Francesca Perucci (R), Chief of the Statistical Services Branch of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, speaks to journalists during a press briefing on the launching of the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019, at the UN headquarters in New York, on July 9, 2019. Despite earlier extended progress, the number of people suffering from hunger has been on the rise since 2014, the UN report said Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

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