The award-winning pictures show sad and hopeful moments of children reminding us of "our common task: to stand up for the well-being of children worldwide," says UNICEF.

In November, UNICEF warned in its State of the World’s Children report that climate crises are expected to become more widespread between 2050 and 2059, with eight times as many children exposed to extreme heat waves, and three times as many exposed to extreme river floods, compared to the 2000s.

UNICEF is gravely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo resulting from the recent intensification of conflict and surging numbers of displaced people.An additional 658,

A boy smiles as he tries out his new wheelchair, delivered by UNICEF in northern Gaza. UNICEF has distributed more than 500 wheelchairs to children in need across the Gaza Strip. The World Health Organization estimates that at least a quarter of those injured during the war in Gaza have life-changing injuries, requiring major rehabilitation.

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday urged for an end to the "detention of children in all its forms," while welcoming Israel's releasing of 12 Palestinian children from detention.

Russia on Thursday reprimanded the head of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF for not providing a "weighty argument for her refusal" to brief the Security Council on children in Gaza - a meeting requested by Russia.

The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather.

THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has urged the national government to strengthen regulations on products meant for children’s consumption, particularly breast milk substitutes, to address the country’s worsening malnutrition crisis.

UNICEF on Wednesday sought financial aid to the tune of $22 million amid conflict in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

In the first week of the ceasefire more than 350 have made it into both the north and south of the territory carrying water, hygiene kits, malnutrition treatments, warm clothes, tarpaulins and other critical aid.

UNICEF has emphasized the importance of protecting child health through robust regulation over products intended for their consumption, including breast milk substitutes. It is critical that agencies mandated to protect public health,

Extreme weather disrupted the schooling of about 242 million children in 85 countries last year -- roughly one in seven students, the UN children's agency reported Thursday, deploring an "overlooked" aspect of the climate crisis.