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A young girl carries a pot of cooked food in Al-Mawasi, Gaza.

UN ramps up ceasefire support to hungry and war-weary Gazans

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The UN is taking the opportunity of the ceasefire in Gaza to ramp up the delivery of aid to the beleaguered people of Gaza.

From podiums to patrols: Taking the pulse of the UN’s busiest week

Delegates gather on the plaza in front of the General Assembly building at UN Headquarters.

Ukraine: Keeping the lights on during the darkest times

People living in areas recently liberated by Ukrainian forces receive aid.

UN peacekeeping’s long history of support to DR Congo

UN peacekeepers patrol the eastern DR Congo.

‘Massive response’ needed following Gaza conflict’s ‘horrific toll’ on children

Hot meals are distributed to children in Khan Younis, Gaza.

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Photo Story: Gazans return home to devastation and an uncertain future

Gazans make their way home following the implementation of the ceasefire.

A former UNRWA school is used to accommodate displaced families in Gaza.

Children in Gaza display the Palestinian flag following the ceasefire.

Maryam Haboub, a displaced woman in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza.

Shadi Jomaa Abu Sheha inside what's left of his home in north of Nuseirat, Gaza.

Suleiman Al-Rawagh, a displaced Palestinian who returned to check his home in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip.

Trucks carrying food wait to enter Gaza.

Resilience and readiness: Protecting Timor-Leste from the Climate Crisis

Children learn how to stay together in a visible area and shout for help during climate disasters

Intense floods in Timor-Leste in 2021 left 30 people dead and destroyed more than 4,000 houses

Residents of Orlalan village, in Timor-Leste, engage in rescue and evacuation drills

Antonio Ornai, who is visually impaired, participates in evacuation simulation training

Volunteers of the Timor-Leste Red Cross train firs aid procedures during evacuation drill

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

At a collective site in Kharkiv, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements (right) meets Svitlana, a pensioner whose home was destroyed by a glide bomb.

The World Food Programme is providing food assistance for people fleeing the conflict inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries.

Many people in Ukraine rely on food provided by the UN and other agencies.

A 4-year-old girl in Izium, Ukraine, tries on a jacket provided by UNICEF and partners.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi visits the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and its surrounding area with his team during an official visit to Ukraine.

The MV Brave Commander berthed in Hodeidah port in Yemen carrying Ukrainian wheat flour milled in Turkiye. (Oct 2022)

A doctor visits a woman who has just given birth at a hospital in Kharkiv during the conflict in Ukraine.

Refugees entering Poland from Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing point.

Baba Nina, at the Mezhova transit centre after her evacuation from the conflict zone in the Donetsk region.

Atomic bombs: The second the world changed

An atomic cloud bursting over Hiroshima, Japan, two minutes after the explosion, at 8:17am. (file)

An atomic cloud spreading over Nagasaki as seen from about 3 kilometres south of the hypocentre about noon on 9 August 1945. (file)

Survivors of the Hiroshima bomb who have received some medical care. (file)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial. (file)

The first session of the UN General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at Central Hall in London, United Kingdom. (file)

Disarmament Week in 2011 honoured testimony and activism of Japanese atomic bomb survivors. (file)

The UN Secretary-General visits Nagasaki, Japan, in 2018. (file)

Faces of Gaza, one year on

Abdullah Abu Al-Qumsan holds a poster with a picture of his son Fouad, who went missing in October 2023 strike in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.

Sobhi Massoud, a Gazan who lost all his children and was displaced multiple times since the war started in Gaza.

“My son will remain like this, and I do not know what to do,” said the mother of the 10-month-old unvaccinated child from Deir al-Balah confirmed to have polio — the first case in Gaza in 25 years.

Khadra Al-Qadi was displaced from Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Bassem Al-Habal was displaced from Northern Gaza to Deir Al Balah.

Fayez Al Zaeem was displaced several times with his family in Gaza Strip.

Thousands descend on UN for busiest week of the year

Delegates arrive at UN Headquarters.

Delegates work in the corridors of UN Headquarters.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets delegates from Slovenia at the Security Council.

Journalists wait outside the Security Council.

The President of General Assembly, Philémon Yang opens the UN general debate.

A member of the UN's security team stands on duty by the stairs leading up to the General Assembly podium.

Actor and activist Ed Norton (left) talks to Melissa Fleming, the UN's global communications chief, at the SDG Media Zone.

Technicians work at a youth event at the Summit of the Future.

New York City as seen from UN Headquarters.

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

Ballot boxes are collected by a UN helicopter from a rural voting station in Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste celebrates Independence Day in May 2002.

A family stands in front of the ruins of their house which was burned down during a period of civil unrest.

Electoral Administration officers drag election materials down a muddy track in Timor-Leste.

An elite police intervention unit trained by Portuguese officers patrols a neighbourhood of Dili following reports of fighting between two rival gangs.

People seek refuge at a shelter supported by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Beto Timur, Timor-Leste.

A woman plants mangrove trees in Timor Leste in order to rejuvenate a damaged coastal ecosystem.

A coffee handler with coffee beans in Timor-Leste.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) is presented with a gift on his visit to Timor-Leste's Parliament.

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.