El Salvador protects its forests from onslaught by ranchers
El Salvador's forests, many of which were damaged in the 1980s civil war, are now under threat from cattle ranchers who burn off trees to convert the land into pasture
Feeding the Asian slave trade
Testimonies from Bangladeshi and Rohingya trafficking survivors provide evidence of a shift in tactics in one of Asia’s busiest human trafficking routes
Child marriage in Gaza
One morning, Reuters photographer Mohammad Salem received a phone call from a friend asking if he was interested in covering a wedding in the north of the Gaza Strip. The bride Tala Soboh is 14 years old, and her husband Ahmed is 15.
5 facts you need to know about water and development
The world will have a 40% shortfall in water supply by 2030 unless it changes the way it manages water. See 5 facts about water and development
Drought hits Somaliland’s most vulnerable
A severe drought intensified by El Niño has hit Somaliland and Puntland, Save the Children is providing emergency medical care to malnourished children in self-declared Somaliland’s Borama Hospital.
Tanzanian child victims of witchcraft attacks get new limbs
Four Tanzanian children with albinism who lost limbs, fingers, and teeth in superstition-driven attacks made their way home this week after receiving prosthetics.
"Comfort Women": survivors tell their stories
Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon portrays surviving “Comfort Women”, the Japanese euphemism for the tens of thousands of Chinese and Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels before and during World War Two
International Women's Day
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