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Palestinians collect food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2011. View Photo »
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Syrians living in Jordan shout slogans during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad outside the United Nations office in Amman February 20, 2012. View Photo »
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United Nations (UN) envoy Matthew Nimetz leaves after meeting with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski (not pictured) in Skopje February 20, 2012. The UN mediator will present ideas for a name dispute settlement to Macedonia's top state... View Photo »
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United Nations (UN) envoy Matthew Nimetz arrives for a meeting with Macedonia officials in Skopje February 20, 2012. The UN mediator will present ideas for a name dispute settlement to Macedonia's top state officials, which will be the focal point of... View Photo »
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A boy passes by a policeman as ethnic Pa-O men meet UNODC and Myanmar's police representatives in the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State January 27, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts since September... View Photo »
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Novice monks play as a policeman secures a Buddhist temple where local villagers meet UNODC representatives and Myanmar police in the village of Kyauk Ka Char, in the mountains of Shan State January 26, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy... View Photo »
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Children gather in a school in the village of Tar-Pu, in the mountains of Shan State January 27, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts since September 2011, threatening the livelihoods of impoverished farmers who depend... View Photo »
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Moe Mohm, 48, an ethnic Pa-O widow with six daughters whose poppy field was destroyed, sits in her house in the village of Kyauk Ka Char, in the mountains of Shan State January 26, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts... View Photo »
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Abo, a long time opium addict, sits in a drugs treatment hospital in Keng Tung in mountains of Shan State January 28, 2012. Myanmar has dramatically escalated its poppy eradication efforts since September 2011, threatening the livelihoods of... View Photo »
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Yemen's Vice President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R), who is the country's acting leader, listens to United Nations envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omar during a meeting in Sanaa February 18, 2012. View Photo »
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Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and U.N. special envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler speaks at a news conference in Baghdad February 18, 2012. Iraq evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents on Saturday from a base... View Photo »
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A farmer presents her own grown tomatoes to Helen Clark (C-L), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, on February 17, 2012 in the village of Molia, as she visits western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, meets malnutrish children, on February 17, 2012 as she visits western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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Helen Clark (R), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, meets people in a malnutrish treatment center for children, on February 17, 2012 in Sarakoira, as she visit western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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Helen Clark (R), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, speaks with UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, on February 17, 2012 in the village of Molia, as they visit western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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Helen Clark (C), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, visits an irrigated corn field, on February 17, 2012 as she visits western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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Helen Clark (R), administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, visits a sheep breeding on February 17, 2012 in the village of Molia, as she visits western Niger, that has been hit by a months-long food crisis. View Photo »
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An Iraqi soldier inspects prefabricated houses at the former US military base Camp Liberty, which will be the new temporary home of exiled Iranian opposition members, near Baghdad's international airport on February 17, 2012. The first group of Iranian... View Photo »
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A general view shows former US military base Camp Liberty, which will be the new temporary home of exiled Iranian opposition members, near Baghdad's international airport on February 17, 2012. The first group of Iranian exiles will leave Camp Ashraf in... View Photo »
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses a speech during celebrations for the 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) at the UN headquarters in Vienna February 17, 2012. View Photo »
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