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On 5 March 2024, UNICEF and partners delivered 23 incubators to hospitals in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

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

Six months after the full-scale invasion of Gaza, 30,000 Palestinians are dead, dozens of children have died of hunger and more than half a million Gazans face starvation. As Israel continues to bomb the occupied territory and restrict the entry of lifesaving goods, the UN is scrambling to respond.

Ukraine: War and restoring a sense of home

A single mother of three children is rebuilding her home with help from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.

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

A five-year-old boy sits on his mattress in a shelter courtyard surrounded by several hundred other displaced people.

PHOTO STORY: UN peacekeeping mission closes in Mali

A UN helicopter flies over the village of Ogossagou in central Mali.

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

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber (centre), UN climate chief Simon Stiell (fourth from left) and other participants onstage during the Closing Plenary of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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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.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

Buildings in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, remain derelict more than a year after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The UN delivers aid to Bilozerka, Kherson region in June 2023.

The UN is working with local NGOs in Ukraine to ensure that vulnerable people receive the support they need.

A teenager takes a photograph of a work by British street artist Banksy in the spring of 2023 in Irpin.

Ukrainian woman with her dog is standing in the middle of a damaged household.

Valery Fedchenko on ruins in the city center of Mykolaiv.

People in southern Ukraine are being forced to leave their homes because of flooding caused by damage to the Kakhovka dam.

Deminers clear a previously occupied area near the front line between Mykolaiv and Kherson in southern Ukraine.

Contamination and depletion of reservoirs are hampering access to water for communities affected by the Kakhovka Dam blast in Ukraine.

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

Syrian liaison officer Lt. Colonel Souad Kemal greets UNTSO chief of staff Major-General Carl C. von Horn in 1959.

Lt. Colonel Ella Van Den Heuvel of the Netherlands interacting with a local resident while patrolling in Rmeish, South Lebanon (December 2017).

At the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)'s Mijek team site, Military Liaison Officers mark stones as part of practical training.

Indian veterinary peacekeepers/doctors serving with the UN mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), provide medical assistance to shepherds and farmers.

Peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL), assess the magnitude of the blast that destroyed Beirut Port, Lebanon.

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has begun anti-COVID-19 patrols to help prevent the spread of the virus.

A peacekeeper greets the students of the Faouar School in Syria which was one of the four schools that was refurbished by the UN Disengagement Force.

A police officer from the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on patrol in Timbuktu.

COVID-19: The virus that shut down the world

Vulnerable communities in Paraguay are being vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza.

A young boy in Ethiopia attends class at home, taking lessons via the radio, which are being broadcast across the country.

Secretary-General calls frontline Mental Health Workers in Pakistan and South Africa during the height of COVID-19 lockdown.

Ambulances line up outside Bellevue Hospital in New York City as part of the coronavirus response.

Loneliness exacerbated by COVID-19 restrictions has increased depression and anxiety rates.

An elderly woman receives a second dose of the COVID vaccine during a door-to-door campaign in a village in Rajasthan, India.

A 76-year-old man shows his vaccination card after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Kasoa, Ghana.

2022 in Photos: Struggle, recovery and hope

Displaced children living in a camp in Djugu, which was visited by Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) visits residential neighborhoods of Irpin, in Ukraine's Kyiv Oblast.

Actor and ocean advocate Jason Momoa (left) meets youth advocates on Carcavelos Beach in Lisbon, Portugal at the UN Ocean Summit.

Secretary-General António Guterres (not seen), along with Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, witnessed the impact of the floods in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan.

A view of Little Amal next to the Non-Violence or Knotted Gun sculpture by artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd on the UN Visitors Plaza.

Secretary-General António Guterres is welcomed with a cultural performance upon his arrival at the Vadodara Airport in India.

The UN Guided Tours unit celebrates its 70th anniversary with a fashion show of different uniforms worn over seven decades, as well as traditional outfits showcasing the diverse nationalities and backgrounds.

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, at the Biosphere in Montreal, a museum dedicated to the environment.

Photo Story: South African peacekeepers display courage and compassion wherever they serve

A member of the MONUC’s South African parachute battalion on patrol duties around the village of Ntamugenga.

South African peacekeepers take part in a military exercise in Burundi’s Bujumbura province.

South African women peacekeepers who served with the UN – African Union Mission in Darfur (UNMAMID) celebrate their national Women’s Day in Kutum, North Darfur.

Commissioner Paneras celebrates the opening of two new classrooms for a secondary school for displaced girls living at the Zam Zam camp in North Darfur.

South African medical personnel serving with MONUSCO take part in a female engagement patrol to gather information on the security situation facing the local civilian population.

South African peacekeepers serving with MONUSCO partner with local organizations to provide medical and nutritional care to orphans in North Kivu province.

Members of MONUSCO’s South African Aviation Unit stand in formation at a ceremony at which they will be awarded the UN Medal for their service to peacekeeping before they return to their family and friends back home.

Photo story: A watershed moment - transformation the key word at UNGA77

Staff work behind the scenes in the UNTV control room during the General Assembly’s annual general debate and associated high-level meetings.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 77th session.

Csaba Kőrösi (right), President of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, speaks with Secretary-General António Guterres ahead of the opening of seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly.

Journalists wait outside UN Headquarters during the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly Debate.

Angelique Kidjo, Grammy Award-winning singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF, performs during the opening of the Leaders Day of the Transforming Education Summit.

Youth participants working on a group activity during a breakout session of the Transforming Education Summit.

Blue Man Group performs during the International Day of Peace youth observance held on the theme

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Amanda Gorman (on screens and at podium), poet and activist from the United States, addresses the SDG Moment.

The daughter of Nayib Armando Bukele, President of the Republic of El Salvador, in the General Assembly Hall, as her father addresses the debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-seventh session.