UNICEF unveils display representing scale of child deaths in conflict

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Sunday, unveiled an installation demonstrating the devastating scale of child deaths recorded in conflict zones during 2018 at the UN headquarters in New York.

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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) installation demonstrating the scale of child death in conflict zones during 2018. PHOTO: UNICEF

Mariyam Malsa

2019-09-08 17:55:36

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Sunday, unveiled an installation demonstrating the devastating scale of child deaths recorded in conflict zones during 2018 at the UN headquarters in New York.

The display, which will remain open until September 10, is evocative of a graveyard with 3,758 backpacks, each representing the loss of a young life, arranged in rows.

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