World Food Day
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A displaced Iraqi boy from the Yazidi community eats a piece of bread and holds a bottle of water as they cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 11, 2014. At least 20,000 civilians, most of whom are from the Yazidi community, who had been besieged by jihadists on a mountain in northern Iraq have safely escaped to Syria and been escorted by Kurdish forces back into Iraq, officials said. [Photo: VCG]
World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16 in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN in 1945. Every year, it's observed in over 150 countries and regions, raising concerns of the issues behind poverty and hunger. This year's theme is "our actions are our future."
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