| The Middle East was front and centre this week as the Human Rights Council in Geneva heard Israel's latest actions in Gaza constitute war crimes and the Security Council met in emergency session to discuss escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran on Friday, which we covered live.
With the world "on the brink," the Secretary-General urged both countries to give peace a chance instead of continuing to exchange deadly missile fire, while civilians bear the brunt.
Similarly, for the world's children, solutions remain few and far between with children increasingly victims of grave violations during conflict and threatened by the slower burn of climate change.
In the Maldives and Nepal, though, we got a close-up look at how UN agencies are working to put children at the heart of climate solutions, creating lasting change for future generations.
Notable interviews this week featured women on the frontlines – and in the headlines – including a former woman refugee journalist in Afghanistan, the founder of a feminist organization in Haiti who works with victims of sexual violence and the top UN economist who is a key organiser of the upcoming financing for development conference in Sevilla (a lot more to come on this in the next few weeks) which many see as a key health check on multilateralism.
This editor's favourite story of the week featured the intersection of two worldwide phenomena – football and the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals – against the backdrop of the world expo in Japan. With progress on the SDGs way off-track, a boost from world football may just be the sort of innovative spark we need. | .png)
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