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The Pandemic's Global Impact

Uganda
Pandemic Pushes Maternal Health Care Toward Crisis

Uganda’s under-resourced maternity wards struggle to provide services during a pandemic baby boom.

By Apophia Agiresaasi

Zimbabwe
Pandemic Could Forever Alter Funeral Rituals

By Fortune Moyo

and Kudzai Mazvarirwofa
Zimbabwe
Vaccines Are a Tough Sell. Their Chinese Origin Doesn’t Help.

By Fortune Moyo

and Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

and Vimbai Chinembiri
Argentina
Budget Cuts Threaten Access to Virtual Education

By Lucila Pellettieri

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Photo by Lucila Pellettieri, Argentina

Editor

Juan Baez and José Luis Arribas prepare meat for customers at the Mercado de San Telmo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I have been working here for 52 years,” Arribas says. “What I like most about this work is speaking with people. Now I’m waiting on my customers’ grandchildren.”
Photo by Marissa Revilla, Mexico

Senior Reporter

Magno Morales and Oscar Bautista, members of Colectivo Chuvajetik, paint a mural to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh, Mongolia

Reporter

Oyunchimeg Lutbat paints flower details on the frame of a yurt, or ger, in Erdenebulgan soum, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Oyunchimeg, who owns a woodworking business with her family, says, “We have been working at a wood factory from generation to generation, and now we are making everything that can be made of wood.”
Photo by Maya Piedra, Mexico

Reporter

A tattoo artist who goes by the name Jagger tattoos Luis Villarroel in San Francisco, Nayarit, Mexico. Jagger, the town’s only tattoo artist, says the perception that tattoos are only for gang members has changed in the last few years.
Photo by Uranchimeg Tsoghuu, Mongolia

Reporter

Ariunjargal Sainbuyan gives Khorolmaa Urtnasan the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dalanzadgad, the capital of Umnugovi province, Mongolia. According to its website, the province has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country.
Photo by Lucila Pellettieri, Argentina

Editor

Malena Szabo, right, holds a sign shaped like a teacher’s smock during a protest in front of a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Educators organized the protest to demand virtual classes and coronavirus vaccines after the death of fellow teacher Silvina Flores.
Photo by Mar García, Mexico

Reporter

Mayra Bernal, a member of CDMX Animal Save, offers water to pigs at Rastro Frigorífico La Paz, a slaughterhouse, in Los Reyes la Paz, Mexico. “We came to be with these animals who are on their way into the slaughterhouse, even if it’s just for a moment, to give them a little bit of love and attention – something they’ve been denied since birth,” Bernal says.
Photo by Coraly Cruz Mejías, Puerto Rico

Senior Reporter

Roger Olán removes a beehive in Dulces Labios, a neighborhood in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Residents requested Olán’s services since the hive had been growing for more than a year on a local building.
Photo by Shilu Manandhar, Nepal

Senior Reporter

Pigeons scatter across Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur, Nepal. The streets were empty except for patrolling police during a second lockdown in April as a result of a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Photo by Prudence Phiri, Zambia

Senior Reporter

Oswald Mpande makes a reed mat in Luanshya, a town in Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Mpande says Luanshya has few employment opportunities and the mat-making skill he learned from his father has helped him earn a living.

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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

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Mar García, Reporter, Mexico

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Puerto Rico

Specialty Coffee Farmers Brew a Slow-Drip Revival

By Coraly Cruz Mejías

Mongolia

Mongolians Fight to Preserve a Key Part of Cultural Heritage

By Dolgormaa Sandagdorj

Mexico

In Search of Sustainable Future, Farmers Embrace Tradition

By Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez

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Mongolia

To Curb Domestic Violence, City Enlists ‘Sisters of the Well’

By Myagmarsuren Battur

Zimbabwe

Defying Global Trends, Zimbabwe Bets on Coal

By Vimbai Chinembiri

Zimbabwe

Vaccines Are a Tough Sell. Their Chinese Origin Doesn’t Help.

By Fortune Moyo

and Kudzai Mazvarirwofa

and Vimbai Chinembiri

Democratic Republic of Congo

On a Darkened Waterway, a Tragedy Unfolds

By Zita Amwanga

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Zimbabwe

How the Pandemic Reshaped the Way Zimbabweans Send Money

The coronavirus hasn’t stopped cash from flowing into the economically challenged country — but it has changed how those vital remittances reach residents.

By Linda Mujuru

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