Politics

Photo: A child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria.

Photo:In Libya, Addis, holds his 30-month-old son, Lato, sits in a cell at the Alguaiha detention centre in the coastal town of Garabulli on the north-western coast.

Photo:Graffiti on a wall in Devon, UK, in July 2016.

Photo:A United Nations Security Council delegation visits a 'protection of civilians' site in South Sudan on 3 September 2016.

Photo:The Sixth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions opens in Geneva, on 5 September 2016.

Photo:US Ambassador Samantha Power speaks in South Sudan on 4 September 2016, after the UN Security Council delegation draws a consent from the Transitional Government of Nation Unity to deploy a 4,000-strong regional protection force to improve security in and around the capital, Juba.

Photo:United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, center, mingles with world leaders attending the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, in September 2016.

Photo:Leaders attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China, pose for a commemorative photo at the opening ceremony on 4 September 2016.

Photo:More than 70,000 South Sudanese refugees have fled to Uganda since violence broke out in Juba on July 8. Many of the refugees are women and children.

3 September 2016

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, emphasizing the key role of Turkey in the fight against Da'esh (ISIL), Mr. Ban's office said.