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Africa

At Zimbabwe’s Public Hospitals, Striking Could Now Land Workers in Prison

Asia

Debt Traps Ensnare Nepal’s Rural Poor — And They’ve Had Enough

Americas

Iconic Elephant Says Goodbye to Infamous Puerto Rican Zoo

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Haiti

Mangroves Can Protect Haiti From Climate Chaos. They’re Disappearing.

Haiti ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1996, which obligates the country to protect and steward its natural areas, including mangrove forests. But environmental campaigners say the government has not kept its commitment — which could spell catastrophe for coastal communities.

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Health

Burns Are Prevalent in Rural Nepal. Treatment for Them Is Not

By Sunita Neupane

Nepal

art

These Mexico City Models Have Had Enough Art World Abuse

By Mar García

Mexico

Journalism

Inside the Global Fight for Press Freedom

By GPJ Reporters

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Nepal

Meet the Women Transforming Journalism in Nepal

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Nepal

Are These Young People the Face of Change?

By Yam Kumari Kandel

Nepal

When a Child’s First Language Is the Last Language They’ll Hear in School

By Amrita Jaisi

Nepal

Nepal Promised Them Protection. They’re Still Waiting.

By Sunita Neupane

Nepal

In Eastern Nepal, Endangered Elephants Are Endangering Farms

By Mayamitu Neupane

Nepal

Land Is the New Cash Crop in an Urbanizing Section of Nepal

By Chandani Kathayat

Gun Control

Zimbabwe

As Guns Flow in From Neighboring Countries, Armed Robberies Spike

By Evidence Chenjerai

Uganda

The Vicious Cycle of Guns in Karamoja

By Nakisanze Segawa

Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, Buying a Gun Is Now Easier Than Ever

By Coraly Cruz Mejías

Life in Color: Communities Celebrate Local Tradition

Erkhembayar Altanbanzragch, 11, poses on a camel at the Thousand Camel Festival in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia.

Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu, GPJ Mongolia

Alma Velasquez Huichulef, an Afro-descendant activist, teaches African dance in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lucila Pellettieri, GPJ Argentina

From left, Oldia Louis, Jovany Gerard and Petherson Fleurant, members of the Haitian National Theater dance group, perform during the inauguration of a cultural center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Anne Myriam Bolivar, GPJ Haiti

Rarámuri women, who belong to one of the largest indigenous groups in northern Mexico, attend Mass on Good Friday in Norogachi, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Lilette A. Contreras, GPJ Mexico

Edward Sakala dances to traditional drumming at the Chibwela Kumushi Ceremony of the Soli in Chinyunyu, Lusaka, Zambia. The annual ceremony, led by Chief Bunda Bunda, signifies the beginning of the farming season.

Prudence Phiri, GPJ Zambia

Musicians play devotional music at Swayambhunath stupa, in Kathmandu, Nepal. During the Gunla, a holy month for Newar Buddhists, musical groups play at holy places.

Shilu Manandhar, GPJ Nepal

Axin Mazatl, left, and Cozca Kuahutli sprinkle seeds into censers filled with copal resin at a ceremony at the Tepalcayotl pyramid in Puebla, Mexico.

Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez, GPJ Mexico

Ali Kasimu, a representative for the groom’s family, offers gifts to girls in gomesi dresses at a traditional wedding ceremony known as kwanjula, in Kampala, Uganda.

Nakisanze Segawa, GPJ Uganda

A performer carries an iguana on his shoulder during the Feast of Corpus Christi, a Zoque religious festival, in Suchiapa, Chiapas, Mexico.

Marissa Revilla, GPJ Mexico

Aselbek Manaa poses with his eagle in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Kazakhs of western Mongolia have preserved their tradition of taming eagles and hold annual eagle festivals.

Nansalmaa Oyunchimeg, GPJ Mongolia

Patience Bhani, right, holds incense during a 90th-anniversary celebration of the Anglican Church in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Fortune Moyo, GPJ Zimbabwe

Revelers carry a statue of Lord Murugan during Skanda Sashti, a Hindu festival, outside a temple in Kodikamam, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. On the sixth day of the festival, devotees celebrate the deity’s victory over evil.

Vijayatharsiny Thinesh, GPJ Sri Lanka

Chinbat Gonchigjamts, right, aims a bow during a provincial tournament of Uriankhai, one of three types of traditional Mongolian archery, on a frozen river in Murun, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia.

Dolgormaa Sandagdorj, GPJ Mongolia

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