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During a UN press briefing, UNICEF's senior emergency coordinator, Hamish Young, says that "Over 14,000 children have reportedly already been killed in this conflict" while over 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, according to the head of OCHA's sub-office in Gaza. SOUNDBITE
Some 200,000 people have now fled Sudan to escape fighting that erupted in mid-April, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have been displaced inside the country, says UN refugee agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado. SOUNDBITE
Bishops gathered in Lourdes pray on their knees on the esplanade of the Rosary Basilica in a penitential gesture to ask God for forgiveness for sexual abuse in the Catholic church. IMAGES
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces his resignation after a report released last week by the state's Attorney General concluded the governor had sexually harassed multiple women. "I think that given the circumstances, the best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing," says Cuomo, whose resignation will take effect in 14 days. IMAGES
Volunteers from the COVID Memorial Project have placed 20,000 American flags on the National Mall as the United States crosses the threshold of 200,000 lives lost in the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Drivers queue to get into a drive-through coronavirus testing site in Miami Beach, Florida, as the United States edges close to registering 200,000 Covid-19 deaths, the latest grim milestone for the country just weeks before voters decide if President Donald Trump will stay in office. IMAGES
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