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Overcrowded displacement sites, insufficient access to safe water and sanitation facilities, compounded by the effects of heavy rains and flooding, remain the primary drivers of the outbreak.

The surge in violence has adversely affected poor households’ income sources, disrupted market functioning and supply, and impeded food assistance distribution.

The death toll and number of missing persons in the Mediterranean in 2024 have now surpassed 2,200, with nearly 1,700 lives lost on the central Mediterranean route alone.

In Malawi, UNHCR and the government have identified around 2,000 who crossed in the past week and another 1,000 in Eswatini, comprising of refugees and asylum seekers of various nationalities.

The report details the still-rising number of civilian casualties, continued executions and torture of prisoners of war, and efforts by Russia to solidify its control of occupied Ukrainian territory.

Aid organizations in Yemen are deeply concerned about the airstrikes on key infrastructure, including Sana’a International Airport, power stations in Sana’a and Hodeidah, and seaports near Hodeidah.

At least 473 million children—more than one in six globally—now live in areas affected by conflict, with the world experiencing the highest number of conflicts since World War II.

Approximately 77,000 people, including 10,000 displaced, are affected in Amhara region, with 79% of pregnant and lactating women and 70% of children experiencing acute malnourishment.