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Today is the #InternationalDayOfFriendship ! 👫 It’s an opportunity to remember the importance of social connections. Everyone can experience loneliness — including older people. If you or someone you know might be feeling lonely, try reaching out. 👉

Social isolation and loneliness among older people are harmful. They: 🔶 Shorten older people's lives 🔶 Damage their physical & #MentalHealth  🔶 Reduce their quality of life On #InternationalDayofFriendship  , reach out to those who might be lonely. 👉

Another monsoon floods 🌊hitting the #Rohingya  refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, #Bangladesh  . While our engineers are racing against time to stabilize slopes & prevent landslides, WFP teams are going door-to-door, distributing hot meals🍚 & nutritious biscuits🍪.

🔝WFP assisted an unprecedented number of people in 2020. The Annual Review highlights our work saving and changing lives in the year in which WFP was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize . 🔀

"An untidy garden is a wildlife haven – let a little mess into our outdoor spaces."

Although #PrEP  is a highly effective way to prevent HIV infection, there continue to be substantial gaps in its availability. In 2020, the total number of people using PrEP was just 28% of the target of 3 million in low- and middle-income countries. #EndInequalitiesEndAIDS 

Bayer to pull #glyphosate  from stores due to cancer lawsuits | Courthouse News Service Let’s hope they don’t replace it with ☠️ #dicamba 

"The Wilderness experiment shows what’s possible when nature is allowed to create rich, native woodland for free."

"… interesting to watch what happens to this area if man does not interfere. Will it become a wood again?" This note was written 60 years ago. Fast-forward to today and "this area" has regenerated naturally, showing us that leaving nature be can expand native woodland.

The truth about fast fashion: can you tell how ethical your clothing is by its price? via @IrishTimesLife