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Blessing sits in a processing center, cradling her days-old infant hoping that one day she will be reunited with her parents. As a young mother with a baby daughter Blessing will receive special protection and services.

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South Sudan violence leads 60,000 to flee, U.N. says

Soldiers killed dad in front of his daughter

Millions flee South Sudan to escape death

A defiant French community opens its doors to refugees

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A man wades at his flooded house in Cali, Colombia, on May 16, 2017, after heavy rains caused the overflowing of the Cauca river.
Colombia remains on "alert" due to heavy rains which, since March, have left 389 people killed, some 23.000 families and over a third of the country affected.

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Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Chris Iannetta is hit in the face by a pitch in the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Chase Field.

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US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, May 10, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

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2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards â Photo Room â Los Angeles, U.S., 07/05/2017 â Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (Newscom TagID: rtrleight758327.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND - MAY 06: Competitors take part in the Tough Mudder London West at Culden Farm on May 6, 2017 in Henley-on-Thames, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 04: President Donald Trump (C) congratulates House Republicans after they passed legislation aimed at repealing and replacing ObamaCare, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House, on May 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - A demonstrator catches fire, after the gas tank of a police motorbike exploded, during clashes in a protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on May 3, 2017.
Venezuela's angry opposition rallied Wednesday vowing huge street protests against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution and accusing him of dodging elections to cling to power despite deadly unrest. / AFP PHOTO / JUAN BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Toronto Blue Jays' Chris Coghlan, top, leaps over St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina to score during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 25, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

What a shot! 30 amazing sports photos

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: David Letterman and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., off camera, meet with climate change activists in the atrium of Hart Building on April 28, 2017, ahead of tomorrow's Peoples Climate march. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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The latest from Africa

Children sit next to a bucket filled with fish on the shores of Tanganyika lake in Uvira on March 22, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO SCOPPA/AFP/Getty Images)

Lake Tanganyika is changing, and the fate of millions lie in the balance

Life on Lake Tanganyika

The latest from the Americas

Brazilian president Michel Temer takes part in the "A Year of Achievements" meeting in celebration of the first year of his presidential term, at the Palacio do Planalto in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 12, 2017.

President Michel Temer celebrated one year at Brazil's helm on Friday with some questioning how much has changed in Latin America's biggest country since the traumatic impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. / AFP PHOTO / EVARISTO SA (Photo credit should read EVARISTO SA/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazilian President Michel Temer, accused of bribery, says he will not resign

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The latest from Asia

This aerial shot taken on September 15, 2010 shows the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea.

Japan: China 'escalating' tensions over disputed islands

Japan's parliament to consider bill allowing Emperor Akihito to step down

Is China unstoppable in the South China Sea?

The latest from Europe

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 05: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy where he continues to seek asylum following an extradition request from Sweden in 2012, on February 5, 2016 in London, England. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has insisted that Mr Assange's detention should be brought to an end. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation

#Grime4Corbyn: UK grime scene gets political

Brexit has caused an identity crisis that is transforming British politics

The latest from the Middle East

Iran goes to the polls as 'outsider' Rouhani seeks to liberalize country

Israelis on edge before Trump visit

A beginner's guide to Iran's presidential election

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