Politics

Photo:Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an official visit to Zambia in February 2012 and here meets with the UN Country Team made up of the heads of UN agencies in that country.

Photo: A member of FIB stands guard in the Beni region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the UN backed the FARDC in an operation (March 2014).

Photo:Student leaders Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, and Alex Chow chant slogans before their verdict outside the courthouse in Hong Kong on July 21, 2016.

Photo:An officer from the Egyptian Central Security Forces (CSF) takes aim at a crowd of retreating protesters as security forces disperse the Rab’a sit-in on August 14, 2013.

Photo:High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (centre), on a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July 2016.

Photo: A beach in the Katoo District, province of Phuket in Thailand.

Photo:Students at a UN-backed development project site that supports vulnerable populations in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Photo:A munitions shell lies on the ground at Sobhi Abu Karsh Basic School in the Sheja’eyya neighbourhood of Gaza City.

Photo:Children prepare a fire for cooking in Aleppo city, Syria. As of 2 August 2016, children are again facing terrible threats from new intense attacks and fighting in the western parts of the city.