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Syrian refugee carries Olympic torch through Brasilia

Twelve-year-old Syrian schoolgirl Hanan bore the Olympic flame on the first stage of its relay across Brazil to the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Rio on August 5.

Displaced villagers return home in Myanmar's Rakhine state

Slovakia receives 37 Somalis from camps in Eritrea

UNHCR has helped resettle a total of 281 Somali refugees so far this year

Horrified shipwreck survivors watched as hundreds drowned

Refugees describe desperate efforts to rescue family members after overcrowded boat overturned in the Mediterranean

Cate Blanchett appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador

The actor joins the UN Refugee Agency at a time of unprecedented crisis as nearly 60 million people are displaced worldwide.

Despite booby traps, Iraqis risk all on return to Ramadi

Iraq's third-largest city has not been declared cleared by the government and dozens of returnees have been killed by IEDs.

Sahrawi women to get behind the wheel at new driving school

In a push to empower young women, Sahrawi sisters plan to open an all-female driving school later this year in remote Dakhla camp, Algeria.

Greek couple offers a welcome haven to Syrian family

Syrian mother and toddlers were in desperate need of help after hazardous journey through Turkey and across Aegean.

Syrian refugee carries Olympic flame through Athens

Symbolic gesture intended to show solidarity with the world's refugees at a time when millions are fleeing war and persecution worldwide.