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Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (centre) addresses his own experiences of sexualised violence in his miniseries “Baby Reindeer”.

Masculinity

Sexualised violence against men: the Baby Reindeer effect

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Uzbekistan’s face is changing: In the mountainous Zaamin area, the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in Central Asia was built.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Uzbekistan has achieved rapid SDG progress

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by Shahida Tulaganova
Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

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by Tsitsi Bhobo
Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
A “strong man” can also have a loving relationship with his children.

Gender roles

Why incomes rise when men carry the baby too

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by Godfrey Mukalazi
by Monika Hoegen
People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

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by Imran Mukhtar
Jean David Nkot

Artist of the month

Jean David Nkot showcases African workers

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by D+C / E+Z
Martha Noya from the Centro Juana Azurduy at the launch of a campaign against psychological violence.

Violence against women

“A new masculinity should allow relationships based on respect”

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by Martha Noya
by Betty Rosa Choque
A waste collector in Johannesburg. South Africa is one of the countries with the greatest wealth inequality.

Inequality in numbers

Rich and poor – the extreme distribution of income and wealth worldwide

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by D+C / E+Z
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