27 Dazziling Photos From United Nations Missions Around The World

The United Nations currently has fifteen peacekeeping missions around the world, ranging from providing disaster relief in Haiti to alleviating a civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Since it was founded in 1945, the UN has completed 55 other peacekeeping missions.

During most of the missions, official United Nations photographers documented the humanitarian work of the organization, compiling a library of over 800,000 photos of some truly incredible places. We've collected the coolest pictures from the UN flickr page of 12 of the current missions.