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Aid groups confront rising toll of pandemic

U.N. officials released a 2021 humanitarian plan that projects 235 million people worldwide will need aid, a 40% increase from this year.

By Arete News - December 1, 2020

Venezuelan refugees at Albergue Douglas in Pamplona, Colombia (AN/Cristal Montanez)

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