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.A view of a Spanish interpreter at work during the Security Council meeting that heard a Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. On the screen at left is Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Colombia and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia.A participant attends the informal high‑level discussion held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Council.Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and President of the Security Council for the month of July, chairs the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security with a focus on "Natural resource governance: The foundation of peace, security and prosperity".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).The event “UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General” is held with the candidates for the position of Secretary-General responding to questions on key challenges for the United Nations in a televised debate organized and hosted by Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly, with the support of Bloomberg. Behind the podiums are the candidates for the position of the next Secretary-General, from left to right; Michelle Bachelet Jeria, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Rafael Mariano Grossi, Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett and Macky Sall. The Town Hall offers a unique opportunity for a global audience to hear from all six candidates seeking to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.A participant with a UNHCR football attends the event "One World, One Game, One Goal: Football as a Catalyst for Youth Mental Health and Well-Being" with Spotlight Sessions: Youth Leadership, Connection and Everyday Mental Well-being Through Sport.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.Lok Bahadur Thapa (right), outgoing President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, hands the gavel to Amar Bendjama, elected President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for 2026 - 2027 and Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, during the 1st Economic and Social Council plenary meeting of the session.Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, addresses the global celebration of football and youth mental health event "One World, One Game, One Goal: Football as a Catalyst for Youth Mental Health and Well-Being".Secretary-General António Guterres attends the opening session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance Geneva, Switzerland.A representative of Mexico addresses the informal high‑level discussion held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Council.A participant attends the thematic panel discussion 3 during the 2026 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS.Participants attend the thematic panel discussion 3 during the 2026 High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS.Two panelists before the event "One World, One Game, One Goal: Football as a Catalyst for Youth Mental Health and Well-Being" with Spotlight Sessions: Youth Leadership, Connection and Everyday Mental Well-being Through Sport.A view of the island during the ceremony.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.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.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.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.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.

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