Special Report: Features

Editor’s Choice

Our editing team shares some of its favorite stories.

Nepal

Banished: Menstrual Huts Are Illegal but Persist in Western Nepal

By Shilu Manandhar

Uganda

‘Machete Wielders’ Terrorize Region — But Why?

By Nakisanze Segawa

Argentina

‘Tango Will Die’: COVID Threatens Cornerstone of Argentine Culture

By Lucila Pellettieri

Nepal

62,950 Complaints Have Been Filed. But Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hasn’t Heard a Single One.

By Shilu Manandhar

Mongolia

Female Students Revolt Against ‘Virginity Tests’

By Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Democratic Republic of Congo

On a Darkened Waterway, a Tragedy Unfolds

By Zita Amwanga

Sri Lanka

Officials Bet on a Country of Turmeric Growers

By Vetrichelvi Chandrakala

Mexico

The Village That Ditched the Drug Trade for Tourism

By Avigaí Silva

Mexico

A Town Rages Against Towering Landfill

Democratic Republic of Congo

A Once-Dominant Coffee Industry Struggles to Survive

By Noella Nyirabihogo

Zimbabwe

With Health Sector in Shambles, Zimbabwe’s Hospitals Turn Away Pregnant Women

By Linda Mujuru

Zimbabwe

Risking Health, Women Forgo Periods to Cut Costs

By Vimbai Chinembiri