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Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

The UNICEF Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026, released on June 16, found that 41% of Afghanistan’s roughly 21 million children are exposed to multiple climate shocks, including floods and droughts.

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.
Lebanese displaced by nearly two months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continue to live in makeshift tents and shelters in the Biel open space near the shore, on April 27, 2026, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds

Junior Kondwani is tested for nutrition status at Chipili Community Center in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo.

UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024

A woman carrying a child boards a bus as Palestinians, including war-wounded and patients, accompanied by relatives, get ready to leave Gaza for treatment abroad through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt , in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2, 2026.

Five Gazan patients evacuated via newly-opened Rafah crossing in first since 2025


Gaza shop creates fake UNICEF stickers for Palestinian vehicles

The store has videos showing them turning a plain white van into a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance.

 Gaza shop 'World of Stickers' creates fake UNICEF logos for cars

53 children and youths killed, 36 taken hostage, 651 injured in Israel-Hamas war

Justice Minister Yariv Levin urged CRC and UNICEF to "address the harm caused to Israeli children" and to demand the release of all hostages.

 Blindfolded large teddy bears with red paint on them depicting blood and photographs of Israeli children held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, November 13, 2023.

Pakistan’s first human milk bank temporarily shuts down after facing religious backlash

Pakistan’s first human milk bank in Karachi suspended operations after religious scholars deemed it haram. The Health Ministry is seeking further guidance from the Council of Islamic Ideology.

 A nurse examines bottles of breast milk donated by nursing mothers at the human milk bank at the San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 1, 2016.

Palestinians flee southern Gaza, Rafah turning into a 'pressure cooker'

"Rafah is a pressure cooker of despair, and we fear for what comes next," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

 Palestinians, fleeing Khan Yunis, walk past Israeli military vehicles amid a move towards Rafah, January 30, 2024

Iran-backed Houthis demand US, UK aid workers leave

The group has become increasingly aggressive in its attacks, and these demands appear to mean that it wants to increase attacks on US and UK ships and other ships.

 Health worker Ashwaq Mahmoud provides care to children at her clinic in Abs District, Hajjah Governorate, Yemen.

Grapevine, January 24, 2024: An error of omission

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 JAPANESE AND Israelis join forces in the Japanese ‘Kakizome’ ceremony, in a Japanese gesture of solidarity with the hostages held in Gaza.

After devastating floods, Pakistan on verge of health disaster

Three million children are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition, while thousands of flood-affected pregnant women need urgent medical attention.

A general view of the submerged houses, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Dera Allah Yar, District Jafferabad, Pakistan September 1, 2022.

Afghanistan earthquake has killed at least 1,036 people - UNICEF

5 killed in tremors near epicenter of the previous quake.

Afghan men search for survivors amidst the debris of a house that was destroyed by an earthquake in Gayan, Afghanistan, June 23, 2022.

For the first time: COVAX vaccine supply outstrips demand

In January, COVAX, the global vaccine program run by Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO), had 436 million vaccines to allocate, but low-income nations only asked for 100 million.

Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, India, January 16, 2021.

COVID-19 puts girls at higher risk for female genital mutilation, UNICEF warns

Disruptions due to the pandemic have resulted in a “33% reduction in the progress toward ending this harmful practice.”

 A displaced girl, who fled violence in Mosul, stands in line with her family to receive humanitarian aid from UNICEF, IOM, WFP and other organizations in Ibrahim Khalil village in Hamdaniyah, Iraq October 24, 2016.