World disasters and emergencies

Alexander Matheou

"Global humanity is more important than ever"

Coronavirus: the Red Cross Movement launches its largest ever global humanitarian appeal

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A Red Cross volunteer wears a mask and face shield to protect herself and others from coronavirus.

How the Red Cross is helping in the global fight against coronavirus

Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have stepped up their responses to the pandemic

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A devastated man in India cries as he loses his fiance to the coronavirus

Coronavirus in India: the epicentre of the pandemic

More than 200,000 people have now died from Covid in India and the situation is worsening. Find out what's happening.

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Syria Red Crescent disinfects public buildings

Covid-19 reaches refugee camps: why we must act now

The pandemic could take an even bigger toll on conflict-affected countries

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Volunteers at the Hackney resource centre pack food parcels

Human kind: Keeping London connected through the pandemic

Communities have been key in keeping London going through the pandemic.

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Volunteers at a hospital in Aleppo

"The most vulnerable are facing a different crisis than first feared"

The British Red Cross's head of emergencies on the global coronavirus crisis

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Doctors and medical staff wearing heavy PPE stand together on a hospital ward in India

The new global coronavirus epicentre

South Asia is now at the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is how you can help

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A devastated man in India cries as he loses his fiance to the coronavirus

What is happening in Yemen? 21.6 million Yemenis are in dire need of humanitarian support

Years of conflict, the effects of climate change and a floundering economy mean that Yemen's situation is desperate. It must not be forgotten.

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A view of the Balukhali refugee camp for people from Rakhine state/Myanmar, in Cox's bazar, Bangladesh

What is happening in Cox's Bazar?

People living in the world's largest refugee settlement face the threat of coronavirus

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A man driving an IFRC vehicle surveys the scene in the aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai

Madagascar: The aftermath of Cyclone Batsirai

On 5th February, Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar

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People are evacuated during the Charon heatwave in Greece 2023.

Europe heatwave 2023: extreme heat spirals into wildfires

Southern Europe has been at the centre of sustained and unprecedented heatwaves for more than two weeks.

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A Mongolian woman carries a young goat into her yurt to shelter it from brutal weather.

Faster than disaster: beating the white death in Mongolia

Increasingly, Mongolian herders endure some of the toughest winters on earth and risk losing everything. But a new Red Cross system may make all the difference

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