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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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When hate reaches the school gates

Guro Middle School is on the frontline of a war on immigrants waged by Korea's far-right
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Digitising Urdu’s cascading calligraphy

An interview with Abeera Kamran and Zeerak Ahmed, by Sophia Smith Galer
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The gardens of Babur: Kabul’s lament

From winter in Afghanistan, Abdul Bacet’s photo essay reflects on the history of the Gardens of Babur in Kabul.
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Lebanon’s slow motion “cancer tsunami”

Rising cancer rates expose a web of pollution and public health failure in Lebanon
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Forest and faith in Mentawai

How Indigenous life and spirituality remain bound to forests undergoing ecological and political pressure in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands
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When greed erases cultural memory

A battle over the fate of the iconic Théâtre de Beyrouth has laid bare a broken legal system that consistently privileges investor greed over cultural memory
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The truth behind Korea’s “voluntary ghetto”

Incheon’s Chinatown looks like just a fun day out – but a culture researcher sees a darker story
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Slow death in Diyala

Illegal landfills in eastern Iraq expose residents to toxic smoke and disease as environmental laws go unenforced.
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The cyberslaves of Bamban

A daring escape from a Philippine scam compound exposes the global system of digital fraud built on torture, corruption and modern slavery
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When the whistleblower becomes the prisoner

How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States
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Love and punishment in Karnataka and Bihar

Two honour-killings expose the price of loving across caste lines
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