The ten biggest recipients of humanitarian relief since 2004
These 10 crises attracted the most humanitarian aid funding in the ten year period 2004-14. The figures show the total humanitarian assistance provided according to the most available data from UN OCHA's Financial Tracking Service and OECD DAC data.
Feeding the Asian slave trade
Testimonies from Bangladeshi and Rohingya trafficking survivors provide evidence of a shift in tactics in one of Asia’s busiest human trafficking routes
Mirte’s long walk for water
The El Niño-induced drought in Ethiopia is having a huge impact on the lives of children. Girls such as Mirte, 14, are having to do all they can to help their families make ends meet – such as becoming the family’s water carrier
Muslims languish in squalid Myanmar camps two years after riots
Tens of thousands of people have been living in sprawling, squalid displacement camps in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State since violence between Buddhist Rakhines and stateless Rohingya Muslims broke out in June 2012
A photographer finds beauty amid Congo's rape crisis
One photographer's quest to portray beauty among the tragedy and misery of the rape crisis in eastern Congo
5 facts you need to know about Iraq humanitarian crisis
An estimated 5.2 mln Iraqis need urgent humanitarian assistance because of violence and insecurity. Here are 5 facts you need to know about Iraq humanitarian crisis
5 facts you need to know about tuberculosis
Health experts are warning that new drug-resistant tuberculosis strains are threatening any progress made in treating the disease