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The Pandemic's Global Impact

Mexico
Citizen-Led Initiative Battles Dangerous ‘Infodemic’

Pandemic-related misinformation runs rampant on Mexico’s social media. Can Verificovid cut through the noise?

By Aline Suárez del Real

Zimbabwe
Scarred by COVID Battle, Health Workers Lack Support

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Zimbabwe
Health Care Lifeline for Rural Areas Languishes

By Linda Mujuru
Mongolia
Under Tightened Lockdown, Mongolians Push Back

By Nansalmaa Oyunchimeg

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Photo by Ena Aguilar Peláez, Mexico

Reporter

Adriana Pascual experiments with a silk-screen printing technique at her friend’s studio in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico. Pascual, who is preparing for her first gallery exhibit, prints pages from her diary, which document her most difficult experiences as a woman.
Photo by Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Democratic Republic of Congo

Senior Reporter

Jules Muhindo Nzondero removes the hair from a cowhide at a tannery in Kahandabale, a district of Kayna, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nzondero is learning how to tan, which is the process of treating animal hides to produce leather goods.
Photo by Mar García, Mexico

Reporter

Ana Patricia Téllez holds her 11-month-old rabbit, Choco, as he gets vaccinated for rabbit hemorrhagic disease in Mexico City. The disease was eradicated in the country in 1993, but new outbreaks have emerged in northern Mexico. “I like spending time with him,” Téllez says. “We run together, and I throw stuffed animals for him to chase.”
Photo by Patricia Lindrio, Uganda

Senior Reporter

Nakato Mugabi, 3, practices boxing at Ella Martial Arts Academy in Ndejje, Wakiso district, Uganda. Coach Kigozi Abbey, who also coaches boxers at a national level, founded the academy in 2015.
Photo by Avigaí Silva, Mexico

Reporter

Isidro Solano Bernardino makes control lines in the area’s ejido, or communal land, to prevent the spread of fires during this year’s fire season in the Llanos de Tepoxtepec community in Guerrero, Mexico. Solano leads the community’s unofficial fire brigade.
Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur, Mongolia

Reporter

Batjargal Choijiljav carves a wooden horse at his home in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Batjargal, who has carved 14,400 wooden horses over his 25-year sculpting career, says a single mistake would be irreversible and make the sculpture worthless.
Photo by Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez, Mexico

Reporter

Thaya Pithaya signs a mural she painted with fellow artist Mitthu on the wall of a home in the Jardines de San José neighborhood in Puebla, Mexico. The mural represents the role homes have played during the pandemic, and the refuges and spaces for discovery they have become.
Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh, Mongolia

Reporter

Lkhagvasuren Ulamnemekh pours candle wax into a mold after adding color and essential oil at her home in Mongolia’s Arkhangai province. Lkhagvasuren, who is a teacher, began making body scrubs, bath bombs, eco-soaps and other items during the coronavirus lockdown.
Photo by Lucila Pellettieri, Argentina

Editor

Susana Mondini, left, leads Silvia Squadrone, second from right, Ana María Buelta, right, and others in a yoga class for the elderly at Paseo de la Vida: Dr. René Favaloro, a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I’ve been doing yoga for many years. My bones hurt if I don’t,” says Squadrone. “When the [COVID-19] outbreak happened, we did it by WhatsApp. But it’s different in person, especially here, where it’s so beautiful.”
Photo by Coraly Cruz Mejías, Puerto Rico

Senior Reporter

Construction worker Eduardo Cabán helps restore Parroquia San Francisco Asís, the Catholic church in downtown Aguada, Puerto Rico. The church has been rebuilt multiple times since it was founded in 1692, and it’s undergoing a new restoration while church services are minimized due to the coronavirus.

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As Violence Against Females Spikes, Project Equips Indigenous Girls

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Hoping to Curb C-Sections, Midwives Fight for Relevance

Latin America and the Caribbean struggle with alarming rates of the procedure. Midwives offer an alternative – but they’re often not allowed in the delivery room.

By Coraly Cruz Mejías

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Coronavirus Threatens to Destroy a Traditional Art Form

The country's obsidian carvers have endured decades of physical and financial risks to keep their ancient craft alive. Will the coronavirus wipe it out for good?

By Aline Suárez del Real