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The U.N. refugee agency reports nearly 71 million people around the world are now forcibly displaced by war, persecution and conflict. This is the highest level ever reached since the UNHCR was established nearly 70 years ago. The report comes as June 20 marks World Refugee Day.

VIDEO: Millions take to the streets to demand the resignation of Hong Kong’s chief executive after she suspends a controversial bill expanding mainland China’s authority, and apologizes to the people of Hong Kong. Plugged In takes a look at what’s next for the former British colony and finds out why Hong Kong residents are so upset with their leaders.

VIDEO: After months of being closed, the International Simon Bolivar Bridge connecting Colombia and Venezuela in the eastern Colombian city of Cucuta has been re-opened.  Since then, there has been a surge of Venezuelans traveling to Colombia to buy the food and medicine no longer available in Venezuela because of the country’s ongoing humanitarian and political crisis.

VIDEO: Going to a museum, zoo or aquarium is no longer just a passive event where guests look at an exhibit or animals. Emerging technology is allowing visitors an interactive experience that stimulates the senses.  An aquarium in Southern California recently finished construction on a new wing packed with technology.

The U.S. is on track to resettle roughly one in five refugees it could admit from the Middle East and Latin America this fiscal year, signaling regional disparities that are widening faster than at any other period in nearly 20 years.