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Wed, 1 Jan 2014 17:45 PM

Here is our choice of the 50 best pictures of 2013, covering the big events of the year, from the military takeover in Egypt to operations to stabilise countries in central Africa, taking in the plight of the Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar, the worsening civil war in Syria, and natural disasters from earthquakes in southwest China to Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the central Philippines.

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:02 AM

Worldwide, women and girls are up to 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster. They often find themselves confined to traditional gender roles that limit their ability to lead, which can make them more vulnerable when disaster strikes. In an online debate ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13), organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the BRACED programme, we will discuss ways of helping women become more resilient to climate extremes. What should governments, aid agencies and businesses do differently to protect lives and put women and girls at the core of disaster risk reduction?

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:19 PM

It is as widespread as the nation's beloved soccer, which is played everywhere from rural provinces to dense slums and metropolitan towns. There are no winners, only victims in Brazil's epidemic of violence against girls and women.

Mon, 3 Aug 2015 16:38 PM

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:14 PM

Maralal, a town north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, holds an annual camel festival, bringing together members of the Samburu, Turkana and Pokot semi-nomadic cattle-herding tribes. The event aims to ease tensions between the tribes, which sometimes clash over cattle rustling and land disputes.

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:07 PM

In Senegal some important battles for women's rights are being fought on sandy pitches across the West African nation where female teams gather to play football