malaysia.

A UNIFIL peacekeeper talk to a local man in the hills of southern Lebanon.

Oil fields set ablaze by the Iraqi occupation forces in Al-Maqwa, 25 March 1991.

Namibia's struggle for independence had been on the UN agenda for over 40 years. Pictured here is a worker putting the finishing touches to a billboard near Windhoek, proclaiming the nation's independence.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations (right), and Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, answer questions from the media, at the President's residence in Pretoria in 1996.

Audrey Hepburn attends a meeting at UN headquarters in 1991 on universal child immunization.

Tiger cubs in Mysore, India. UNEP is actively involved in working with Governments, scientists, private organizations and other concerned groups to preserve and protect this endangered species.

Rafah crossing, aid ‘lifeline’ into Gaza

TheTal al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City is hit by a missile strike.

Amid relentless violence, families flee their shattered homes in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, seeking refuge in the southern Gaza Strip..

A man climbs up a destroyed building in Gaza.

Families sheltering in an UNRWA school collect mattresses.

A boy collects bread from WFP, at a shelter in Gaza.

UNRWA has moved its operations to the south of Gaza at Rafah.

People caught up in the conflict in Gaza recharge their mobile phones.

Families gather at the Rafah crossing in the hope of leaving Gaza.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) answers questions from the media at the Rafah crossing.

UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

Media representatives document the opening of the SDG Summit.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left), waits to address the 78th session of General Assembly.

An SDG Action Weekend is held at UN Headquarters to 'renew the commitments towards the transformative aspirations of the 2030 Agenda.'

A wide range different SDG-related issues were discussed at the SDG Media Zone.

Cellist and SDG Advocate Yo-Yo Ma performs at the Halftime Show in the SDG Pavilion.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed share a light moment at the SDG Action Weekend.

Brianna Fruean, Pacific Climate Warrior and Youth Climate Justice Activist, briefs the media during the Climate Ambition Summit.

A delegate checks the daily schedule of official meetings at UNGA78.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres walks to the podium to address the opening of General Assembly debate.