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STATEMENT: BABY AMONG THOSE KILLED IN DEADLY ATTACKS IN UKRAINE

"Even far away from the frontline children can never be truly safe from attacks"

Refugee children from Ukraine play together at a Save the Children Counselling Hub. Bucharest, Romania, December 2023.

UNIQLO AND MAGNUM PHOTOS LAUNCH GLOBAL EXHIBITION CAPTURING LIVES OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS

A powerful new photography exhibition documenting the lives of children experiencing conflict and crisis

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THREE IN FOUR CHILDREN IN UKRAINE LIVE IN FEAR AS ATTACKS ONCE AGAIN ESCALATE

Three in four children in Ukraine are living in constant fear amid an escalating mental health crisis, with recent missile and drone attacks

Mpox rash on a patient following a rapid spread of the virus in DRC

DRC: Child mpox cases surge 75-fold in worst hit province as schools restart this week

Press release Save the Children mpox spreading South Kivu DRC children

Zain, 13, washes his face from a hand pump, outside their climate resilient family home.

One third of children worldwide exposed to extreme heatwaves as temperatures hit record highs, new report reveals

One-third of the total global child population—or 766 million children—were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the year between July 2023 and June 2024

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UKRAINE: TWO IN THREE CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOLS IN FRONTLINE AREAS – SAVE THE CHILDREN

About two-thirds of children in frontline regions of Ukraine cannot attend school in person

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Children injured in one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine since start of full-scale war

Children injured in one of the biggest attacks on Ukraine since start of full-scale war  

Sandy* (7) is unwell due to the living conditions in the informal camp where she lives in Gaza

GAZA: Aid agencies and medical professionals warn of dangers of a mass polio outbreak without urgent action, endangering a generation of children

Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered

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