What is United Nations Day?

Understanding the international observance held on 24 October

I once stood outside of the UN headquarters in New York without realising. I’d come upon the building without meaning to and it was only when I looked up from my camera, trained as it was on the smaller details of life in the Big Apple, that I’d noticed the flags and realised where I was.

I was a bit ignorant in my 20s.

These days I’m more familiar with the work of the UN. I regularly share their events and observances on the…