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Daily Wrap 30 August 2019 UN Photo/Manuel Elias Activist Greta Thunberg gets preview of UNHQ ahead of climate summit Two days after disembarking from her carbon-free yacht in New York, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg paid a visit to UN Headquarters on Friday, after joining participants of her global climate strike movement, Fridays for Future, at the Organization's gates. Climate Change © UNHCR/Farha Bhoyroo More than half of world's refugee children 'do not get an education', warns UNHCR Refugee children in their millions are missing out on an education, the UN said on Friday, in an appeal to host countries to back more inclusive policies to prevent them from "languishing" in camps for years and losing hope.  Culture and Education OCHA/Giles Clark As Yemen relief operations face funding gap, timing of surge in violence 'couldn't be worse' The situation in Yemen is "very fragile", the top United Nations humanitarian official there has warned, noting that as many as 13 people have been killed and at least 70 wounded over the past three days during clashes in two governorates. Humanitarian Aid UN Photo/Martine Perret Alarming number of Ebola deaths in DRC a 'rallying cry' to scale up treatment Since the Ebola epidemic struck in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) one year ago, almost 600 of around 850 children who have caught the virus have now died, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Friday. Humanitarian Aid UN Photo/Mark Garten Friday's Daily Brief: Refugee children missing out on school, Ebola in Uganda, Fresh violence in Yemen, 20 years of Timor-Leste independence, Enforced disappearances A recap of Friday's stories: Over half of refugee children missing an education; new Ebola case in Uganda; funding gap in Yemen leaves many at risk; Timor-Leste marks 20th anniversary of independence, enforced disappearances spread terror Humanitarian Aid unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences