Over 820 mln people hungry in 2018: UN report

David Beasley (L), Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Jose Graziano Da Silva (C), Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), attend a press briefing on the launch of "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019" report, at the UN headquarters in New York, July 15, 2019. World hunger is on the rise in absolute number and more than 820 million people were hungry in 2018, the UN report said Monday. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)