These are the 32 Global Crises the UN Expects to Confront in 2025

The "Global Humanitarian Overview" is a particularly meaningful UN report

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released its annual assessment of global humanitarian needs today.

It’s a grim document.

The report, known as the Global Humanitarian Overview, surveys the dozens of man-made and natural disasters around which the UN has mounted a response over the current year. It also projects the crises expected to demand international attention in 2025. The report estimates that 305 million people across 32 countries and 9 refugee-hosting regions will require humanitarian assistance in the coming year, with a staggering price tag of $47 billion.

Many of these crises are well-known to those who follow the news: Gaza, Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan. However, many others have faded from the headlines but remain massive in scale, such as Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Myanmar.

Here are the UN’s 2025 projections:

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