Dispatch

The view from the ground.

  • A large column looms over a small person standing atop a large field of rubble holding up a phone to take a photo.
    A large column looms over a small person standing atop a large field of rubble holding up a phone to take a photo.

    Life Returns to Palmyra

    After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.

  • A tourist leans against a sign that reads "Welcome to the People's Temple Jonestown" as two people take photos of them. The sign arches over a muddy dirt road with dense trees and brush on either side.
    A tourist leans against a sign that reads "Welcome to the People's Temple Jonestown" as two people take photos of them. The sign arches over a muddy dirt road with dense trees and brush on either side.

    After Chernobyl, Jonestown?

    Guyana taps into the dark tourism trend by opening the site where cult members purportedly drank the Kool-Aid.

  • Concrete huts, sheltering those displaced by the Assad regime, dot the hillsides in Idlib province near Sarmada, Syria.
    Concrete huts, sheltering those displaced by the Assad regime, dot the hillsides in Idlib province near Sarmada, Syria.

    ‘We Came Here to Work’

    Syrians are drawn to Damascus to rebuild their country—and their lives.

  • Soldiers in camouflage gear sit and stand atop an open vehicle
    Soldiers in camouflage gear sit and stand atop an open vehicle

    Rivals Unite in Myanmar’s Southeast

    Neighboring rebel groups seek to avoid the junta’s divide-and-conquer trap and head off future tensions.

  • Eleven migrants are seen criss-crossing on a white stairway at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    Eleven migrants are seen criss-crossing on a white stairway at the U.S.-Mexico border.

    The Other Side of Deportation

    What it looks like when Mexican deportees from the United States are forced to return home.

  • A woman in a black dress and headscarf sits with her three children on a couch in front of a opaque white lace curtain, backlit by the bright light streaming through the fabric. The children appear to range in age from roughly 4 years old to roughly 10 years old.
    A woman in a black dress and headscarf sits with her three children on a couch in front of a opaque white lace curtain, backlit by the bright light streaming through the fabric. The children appear to range in age from roughly 4 years old to roughly 10 years old.

    Syria’s Missing Children

    Children of detainees disappeared in orphanages. As many remain unaccounted for, their relatives fear the worst.

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