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From mud homes to joyful songs: Living heritage on the global stage
© UNESCO/Paras Mendiratta Participants celebrate at the 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the…
Can dialogue heal a fractured world? A UN-led alliance is making the case
UN News/Eileen Travers Youth Forum participants brought messages of peace to the UN Alliance of Civilizations, in…
UNESCO urges a modern rethink of the right to learn
© UNESCO/Emily Pinna Secondary school students at TASSAH ACADEMY, a STEM focused school, in the science lab, Yaounde…
From bagpipes to salt-making, UNESCO honours endangered culture passed down through generations
© UNESCO/The National Cultural Foundation Safeguarding of the social and cultural practices associated with landships…
Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass…
© UNICEF/Apochi Owoicho A young girl writes on a chalkboard at a primary school in Nigeria.…
Olympic Truce: ‘Humanity can find common ground through sport’
© IOC/Francesco Scaccianoce The Milano Cortina Olympic winter games take place in February and March 2026.…
In the Amazon, a school becomes a beacon of climate resilience
UN News/Felipe de Carvalho With flood- and erosion-resistant walls and solar-powered energy systems, Maria Naura…
Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking
UN Photo/Amanda Voisard An artifact is displayed at an exhibition at UN Headquarters focused on protecting cultural…
Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom
© UNICEF/Nick Sells Students learn digital literacy and life skills at a school in rural Cambodia.…
‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare
UN News A teacher engaging with students in a classroom in Deir al-Balah Co-educational Primary School, run by UNRWA.…
Defending truth-tellers, from war zones to the digital frontline
UN News Mourners carry the body of a journalist killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on August 10, 2025.…
India’s Durga Puja, where worship meets social change
© UN News/Rohit Upadhyay A Durga Puja pandal on the theme of riots, urges peace and harmonious community life.…
‘Tidal wave of emotion’ secures win for young Turkish writer in UN competition
© UPU Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye (centre), has taken first prize in the 54th International…
Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope
© UNICEF/Mohammed Abdulmajid Girls attend a UNICEF-supported class at a camp for displaced people in Gedaref State,…
Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
© UNRWA Schools in Gaza have been turned into shelters for people affected by the conflict.…
The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
UN News/Matt Wells Women journalists working in the press room of the 4th International Conference on Financing for…
Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
UN News Schools in Gaza have been turned into shelters for displaced people.…
Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
© UNICEF/Harandane Dicko Young girls who have earned their high school diplomas at their school in a village in Mali.…
Teachers are the ‘guardians of our future’, says UN deputy chief
© ECLAC Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed delivers remarks to the World Summit on Teachers in Santiago, Chile.…
Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence
© IOM/Antoine Lemonnier Anténor Firmin school in Hinche is now a shelter for people displaced by violence.…