Scepticism as Gibran Rakabuming Raka runs for Indonesia’s vice presidency | Elections News
Solo, Indonesia – For more than 40 years, Sarti has been cycling his pedicab around the streets of the Indonesian city of Surakarta, or Solo.…
Northwest Syria’s love for puppies, kittens blooms a year after earthquake | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Idlib, Syria – Hundreds of cats and dogs are running around, chasing each other and playing in Ernesto’s Paradise For Animals Under War on the…
‘Reputational damage’: Singapore’s ruling party grapples with scandal | Corruption News
Singapore – Hamilton in the West End, Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. This…
Afraa, ‘miracle baby’ of Syria’s earthquake, is turning one | Turkey-Syria Earthquake
Jandaris, Syria – It was a party, a celebration of life for so many children and young people who survived one of the worst natural…
Uncontrolled immigration is the Tories’ fault – and it will cost them the election
THE Tories’ last pale hope of victory expired on Tuesday. It was put out of its misery by official figures showing the bulging UK population…
It’s wedding season in Pakistan, and it has a name – ‘Decemberistan’ | In Pictures
It is winter in Pakistan, and that means weddings. Lots of weddings. During the cooler weather between November and February, millions of people attend weddings…
Week in pictures: From European farmers’ protests to wildfires in Chile
A roundup of some of last week’s events. Source link
The Sikh kitchen that feeds Manila’s moneylenders | Fork the System
Manila, Philippines – “Don’t treat this like a full dinner. Only take small portions,” a mother warns her son as he reaches for a second helping…
‘Jump without thinking’: The parkour runners reclaiming Algiers | Arts and Culture
Bab Ezzouar, Algiers – There are two steps to preparing to jump from the roof of one building to another. Step one: Measure the distance…
Shooting war: Gaza’s visual storytellers under ‘blatant’ attack | Israel War on Gaza
Yaser Murtaja and Roshdi Sarraj were friends who shared a love of making films about life in Gaza. In 2012, they set up their own…
How Israel’s flooding of Gaza’s tunnels will impact freshwater supply | Israel War on Gaza
Israel confirmed this week that its troops are pumping seawater into a network of tunnels in Gaza, a method environmentalists say could violate international law…
Rural Kenyans power West’s AI revolution. Now they want more | Technology
Naivasha, Kenya – Caroline Njau comes from a family of farmers who tend to fields of maize, wheat, and potatoes in the hilly terrain near…
‘Trapped in this hell’: How one El Salvador town transformed under Bukele | Human Rights News
Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador – The day the military swept through Puerto el Triunfo is etched into Rosa’s memory like a painful scar. Rosa,…
‘Different territory’: How African football underdogs caused AFCON upsets | Africa Cup of Nations
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – As the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off on Friday in Ivory Coast, none of…
‘Love of my life’: Shot dead, waiting for her husband in the West Bank | Occupied West Bank
Bahaa Masalmeh was planning to shower his young wife with gifts on her upcoming 21st birthday, which he had been planning for several weeks. But…
How Ukrainian tech founders operate during war | Russia-Ukraine war
As Dmytro Suslov walked his dog on February 24, 2022, just before five in the morning, he spotted the first missile strikes overhead marking the…
Is South Africa’s foreign policy contradictory or a balancing act? | Russia-Ukraine war
Cape Town, South Africa – The South African foreign service has had a hectic year of navigating several tricky diplomatic endeavours. It began with South…
India’s Ayodhya wakes up to harsh realities after Modi’s Ram temple event | Religion News
Ayodhya, India – As half a million people converged on the gates of the new temple to the Hindu deity Ram, Brijesh Pathak looked on.…
What’s behind Israel’s decision to target UNRWA? | Israel War on Gaza News
Kholood Mkhamer fled her neighbourhood weeks after Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7. An employee of…
‘Blood and sweat’: Myanmar resistance fights to overturn military coup | Conflict News
On February 1, 2021, a military coup in Myanmar sparked widespread nonviolent protests that quickly turned into an armed uprising after the military responded with…