World Humanitarian Day: UN pays tribute to people helping people around the globe

The United Nations paid homage to humanitarian workers around the world today with ceremonies of remembrance for the fallen, and praise and songs of tribute for the hundreds of thousands of others who daily brave danger and hardship to bring aid to those less fortunate.

"Wherever there are people in need, there are people who help them -- men and women coming together to ease suffering and bring hope," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a message on World Humanitarian Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the worst terrorist attack against the UN in Baghdad eight years ago.

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