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PAKISTAN: Torrential rains kill three times more people than same period in 2024, including more than 170 children

Pakistan has already received 50% more rainfall than this time last year during the monsoon season, which peaks between June and September.

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JAPAN: More than 90% of disadvantaged families struggling to feed their children - Save the Children poll 

About 90% of those surveyed said that, due to rising food prices, they don't have enough money to buy food for their family, while 60% of respondents said they had reduced or stopped buying staple food items because of high food costs. 

 

Destruction in northern Gaza

Gaza: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens

100 organizations call for an end to Israel’s weaponisation of aid

A fully-grown Wolbachia mosquito being released from its cups

Grown in a lab, released in the wild: Laos unleashes over 130 million disease-reducing mosquitoes after global dengue surge

The lab-grown mosquitoes carry a naturally occurring bacteria called Wolbachia, which reduces the insect’s ability to transmit deadly viruses to people, decreasing the risk of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever outbreaks. 

10-month-old Marium* being treated by Save the Children's Mobile Health Team (MHT) in Afghanistan

One child returns to Afghanistan every 30 seconds amid worsening humanitarian crisis – Save the Children

More than 800,000 children have crossed into Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan this year, with about three out of four children returning from Iran.

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100 children starved to death: A needless tragedy that should shame the world

The reported deaths of 100 children due to starvation in Gaza since October 2023 is a devastating milestone that shames the world and demands long overdue urgent action, Save the Children said.

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More than 30,000 children displaced by heavy fighting in northern Mozambique – Save the Children

Escalating attacks that began on 20 July have displaced nearly 60,000 people in the province, half of whom are believed to be children.

A group of women and children waiting in line to buy water in Baidoa, Somalia

Over 11,000 thousand children displaced as fighting cuts off Mahaas in Somalia

Clashes between local militia, government forces and non-state armed groups in the Hiraan region have intensified in the last two months, displacing over 11,000 children.

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