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YESTERDAY was World Humanitarian Day (WHD). It was on Aug. 19, 2003, when the United Nations lost 22 colleagues in the tragic attack at the Hotel Canal in Baghdad, Iraq. Since then, we commemorate WHD every year, paying tribute to the many humanitarian workers who have sacrificed their lives to bring relief to the millions and millions of people affected by crises.
As of August 9, a total of 5,771 national humanitarian workers and 714 international staff across the globe have been either killed, wounded or kidnapped while accomplishing their mission, as reflected by the Humanitarian Outcomes' Aid Worker Security Database. Humanitarian work has become a highly risky responsibility.
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