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Mothers of some of Mexico's nearly 100,000 missing people gather in Mexico City to protest on Mother's Day. IMAGES
During a UN press briefing, Georgios Petropoulos, the head of the OCHA sub-office in Gaza speaking from Rafah says that more than 100,000 people have fled Rafah. SOUNDBITE
"At least 800,000 people in the path of the cyclone need emergency food assistance" says Anthea Webb, the World Food Programme's deputy director for Asia and the Pacific. Reporting on the impact of Cyclone Mocha five days after the devastating storm barrelled through Myanmar, Webb adds that "greater needs for food, shelter, water, health and other humaniarian aid are expected to be revealed". Earlier on Friday, Myanmar's ruling junta said the death toll had risen to 145 in the country. 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