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    • A woman walks through a dusty displacement site in Tawila, Sudan, passing makeshift shelters covered with tarps and fabric, while groups of people stand and move between the crowded structures under a clear blue sky.
      Sudan: Families fleeing Al-Fasher recount harrowing violence as dire needs rise
    • ICRC delegate looks at a bullet-ridden abandoned daycare in Madia, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur
      Daily life in contested territories: How civilians navigate violence, risk and …
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      Colombia: ICRC president calls for respect for IHL to avert deepening humanitar…
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States call for good faith interpretation of international humanitarian law in new report

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16-10-2025
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ICRC elects new vice-president

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10-10-2025

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09-10-2025
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ICRC voices: Dignity for the Dead in Ukraine

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19-11-2025
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Russia: the mounting anguish of waiting for news

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17-11-2025
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Ukraine: Strikes on cities are upending lives

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17-11-2025
Smoke in Kyiv after a night of strikes.

Armenia: Sharing Memories through a Photo Exhibition

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13-11-2025
Families of the missing at the exhibition

The ICRC in Russia and Belarus: Facts and Figures, May-August 2025

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12-11-2025
Воссоединение семей в Курске после репатриации из Сум (Украина)
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