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Beyond good intentions

What happens when helping disabled people in China becomes more about charity than equality?
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An Iranian shadow network, or a mirage?

An investigation by one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers raises as many questions as it answers
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When satire becomes unsafe in India

The parents of a Gen-Z icon fear for his safety after a government crackdown on his new cockroach-inspired political party
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From hand to eye to mouth to ear

Amongst the deaf of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula
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Nepal’s silent epidemic

The devastating human and financial toll of surging non-communicable diseases
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The city that forgot it was built on water  

Dhaka was once defined by its waterways – restoring them, experts argue, could finally free the city from its gridlock
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Running on empty

As war in the Middle East disrupts energy flows, millions of Indian households are left scrambling for gas
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Tehran: The price of now

The human cost of spiralling inflation and currency collapse
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Karachi: Surveillance, panic and chaos

The price the people pay for safer streets
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Kyoto: Zen and the art of being a tour guide

Amid the quiet beauty, a local tour guide contemplates Buddhist philosophy and overtourism to find a sense of balance
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Gaza: How genocide has transformed the daily lexicon

Every day, Gaza's vocabulary changes – words take on new meanings as reality is reconfigured by violence
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Bangalore: Many tongues, one fare

An unfiltered view of of the city from the backseat of a taxi cab
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