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Humanitarian Community Launches Winter Response Plan for Ukraine
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Eastern Afghanistan hit by devastating floods: more than 40 people killed
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From Pakistan to Afghanistan: returning to a homeland known only from stories
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UN experts called on Kyrgyzstan to withdraw the bill restricting the rights of transgender people
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