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The desert city holding back a war

In Mauritania’s far southeast, a refugee camp of nearly 300,000 people has become both sanctuary and buffer zone between Mali’s collapse and Europe’s borders

Don’t call me dad

Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents

A life stolen in the name of national purity

How a lynching in the state of Odisha illuminates a wider story in today's India

What does support for a slain rebel tell us about India today?

As thousands mourn a slain rebel in Bastar, can the state kill a movement without addressing the conditions that gave it life

The Egyptian border’s cruel economy of exploitation

An expansive cross-border investigation into the brutality facing refugees from the war in Sudan

Elite youth sports have become “synonymous with violence”

Accusations of child abuse committed by a top figure skating coach in Russia are sparking a conversation worldwide

Freedom by numbers

More than 200 court rulings in 2024 cite an algorithm that classifies foreign prisoners without ties as high risk, even if they lack other risk factors In 1993, two beekeepers

The girl who was called “everybody’s property”

Iceland, despite its feminist reputation, systematically fails rape victims, shielding perpetrators and disbelieving survivors Widely praised as a global leader in gender equality, Iceland consistently tops rankings of the world’s

From behind the digital curtain

In Indonesia’s digital shadows, LGBTQ+ voices are being hacked, harassed and silenced – often with the law’s blessing. In the dark corners of Makassar’s digital sphere, where anonymity should be

Truth under fire

Investigative journalists in North Africa are being hunted, hacked and harassed, but they haven’t stopped telling the truth A troubling wind is blowing across the world. From Europe to the

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