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World Disasters Report
2026

Truth, Trust and Humanitarian Action in the Age of Harmful Information

Executive Summary

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At Crisis Point: Countering Harmful Information, Defending Humanity

At Crisis Point: Countering Harmful Information, Defending Humanity

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Citations & Lived Experiences

"During COVID-19, there was so much information that I felt lost and did not know what to believe"
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Abdul M.
Afghanistan
"Living in the age of AI scares me: where is the truth and where is the misinformation"
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Clair
UK
"I wish I had a magic wand that would help me to distinguish misinformation and truth"
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Olga
Russia
"Social media spreads false information so quickly that it becomes hard to verify what's real before it's too late"
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Maria S.
Philippines
"In times of disaster, misinformation can be more dangerous than the disaster itself"
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James K.
Kenya