Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the Chinese government began in December to abruptly scrap its harsh containment policy known as "zero-Covid."This
WFP
A look back at the year in which WFP stepped up to unprecedented challenges and fed 100 million people in 88 countries
January
The World Food Programme marks the
2010 Haiti Earthquake anniversary-on 12 January that year, up to 300,000 people were killed following the magnitude 7.0 quake which struck at 4:53 p.m. Within 30 seconds, a world turned upside down. With more than a million displaced, tens of thousands risked going hungry.
High-energy biscuits distribution in Leogane, a town near the epicentre of the earthquake in January 2010. Photo: David Orr/WFP.org
Haiti today: Children in Bouraly school in Gonaives receive hot meals with WFP support. Photo: WFP/Antoine Vallas