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An Iranian woman with a mobile phone outside a café in Tehran in April 2026. The windows are covered with tape to prevent them from shattering in the event of an explosion.

Iran

How Iranians try to get by every day amid war

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by Ariya Farahmand
Experts from The HALO Trust educate schoolchildren in Idlib province about the dangers posed by mines and unexploded ordnance.

Humanitarian aid

Mines: a lethal obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction

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by Kim Berg
Algerian women call for the protection of women’s rights on the occasion of the International Women's Day 2021 in Algiers.

Gender equality

Algeria’s legal recognition of women’s rights must be put into action

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by Khadidja Kelalech
This elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan Province was de-stroyed by a US missile. The attack in late February claimed the lives of many civilians, most of them children.

International law

Iran war: Call out violations of international law, push for reform

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by Kai Ambos
Tanger Med container port in Morocco.

International relations

Africa and Europe should put trade at the centre of their relations

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by Moses Vilakati
by Mathias Mogge
by Debisi Araba
March for the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week in Gaborone, Botswana, in May 2025.

Urban mobility

Walking and cycling: Africa’s undervalued path to sustainable mobility

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by Stefanie Holzwarth
Refugees continue to risk their lives in the Mediterranean Sea.

Book

A prayer on the night before fleeing across the sea

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by Dagmar Wolf
Media reporting on Gaza has drawn widespread criticism.

Media criticism

“Gaza is not a black box”

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by Fabian Goldmann
by Björn Cremer
Gaza City on 3 November 2025.

War

When I left Gaza City, I left my heart beneath the rubble

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by Ansam Al-Kitaa
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