Secretary-General António Guterres attends the opening session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance Geneva, Switzerland.Participants attend the thematic panel discussion 3 during the 2026 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS.Beginning their work on this year’s UN Day (24 October), Ghanaian engineers with the UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) renovated a school in Taliko, a marginalized neighbourhood of Bamako. The school had hosted several displaced families after deadly flash floods hit the Malian capital this summer. Members of the Ghanaian engineering contingent at work.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) receives the Kew International Medal during the London Climate Action Week Nature Day at Kew Gardens, United Kingdom. The Secretary-General is in London to attend a series of events taking place during the London Climate Action Week.The UN General Assembly hosts a World Football Day celebration (25 May), co-organized by Bahrain, Libya, and Tajikistan with support from Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, and Rwanda. The event is aiming to highlight the ability of football to unite cultures, empower youth, and advance global solidarity. Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, throws a football in the General Assembly Hall.Judith Suminwa Tuluka, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting on Women and peace and security and honoring the promise of international law to survivors of conflict related sexual violence.Annalena Baerbock (left), President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, speaks with Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), during the 85th plenary meeting of General Assembly. The meeting elected Khalilur Rahman, from the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as President of the 81st Session of the General Assembly (starting 8 September 2026).Melissa Fleming (left), Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, interviews Secretary-General António Guterres for her podcast "Awake at Night".Palestinian children stand with footballs in an attempt to beat the Guinness world record of 2,011 footballs bounced simultaneously. The event is organised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa today.Dominique Rankin (Kapiteotak), Ancestral Heritage of the Anicinape First Nation, attends the launch event of the Muscat Plan of Action for Traditional and Indigenous Leaders and Peoples in Countering and Addressing Hate Speech and Preventing Genocide and Atrocity Crimes and their Incitement through Peace Mediation.Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, briefs reporters after the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation.A representative of Mexico addresses the informal high‑level discussion held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Council.A view of the island during the ceremony.A participant attends the thematic panel discussion 3 during the 2026 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS.Zenon Ngay Mukongo, Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. At right is Claudia Banz, Director of the Security Council Affairs Division of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA).A participant attends the informal high‑level discussion held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Council.Secretary-General António Guterres (left) posthumously awards Sergii Prykhodko, Ukrainian helicopters flight attendant, the Captain Mbaye Diang Medal for Exceptional Courage. The Award is received by Elyzaveta, Sergii Prykhodko’s 6-year-old daughter. At right is Tetyana, wife of Sergii Prykhodko.A young participant attends the 2026 United Nations Population Award Ceremony. The annual awards recognize outstanding contributions by individuals or institutions to population and reproductive health issues and solutions. The laureates of the forty-first edition of the United Nations Population Award are Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye, an obstetric surgeon from Senegal, in the individual category, and the Fondation Bonne Action Umugiraneza of Burundi, in the institution category. Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye has dedicated his career to helping women recover from obstetric fistula. The Fondation Bonne Action Umugiraneza works to improve access to health care, education and social support for some of Burundi's most vulnerable women, children and families.Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, addresses the General Assembly 2026 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS. The meeting discussed the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS.

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