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Photo:Senegalese peacekeepers from the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Formed Police Unit (FPU) speak with Malians while they patrol outside Mamadou Konate Stadium during an event to promote peace among the youth.

APRIL 6, 2017

New York
China’s human rights environment continues to deteriorate as Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump prepare to meet at a summit on April 6-7, 2017, at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Human Rights Watch said today.

Photo:Families that fled fighting in eastern Aleppo, Syria, take refuge in a large warehouse in Jibreen.

Photo:Destroyed health centre in Sakhour, east Aleppo, Syria, which, four years ago, provided 20,000 Iraqi refugees with health care. Today, the UN is looking into its rehabilitation.

Photo:Meeting of the Security Council to discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Khan Shaykhun area of southern Idlib, Syria.

Photo:A civil defense member breathes through an oxygen mask, after what rescue workers described as a suspected chemical attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017.

Photo:A volunteer community health worker shows a child how to wash her hands properly with soap, at an outdoor tap at the local community health post in Klaten District, Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Photo:A Syrian refugee girl wears pink plastic slippers as she stands in front of shelters in an informal settlement in Ghazzeh, Bekaa, Lebanon as snow covers the mountains surrounding the valley.

Photo:Syrian farmers in the country’s western coastal governorate of Tartous revive tomato harvest with support from WFP and FAO.