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Afghan refugees leaving Pakistan at the Torkham border crossing in November 2025.

Involuntary migration

The harsh fate of Afghan families pushed out of Pakistan

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by Aqsa Younas
Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Aya Cissoko attends the first meeting of the Parliament of Francophone Women Writers in Orleans in 2018.

Books

Moving forward without losing sight of one’s roots

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by Dagmar Wolf

Motorcycle taxis

The dark side of Malawi’s motorcycle boom

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by Charles Pensulo
A supporter of Chile’s far-right president José Antonio Kast holds up a photograph of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte when celebrating the election win.

South America

A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

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by Pedro Alarcón
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Tuk-tuk delivery fleet of a South African grocery store.

Mobility

How delivery services are reshaping cities

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by Marcela Guerrero Casas
by Dustin Kramer
Demonstrations against the government of former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima in 2023.

SDGs

How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil

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by Javier Bronfman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth

Waste management

How plastic pollution threatens life around Lake Tanganyika

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by Mireille Kanyange
The building of the German Parliament (Bundestag). There are fewer women in Parliament than in the previous legislative period.

Governance

Driving force or hindrance? Germany and the SDGs

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by Tobias Hauschild
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