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  1. 20-10-2017 Authorities must step up efforts to find missing persons and fulfil their international obligations
  2. 19-10-2017 ICRC director-general voices concern about missing persons as he visits Belgrade
  3. 17-10-2017 Papua New Guinea: Volunteers trained to give first aid to remote communities
  4. 16-10-2017 Somalia: Urgent medical supplies reach hospitals for bomb blast victims
  5. 16-10-2017 Remains of victims of 1992–93 armed conflict in Abkhazia handed over to families
  6. 15-10-2017 Somalia: SRCS volunteers among the casualties of attack in Mogadishu
  7. 11-10-2017 How to use social media to engage with people affected by crisis
  8. 11-10-2017 DRC: Millions displaced and at risk from stark rise in violence
  9. 09-10-2017 Afghanistan: ICRC reduces its presence in the country
  10. 05-10-2017 Syria: Harrowing civilian losses in most intense violence since battle for Eastern Aleppo
Young photographers from Gaza capture moments of joy

Young photographers from Gaza capture moments of joy

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The books travelling through Peru’s prisons

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How to use social media to engage with people affected by crisis

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Syria: Harrowing civilian losses in most intense violence since battle for Eastern Aleppo

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