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Global hunger hits new high amid conflict, extreme weather: UN

Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2025 [File: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Global hunger hit a new high last year with the outlook for 2025 “bleak,” according to a United Nations-backed report.

Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for a sixth consecutive year in 2024, affecting more than 295 million people across 53 countries and territories, the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises (GFRC), released on Friday, warned.

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