World Humanitarian Day 2025: Dangerous Acts of Compassion by Theo Doraisamy

On 19 August 2003, 22 UN staff were killed by a suicide bombing attack, and every year since 2008, World Humanitarian Day has been observed on the 19 August to honour humanitarian workers who have been wounded or have lost their lives to violence – and served as a valuable opportunity to educate and inform people worldwide on the devastating casualties of war.