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Desprotegidas en Ecuador: Amnesty International

Desprotegidas en Ecuador: Amnesty International

Karen Toro
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With some photographs I was able to accompany the research Unprotected in Ecuador, about Venezuelan refugee women survivors of gender-based violence. Assignment for Amnesty International.
Comida; Calories of Power

Comida; Calories of Power

José A. Alvarado Jr.
Media 
Comida; Calories of Power Words by Christina Veiga with Photographs by José A. Alvarado Jr. More people are hungry in New York City today than before COVID struck. Food insecurity has jumped by 36%. It’s higher among children. An estimated 1 in 4 children don’t have enough to eat — a 46% increase over pre-pandemic..
200 people evacuated as fire engulfs migrant camp in Spain

200 people evacuated as fire engulfs migrant camp in Spain

Santi Donaire
Media 
Some 200 people were evacuated Monday from a camp housing hundreds of migrant workers in Spain after a fire engulfed the site
NPR - A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition

NPR - A Maine community comes together to save a candlepin bowling tradition

Sofia Aldinio
Media 
Autumn Mowery, 20 year-old, owns the only entertainment in Ellsworth, Maine, a candlepin bowling alley. She is trying hard to keep the place afloat even though candlepin bowling is fading away in a lot of New England. Mowery is 20 years old and knows how to fix most lane problems on the spot. "I love these lanes. They are definitely a pain..
Shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu: The New York Times

Shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu: The New York Times

Andre Malerba
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On October 6, 2022, ex-police officer Panya Khamrab, 34, went on a killing spree armed with a knife, pistol, and shotgun, that eventually left 36 people dead, and more wounded, most of them young children from a nursery in Thailand's Nong Bua Lamphu province. The perpetrator went on to murder his own wife and child before finally taking his..
Is It Ethical to Hunt Captive Lions?

Is It Ethical to Hunt Captive Lions?

Gulshan Khan
Media 
Is It Ethical to Hunt Captive Lions? In South Africa, the big cats are raised to be killed by hunters. Opponents are outraged, but advocates point to conservation benefits
The threat to the grand Shihuahuaco

The threat to the grand Shihuahuaco

Leslie Moreno Custodio
Media 
Commission for Ojo Público (Peru) [EN] An imposing tree with reddish bark finds itself cornered in the Peruvian Amazon. Exploitation and destruction of its habitat continues as the state's attempts to protect the species from the pressure of the timber trade fail. Scientists estimate that if no measures are taken to protect it, the..
for The Wall Street Journal: Juvenile Crime Surges, Reversing Long Decline. ‘It’s Just Kids Killing Kids.’

for The Wall Street Journal: Juvenile Crime Surges, Reversing Long Decline. ‘It’s Just Kids Killing Kids.’

José A. Alvarado Jr.
Media 
Violence among children has soared across the country since 2020. One consequence: a mounting toll of young victims.
Bloomberg Businessweek - Drugmakers Are Testing Ways to Stop Alzheimer’s Before It Starts

Bloomberg Businessweek - Drugmakers Are Testing Ways to Stop Alzheimer’s Before It Starts

Sofia Aldinio
Media 
Astrida Schaeffer, 59, is undergoing a trial for a promising preventative Alzheimer's drug. Every two weeks she drives several hours round trip to Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for trial-related infusions, hoping her future has a better chance than other women in her family. Her grandmother, grandmother’s..
Los Diablos de Píllaro

Los Diablos de Píllaro

Yader Guzman
Media 
Nestled in Ecuador’s High Andes, more than 9,000 feet above sea level, beside apple orchards and potato fields, is the small city of Píllaro. For most of the year, the sleepy mountain town acts as a quiet backdrop to  Llanganates National Park ’s stunning mountain vistas. But for the first six days in January every..
El Pais / Alia Trabucco Zerán, escritora: “La dictadura chilena provocó una herida en mi imaginación”

El Pais / Alia Trabucco Zerán, escritora: “La dictadura chilena provocó una herida en mi imaginación”

cristobal Venegas
Media 
En su nueva novela, ‘Limpia’, la escritora aborda “incómodamente” los abismos que existen entre una empleada doméstica y la familia de clase alta para la que trabaja View on elpais.com ↗
Politico Magazine: The Real Power in the New Congress Isn’t Where Matt Gaetz Thinks It Is

Politico Magazine: The Real Power in the New Congress Isn’t Where Matt Gaetz Thinks It Is

Caroline Gutman
Media 
Representative Josh Gottheimer’s (D-NJ) centrist caucus could be the powerbrokers of the narrowly divided Congress this term. Reporting by Sarah Ferris https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/13/josh-gottheimer-congress-power-player-00074987
Kupfer aus Peru - Der hohe Preis für unsere Kabel

Kupfer aus Peru - Der hohe Preis für unsere Kabel

Deutschlandfunk Kultur
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Kupfer steckt in fast allen Kabeln und wird gebraucht für den Ausbau der Stromnetze im Zuge der Energiewende. Aber rund um die Bergwerke in Peru, wo große Anteile des weltweiten Kupfers abgebaut werden, sterben die Tiere und Menschen erkranken. View on deutschlandfunkkultur.de ↗
In a Drought, California Is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea

In a Drought, California Is Watching Water Wash Out to Sea

Mette Lampcov
Media 
The Guardian: How a desert bloomed in the driest place on Earth

The Guardian: How a desert bloomed in the driest place on Earth

Adriana Thomasa
Media 
On assignment for Agencia EFE-EPA
Brussels for The New York Times

Brussels for The New York Times

Diana Takacsova
Media 
Brussels for The New York Times, picturing themes such as the eurozone or inflation.
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