Politics

16 August 2017
Addressing the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today said it was important “to dial down rhetoric and dial up diplomacy.”

Photo:In Kasai Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), World Food Programme DRC and partner World Vision distributed 41 tons of food to 2,800 vulnerable and displaced people in Tshilumba town.

Photo:At the site for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mellia, Chad.

Photo:Hundreds are reported dead with many more missing after mudslides and floods tore through several communities in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Photo:An 8-year-old displaced girl in Banki, Borno state, Nigeria, with her 5-year-old brother.

Photo:Policemen chase protesters in Kisumu, Kenya August 11, 2017.