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Fighting grips Philippine city

Fighting grips Philippine city Fighting between government forces and an armed group in the Philippine city of Marawi left large numbers of people displaced and in need of help. In the first week of the fighting in May, the ICRC and the Philippine Red Cross distributed food rations, addressed water and sanitation issues and provided household [...]

A city of misery

With heavier rains expected to hit their makeshift camps, desperate people who fled violence in Myanmar have even more to worry about.

A planet of extremes

As the planet warms due to climate change, weather patterns are changing and in many cases becoming more extreme.