Viña del Mar, Chile – Felipe Gajardo, a 27-year-old student, sits in a quiet school hallway in the coastal city of Viña del Mar, with an empty cat carrier by his side. Dozens of flyers with pictures of lost animals plaster the walls around him. The Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins school…
Damascus Gate, occupied East Jerusalem – Samer and Omar* woke up early on Friday morning, hoping to make it to noon prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Located just 15 minutes away from their homes in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Issawiya in occupied East…
Rafah, Gaza Strip – The colourful kites fluttering in the skies of Rafah belie the reality they soar over: ragged tents packed tightly together, and lines of people trying to find food, water, and firewood. Running in and out of it all are children, brief smiles illuminating their exhausted faces…
Occupied East Jerusalem – Within moments of arriving at Damascus Gate, one of the main entrances into the Old City of Jerusalem, I found myself surrounded by four Israeli paramilitary officers. “What’s in your bags?” one of the officers asked as she began unzipping and rummaging through my backpack, clearly…
On the boarding and the signposts‘Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Co-operative’.But ever on our lips and at the weir‘The eelworks’. — “Eelworks” by Seamus Heaney Gerard McCourt is a seventh-generation eel fisherman who works the waters of Lough Neagh [Neill O’Higgins/Al Jazeera] For Gerard McCourt, there is a lot riding on this…
Rafah, Gaza Strip – In downtown Rafah, near Al-Awda Mosque, a small bird flutters in a cage hanging on the outer wall of a school which is currently being used as a shelter for people who have been displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Its soothing song catches…
Gulu, Uganda – At a market in Gulu, northern Uganda, women spread tropical fruit on plastic sheets, calling out to passing customers. The sun is blinding, and the air is thick with the chatter of bargaining shoppers. Distant are the days when children used to sleep under the same market stall…
What’s your money worth? A series from the front lines of the cost of living crisis, where people who have been hit hard share their monthly expenses. Name: Mo Sarwa Age: 50 Occupation: Owner of Sarwa Street Kitchen in East Jerusalem Lives with: His wife, Ilona, and their three children…
Bali, Indonesia – At dawn, as the first shards of light dance over the rice fields in the seaside village of Seseh on Bali’s west coast, Putu and her husband Made, who like many Indonesians go by one name only, spend an hour reciting prayers and distributing small palm leaf…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Yellow and green feathers radiating from his headdress, Davi Kopenawa strode onto the parade route with a mission in mind. All around him, the city of Rio de Janeiro was pulsing with music and merry-making: It was February 12, and the world’s largest Carnival celebration…
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