Miscellaneous Current Affairs · 30 May 2026

World Hunger Day observed on May 28

Exam-focused facts from the 30 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • World Hunger Day is observed globally on May 28.
  • The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises found 35.5 million children aged 6–59 months were acutely malnourished across 23 countries and territories.
  • Nearly 10 million children were identified as severely acutely malnourished in the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises.
  • Famine was identified in two separate contexts in the same year for the first time in the history of the report.
  • Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) shipped 132.9 million meals between January and April 2026.

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