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Motorcycle Ownership Has Surged in Mexico City. So Have Crashes.

The city’s Ministry of Mobility has made motorcycle safety one of its top priorities, but until the initiative takes effect, motorcyclists ride at their own risk.

By Aline Suárez del Real

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Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe’s Elections Near, ‘Insult Laws’ Limit Free Speech

Free speech advocates are concerned that the government has been using the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act to keep citizens and journalists from expressing political opinions.

By Linda Mujuru
Nepal
Nepal Promised Them Protection. They’re Still Waiting.

By Sunita Neupane
Nepal
Are These Young People the Face of Change?

In more than three decades, Nepal has yet to field a stable government. A small cadre of young lawmakers hopes to lead the way to a new, productive era.

By Yam Kumari Kandel

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Africa

Coverage from Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

As Zimbabwe’s Elections Near, ‘Insult Laws’ Limit Free Speech

By Linda Mujuru

In Urban DRC, Chaos Reigns as Mourners Abandon Funeral Traditions

By Merveille Kavira Luneghe

In Kisangani, 1.4 Million Residents and No Firetruck

By Zita Amwanga

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Americas

Coverage from Haiti, Mexico and Puerto Rico

Motorcycle Ownership Has Surged in Mexico City. So Have Crashes.

By Aline Suárez del Real

Single Mothers, Trans People Left Out as Housing Supply Dwindles

By Lucila Pellettieri

Subject to Abuse, Domestic Workers Struggle to Obtain Social Security

By Aline Suárez del Real

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Asia

Coverage from Indian-administered Kashmir, Mongolia, Nepal and Sri Lanka

Nepal Promised Them Protection. They’re Still Waiting.

By Sunita Neupane

Are These Young People the Face of Change?

By Yam Kumari Kandel

Fewer Women Say ‘I Do’ to Herding Life

By Dolgormaa Sandagdorj

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