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The report emphasizes that the real, near-term risk of another pandemic would strike a world more divided, more indebted and less able to protect its people than it was a decade ago.

At least 88 people have died and 336 suspected cases have been identified in DRC. Preliminary testing indicates a rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, for which there are no vaccines or targeted treatments.

A rapidly intensifying hunger emergency is pushing six million people – 31 percent of the population – into critical levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), affecting 1.9 million children.

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn that two out of every five people in Sudan are currently facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above), according to the latest IPC analysis.

Afghans still remain the largest group arriving in Europe through the Balkans. Under pressure from EU member states to crack down on irregular migration, Afghans are among those being sent back home.

WFP has reduced its emergency food assistance by 50 percent, from 1.3 million people to 650,000 in May, and halted a nationwide bread subsidy programme that has supported millions daily.

The total number of migrants reported dead or missing worldwide since 2014 has risen to more than 82,000. According to the IOM, the data shows migration routes are shifting rather than easing.

Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, says UNICEF.