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11/08/2016 - Settimo Torinese (Turin, Italy)

In the picture, migrants hosted in the "Teobaldo Fenoglio" centre where the Italian Red Cross provides them food, shelter, clothing, healthcare, first aid and psychosocial support.

Empowering migrant communities to speak out in Italy

Promise, a 20-year-old woman from Nigeria, says she feels safe in the Italian Red Cross reception centre she has been staying in since surviving a harrowing four-day crossing from Libya to Europe.

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Iraq one month on: Red Crescent relief teams enter Mosul for first time

The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has been able to reach communities inside Mosul for the first time, providing emergency relief supplies and first aid to families who have been trapped in the city without access to food and basic services.

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Red Cross providing psychological support to help quake-hit communities

Red Cross is providing psychological support to communities affected by this week’s earthquakes, as people prepare to spend another night in welfare centres. About 50 New Zealand Red Cross personnel are on the ground in Marlborough and Kaikoura, the two worst hit areas.

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Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

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After The Flood – DPRK’s race to rebuild

After The Flood – DPRK’s race to rebuild

Dropping down from the mountains in Musan County, the first signs of devastation quickly emerge. The remnants of homes barely visible, buried under metres of silt. These were the worst floods to have hit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 20 years.

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