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Registan square at night with illuminated historic madrasahs, minarets, a turquoise dome, and visitors gathered in the open plaza.

Summit in Samarkand, a boon for child wellbeing and health

Close-up of a woman in a white blouse reaching toward a short glass of amber liquor on a wooden bar counter.

Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool

A young woman in a hijab focuses on an accounting software program on her laptop during a training session at a UNICEF-supported center in Jaramana, Damascus, Syria, aimed at improving employment opportunities for youth.

800 million young people face a future without jobs

A Palestinian woman in Gaza sits among chickens and ducks while holding freshly collected eggs in an outdoor enclosure.

Sustaining livelihoods amid crisis in Gaza

How do we measure the conflicts that didn’t happen?

What Stops Countries from Getting Nuclear Weapons?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: AI Must Be Governed "By People and for People"

Cate Blanchett reads 'The Promise'

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A white woman with shoulder-length brown hair works at a desk in an archival media lab, handling small equipment near a large white film reel, with computer monitors and shelves in the background.

Inside the New York ‘time machine’ racing to save a century of sound and film

Culture and Education “I tell my kids I work in a time machine,” said Rhony Dostaly. In a basement beneath Lincoln Center, the media preservation engineer rescues moments from the past. “I go back in time, and I grab elements, and I make them available for people today.”

Green rice paddies bordered by brown irrigation canals under a partly cloudy sky in Ca Mau, Mekong Delta.

In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater

A collection of open medicine bottles containing various pills and capsules, alongside empty blister packs and plastic bags, all placed together on a surface.

When streets become pharmacies: Booming illicit markets in Central Africa

Two African elephants touch trunks and tusks in a savanna setting.

Uganda’s UN-supported wildlife forensics lab turns ivory seizures into convictions

Severe riverbank collapse exposes tangled tree roots and threatens a building shielded by green mesh netting along a sandy shoreline, with open water and a distant city skyline visible in the background.

In Tanzania, the sea is moving inland – and taking livelihoods with it

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks from a podium in the United Nations General Assembly Hall during the opening of the eighty-first session, with delegates seated and his image on two screens.

110 leaders, 18,000 delegates: Inside the UN’s busiest week of high-stakes diplomacy

The busiest week of the year at the UN got underway at the organization’s New York Headquarters on Monday.

Reaching the most vulnerable: Frontline teams support earthquake-hit Venezuela

Photo by UNOCHA/Veronique Durroux showing search and rescue operations near the earthquake ground zero in La Guaira, Venezuela, on June 29, 2026. A CAT backhoe loader is positioned in the foreground amidst rubble, with several rescue workers visible on top of the collapsed building structure.

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

A smiling young girl, Shereen, carries a large pot of rice and chickpeas in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, while other children and adults stand near tents in the background.

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Summit in Samarkand, a boon for child wellbeing and health

Peace and Security Representatives from across the international community are meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to ensure that children everywhere can thrive in a world marred by war, climate chaos and other fundamental challenges.

Close-up of a gray Shark Raybird 3 military drone on its launcher.

AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare

Peace and Security Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday.

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