Week in pictures: From wildfires in Colombia to the Venice Carnival
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‘Thrown like animals’: Georgians identify victims in Stalin’s mass graves | Human Rights
Batumi, Georgia – Natalia Kuznetsova stares tight-lipped at the abandoned house her grandfather Hasan Dishli Oglu built in the 1930s. Her father was just a toddler in 1937 when Hasan, then 33, was arrested by the Soviet secret police. He was never heard from again. “When my father was dying, in…
Packed Tanzania protests offer hope but reforms remain a distant dream | Protests
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – As thousands of supporters carrying placards stating their demands marched through Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday, opposition party Chadema deputy chairperson Tunde Lissu declared to reporters that the rallies were the beginning of a mission to get a new constitution and get the electoral commission truly independent. Deemed the…
Brutality of oppression: Ai Weiwei speaks on Gaza, China and New York City | Arts and Culture
“Power is afraid of art and poets,” writes Ai Weiwei in Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir. He would know. The renowned artist is a notorious rankler of the powers that be, particularly in his native China, where Communist Party leadership came to fear him to such a ferocious degree that he…
The Sundarbans dilemma: Islands swallowed by water, and nowhere else to go | Climate Crisis
Sundarbans, India – Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Each time, he moves farther from the receding edge of the island to avoid displacement. He has watched the river eat away vast tracts of…
Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public | Social Media News
A honeymoon in Western Tibet came to a tragic end in October when the newlyweds crashed their car on a mountain road after suffering altitude sickness. Sitting in the passenger seat, 27-year-old Yu Yanyan from Shanghai was badly injured. Despite being transferred to a local hospital, rapid haemorrhaging and a…
Uganda’s first Oscar-nominated film tells story of Bobi Wine persecution | Arts and Culture
Kampala, Uganda – This January, when Bobi Wine learned that the film documenting his 2021 Ugandan presidential bid had been nominated for an Academy Award, he was hiding from the police. The swaggering popstar-turned-opposition leader had been on the run for five days, not sleeping or showering. This was after security…
‘Too much poison’: Attacks on Indian Muslims grow after Ram temple ceremony | Politics
Mumbai, India – Driving through the Mira Road neighbourhood of Mumbai was a usual affair for 21-year-old Mohammad Tariq, who ran errands on his father’s white loading auto carrier. But on Tuesday, participants in a Hindu nationalist rally stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road. Young boys –…
Seeking medical care, one family races anticipated US border restrictions | Migration News
Medellin, Colombia – Victor Hidalgo Lopez had already carried his three-year-old daughter through 10 countries by the time they reached Mexico. Along the way, they used long hours on the road to prepare for their destination, the United States. Hidalgo, a 37-year-old from Venezuela, quizzed Emiliannys on how to count to…
‘Medicine in Gaza’: A doctor’s guide to treating Gaza’s sick and wounded | Israel War on Gaza
Gaza Strip – There is one moment that has so far defined Mousa al-Buhaisi’s work as a young doctor in Gaza. The 25-year-old who recently started his medical career had to stitch up a little boy whose body was pierced all over by shrapnel – at least 14 open wounds…