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Aid organizations provide immediate humanitarian assistance to affected families after the attacks in Mykolaiv City, Ukraine

Aid organizations provide immediate humanitarian assistance to affected families after the attacks in Mykolaiv City, Ukraine. Photo: OCHA/Yakiv Shapovalenko

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A woman from El Fasher stands outside her tent in Tawila, four months after fleeing the city following an attack. She says she was detained by Rapid Support Forces fighters for 24 hours before escaping after what she describes as a brutal assault. Survivors and aid groups report widespread attacks on women and girls during the 2025 violence, which drove mass displacement and left many women leading households in the camps. Photo: OCHA/Giles Clarke

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Darfur's survivors of a war #3YearsTooLong

Olha Kartashova (centre) with colleagues from local humanitarian organizations in Kherson during a meeting in early February 2026. Photo: OCHA/Viktoriia Andriievska

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Portraits from Ukraine: An aid worker who persists despite personal tragedy

(From left) Nasir Abdalla, Ghada Nsreldeen and Mohammed Gimish

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Sudan’s humanitarian workers continue to show up for their people

Essential supplies for displaced people in Lebanon. Oxfam/Ghiwa Abi Haidar.

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Displaced in Lebanon: Communities lifting themselves up

Four days before an upsurge of floods were to hit the Jamuna basin in northern Bangladesh in 2024, WFP in coordination with OCHA, activated its largest anticipatory action response yet to protect the flood-affected communities of Kurigram, Jamalpur, Gaibandha, Bogura and Sirajganj. Evidence was collected as part of the response to test what worked best. WFP/Mehedi Rahman

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The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: WFP and OCHA join forces on humanitarian evidence

Phyo Kyaw practices physiotherapy at home in Mandalay with support from an MHF-funded project. Photo: MHF partner

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Post-2025 Myanmar Earthquake: Tailored support helps people with disabilities recover

A severely malnourished Arow eats a ready-to-use therapeutic food, on his arrival in South Sudan after fleeing the conflict in Sudan with his family. Photo: OCHA/Basma Ourfali

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Middle East crisis deepens threat to millions of lives in Southern and Eastern Africa

Salwa engages with the children in her classroom.

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A teacher in Gaza creates a space to heal

Displaced mother and daughter receive a dignity kit in southern Shan State, Myanmar.

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Myanmar: Protecting women from impossible choices

Nyaphan Nyang walked for seven days to get her granddaughter, Nyabhan, to safety. Photo: OCHA/Adedeji Ademigbuji

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South Sudan: “People keep asking me, is help coming?”

The UNDAC team arrives in Xai Xai to set up the On-Site Operations Coordination Centre in collaboration with Mozambique's National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction. Photo: OCHA/Atlas Logistique/Emmanuel Pajot

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OCHA’s emergency response team ensures aid flows seamlessly in Mozambique

Health care support for drought-affected communities funded by the Somalia Humanitarian Fund in Baidoa in 2024.

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Health awareness saves lives in Somalia's Diinsoor