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1.1 M Afghan children could face severe malnutrition

A boy collects grass for sale, in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 9, 2022. Some 1.1 million Afghan children under the age of five will face malnutrition by the end of the year. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press)

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Haiti earthquake: Death toll climbs above 1,400 as search …

People displaced from their earthquake destroyed homes spend the night outdoors in a grassy area that is part of a hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, late Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine, …

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, a medical worker poses with a vial of the Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)

COVID vaccine shots stall for 60 countries, including …

In this April 8, 2021, file photo, a woman at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, receives a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Pandemic sending children to work, jeopardizing gains …

Juan Gabriel Vazquez, center, and his brothers walk to the corn fields to work in the community of Nuevo Yibeljoj in Chiapas state, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

UNICEF USA launches 1st major program supporting children …

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, center, is joined by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX, left, as he speaks at a Texas Division of Emergency Management free COVID-19 testing site at Minute Maid Park Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in Houston. UNICEF-USA is teaming up with Turner for the organization's first-ever initiative to support kids in the U.S. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

80 million babies worldwide are missing out on routine …

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Finland's new family leave policy would give 164 "daily allowance days" to each parent, or about seven months, the country announced on Feb. 6, 2020. (Credit: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

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A public school student grimaces as he gets a vaccination at a free immunization clinic for students before the start of the school year in Lynwood on Aug. 27, 2013. (Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

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