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Today is World Water Day on the theme "Where water flows, equality grows" A group of women in the Terekeka village in South Sudan pose for a photo by the water pump (2021) Credit: UN Photo/Gregório Cunha

Today is World Water Day on the theme "Where water flows, equality grows"

Take a look at the UN photo story "The Fight against Racism and the United Nations" ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination : media.un.org/photo/en/photo… #FightRacism Photo from Soweto, South Africa, 1982

Islamophobia violates the principles enshrined in the UN Charter Men walk through a field of tall grass on their way to a mosque for evening prayer in Bamyan, Afghanistan (2009). UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein

"Let’s eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.” - @antonioguterres A view of Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (2020). #NoToHate UN Photo/Mark Garten

Today is the start of #CSW70 See the UN Photo story on Commission on the Status of Women: media.un.org/photo/en/photo… Margaret Bruce speaks with Maria Lavalle Urbina during the 17th #CSW in 1963

Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls International Women’s Day 2026 calls for action to dismantle all barriers to equal justice #IWD2026 Women listen to a class at the Abu Shouk IDP camp in North Darfur, 2010. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran

Today is International Day for #Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness Members of rebel forces surrender their weapons in Burundi in 2005. Military groups signed up voluntarily to be disarmed under the auspices of UN peacekeepers. UN Photo/Martine Perret

A wide view of today's Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East and #Iran UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Women, originally from the town of Kutum, pray together for #Ramadan in the city of El Fasher, North Darfur, in 2010. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran

Jesse Jackson, @RevJJackson, US veteran civil rights activist, passed away this morning. Here with Sonia Gandhi after addressing the UN General Assembly meeting in observance of the International Day of Non-violence in 2007. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Today is #WorldRadioDay marking the day UN Radio was established in 1946. From war zones to outer space, radio remains essential. Here a Nepalese singer sings contemporary folk songs for a radio programme in Kathmandu in 1962.

#ThrowbackThursday to 1961 and two boys watching a river steamer at Puerto Berrio in #Colombia UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata

Dolls being prepared for a film sequence at Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa (ILCE) in Mexico City, 1960. @ILCEedu was created under the auspices of @UNESCO in 1956. UN Photo/Yutaka Nagata

"As we begin this year, we are determined to choose actions that generate concrete and positive reactions [...] Reactions of peace, of justice, of responsibility, and of progress in our troubled times" - @antonioguterres UN Photo/Mark Garten

#Throwback to a village near Ubud in #Bali, 1985 Led by an experienced teacher, young girls practicing a traditional #dance. They are expecting to perform at an annual temple ceremony. UN Photo/Ray Witlin

An Afghan girl, dressed in embroidered ethnic garb and jewelry, in the village of Tarkhoj near Balkhab, Afghanistan. (December 2001) UN Photo/Luke Powell

#ThrowbackThursday to 1978 and supporters of SWAPO demanding United Nations supervised elections at a rally in Windhoek, Namibia. 14 December was the first ever International Day Against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations UN Photo/Alon Reininger

#OnThisDay in 1950 Ralph J Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949" Here Mr. Bunche addresses the #UN Security Council on the Palestine Question in 1948 #NobelPeacePrize

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities In November the Palestine Amputee Football Association organized the Hope Football Championship for Amputees in #Gaza, demonstrating that passion for sport can become a pathway to healing and empowerment.