Major developments receive a permanent report with a verified summary, timeline and humanitarian context. Topic hubs continue to track the wider picture.
Today we celebrate the courage, practical skill and solidarity of the people who keep showing up for communities in crisis.
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UNICEF estimates 600,000 people are affected as floods damage schools and health facilities, while acute watery diarrhoea raises risks for children.
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Two workers were rescued alive in Nepal as searches, family tracing and shelter support continue after the border flood.
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At least 31 people died, 22 were injured and more than 350 are in temporary shelter after a landfill collapse in Conakry, Guinea.
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More than 17,000 people displaced around Am-Dafock in the Central African Republic's far northeast face urgent food, water, shelter and healthcare pressures.
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Nearly 2.9 million people face acute food insecurity across Cameroon, while conflict, displacement and funding gaps keep pressure on essential support.
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Six people have died after severe storms and record flooding across Indiana forced hundreds to evacuate and damaged roads and bridges.
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At least 68 people are reported dead, 213 injured and more than 5,000 displaced as aftershocks and aid operations continue on Flores.
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Government reports record 9.09 million people affected, 197,822 still displaced and 3,728 homes damaged across the Philippines.
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Severe drought is driving families towards Baidoa as child malnutrition rises, water access tightens and aid agencies warn that millions face acute hunger.
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More than 700,000 people were displaced during Assam's flood emergency, with at least 49,000 still housed in 125 relief camps and distribution centres on 10 August.
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At least 319 people are dead, about 4,500 injured and 260 missing after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake, as a 30-day national emergency begins.
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Afghanistan's hunger emergency is worsening as 17.4 million people need urgent food assistance and 4.9 million women and children may need malnutrition treatment in 2026.
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The regional emergency operations centre said on 11 August that the wildfire remained out of control, Highway 97 remained closed and no timetable had been set for residents to return.
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The Okanagan Indian Band reported containment progress on 11 August, but utility restoration and hazard work continued and no full re-entry date had been set.
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More than 5,300 confirmed cases and 2,500 deaths are reported across six provinces in DR Congo as the first vaccine doses arrive for a controlled response.
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Japan's official 12 August assessment recorded 39 deaths, 353 injuries and 11,232 damaged homes in Kumamoto Prefecture, with evacuation instructions still covering 219,027 people.
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Government data recorded more than 1.65 million people affected and 92,628 still displaced one month after the magnitude 7.8 offshore Sarangani earthquake.
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About 42,000 hectares burned during ten days of wildfires across southwest France, forcing 224,000 evacuations before recovery work began.
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The 12 August national situation report put Old Trails at 83 percent containment, Autumn Lane at 89 percent and Fairview at 97 percent, with 774 structure losses unchanged.
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Nearly 400,000 people across Sheikan, Bara and Gharb Bara faced emergency hunger as displaced families arrived in El Obeid and food stocks neared depletion.
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Recovery operations continued after powerful earthquakes struck northern Venezuela, with more than 6,000 deaths reported and urgent shelter, health and water needs.
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Sudan Crisis News tracks the civil war, mass displacement, acute hunger, famine risk, attacks on civilians, humanitarian access and aid delivery.
Gaza Crisis News tracks displacement, food insecurity, damage to health and water systems, protection risks, humanitarian access and aid delivery across Gaza.
Occupied Palestinian Territory Crisis News tracks Gaza and the West Bank, including displacement, civilian protection, movement restrictions, humanitarian access and aid operations.
Ukraine Crisis News tracks civilian harm, displacement, attacks on homes and essential infrastructure, shelter needs, humanitarian access and aid worker safety.
Somalia Crisis News tracks drought, floods, conflict, displacement, food insecurity, malnutrition, funding gaps and humanitarian response.
Yemen Crisis News tracks acute hunger, malnutrition, health-system strain, displacement, access barriers, funding shortfalls and humanitarian aid delivery.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Crisis News tracks conflict, displacement, civilian protection, disease outbreaks, humanitarian access and aid response.
Aid Worker Safety News tracks attacks, threats, detentions, kidnappings, convoy incidents, duty of care and risks to safe humanitarian access.
Global Food Insecurity Crisis News tracks hunger hotspots, famine risk, malnutrition, food prices, market disruption, funding gaps and food assistance.
Humanitarian Funding Crisis News tracks underfunded appeals, donor cuts, service closures, staffing reductions, supply gaps and their impact on aid delivery.
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The page is now a topic hub linking to focused crisis and sector pages instead of only acting as a long rolling news list.
Topic pages build clearer authority around countries, crises, organisations and humanitarian issues while giving readers a faster route to relevant source material.
Yes. Public news and source feeds are a starting point. Operational decisions should use official coordination, security and organisational guidance.
