Joining Hands To Mark World Refugee Day 2014
CAIRO - As humanitarian crises continue to erupt in the region, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) commemorate the World Refugee Day on June 20th, as Egypt continues to host more than 200,000 refugees at a time when global forced displacement tops 50 million for the first time since World War II.
Women watch Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Women watch Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr march during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part during a parade in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 21, 2014. Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Igniting agricultural growth and transformation in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest prevalence of undernourishment with one in four people estimated to be hungry.
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2014. Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra
REFILE - ADDING INFORMATION IN HEADLINE Mehdi Army fighters loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr participate in military-style training in the street in Basra, southeast of Baghdad, June 20, 2014. Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to send military advisers to stiffen government resistance. REUTERS/ Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)