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A man holds a sign as he takes part in a demonstration in solidarity with migrants seeking asylum in Europe after fleeing their home countries in Stockholm on September 12, 2015. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (Photo credit should read JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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An island of Stockholm Archipelago pictured on 15 January, 2010 During the winter, ferries continue sailing in the Baltic Sea, partly frozen between Sweden and Finland. AFP PHOTO/ OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images) The Death of the Most Generous Nation on Earth
Little Sweden has taken in far more refugees per capita than any country in Europe. But in doing so, it’s tearing itself apart.
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The mother of two men, one of them, as she claims, was killed and the other one is missing, holds a picture of her lost son as she cries during a rally of mothers of the protesters in front of a policemen line facing anti-government opposition activists in the center of Kiev on January 31, 2014. Ukraine's military on Friday called on President Viktor Yanukovych to take "urgent steps" to ease turmoil in the country, weighing in for the first time on the ex-Soviet nation's worst crisis since independence. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday signed a law offering an amnesty to jailed opposition activists and repealed controversial laws cracking down on protests, his office said. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Sudanese refugees from Darfur stand amid tents as they gather during an open-ended sit-in outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Jordanian capital Amman on December 12, 2015, demanding better treatment and acceleration of their relocation. AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP / KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images) If You Think Europe Has a Refugee Crisis, You’re Not Looking Hard Enough
Refugees are flooding countries that can’t protect them. Will the levies break?
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A portrait of Sk. Aptauddin and he's destroyed house by sea water. Photograph from the series " The story of a dead horse". Photo of Jordi Pizarro © **Do not use this photograph with permission by photographer Jordi Pizarro. © all rights reserved. 2015 STORY: Ghoramara is the name of a Island, in bengalí language Ghoramara minds "a dead horse" long time ago there were Bengali tigers in the island. They say that one of them killed the horse of a British settler and that it is the discovery of the animal's dead body what gave the place its name. In only four decades Ghoramara has lost more than 75 percent of its territory. Erosion and sea rising due to climate change are responsible for such a loss. While expert look for scientific explanations, the island's five thousand inhabitants strive to protect what is left and get prepared for the worst. It is a race against time with little tools and expertise, done more with the heart than with preparedness in an effort to save their way of life in one of the world's ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. A struggle that won't be probably mentioned in next December UN climate change summit, although recent reports warn that the island is likely to disappear within the next six to eight years. Waiting to Vanish
As their land disappears into the sea, villagers in the Bay of Bengal struggle to keep their livelihoods.
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Supporters of ruling party candidate, Jovenel Moise, of PHTK political party, march in Port-au-Prince, on January 28, 2016 to give their support to the candidate and to protest against the possible installation of a transitional government. The demonstrators demand the continuation of the electoral process that was scheduled for Sunday January 24. Haiti's electoral authority postponed the planned January 24th presidential run-off amid mounting opposition street protests and voting fraud allegations. / AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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GREECE. Kos. September 11, 2015. A small dinghy of migrants arrives in Kos. Tens of thousands of migrants have attempted the journey in flimsy craft from Turkey to Kos. Hundreds of thousands have set off to other Greek islands. The death of Aylan Kurdi the previous week set off a firestorm of attention to the plight of migrants and refugees (largely from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan) crossing into Europe. More than 500,000 have arrived thus far in 2015. The Road to Germany: $2400
Each of the millions of Syrian refugees who have fled their brutalized, unrecognizable homeland did so for uniquely personal reasons—the regime bombarding cities, the Islamic State threatening a return to the dark ages, the loss of jobs in a crumbling economy. Yet their quests cohered around one purpose: They all wanted better lives. ¶ Some set out on a complicated journey to Europe with a crude graphic—a flowchart of the route from Turkey to Germany—as a guide. In its rudimentary geometry, refugees saw an accessible dream. In its illustrated stick figures, kicking their heels upon reaching the final destination, they saw themselves. They allowed an image, powerful and meditative in its simplicity, to shape their personal stories. ¶ FP has done the same. On the following pages, the odyssey of several refugees—men, women, and children—is presented in the form of a nonfiction comic. Each panel is based on firsthand reporting gathered by journalist Alia Malek: Captions describe real events, and speech bubbles show either direct (shaded in pink) or paraphrased quotes. ¶ Showing what happens when strangers are thrown together by adversity—how desperate alliances form and dissolve—it is a diary of an exodus from a war zone to a hopeful, if uncertain future in the West. ¶ How long the voyage to asylum would take, the refugees didn’t know; they prayed that they would survive it.
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Asylum seekers from Syria stand at the fence of the State Office of Health and Social Affairs (LAGeSo) registration centre in Berlin on December 21, 2015. / AFP / dpa / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read KAY NIETFELD/AFP/Getty Images) Refugees Don’t Need Your Pity
In a world where 1 in 7 people are displaced, your kindness is just condescension.
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schlomo_SW_V1 A Tale of the Pure at Heart
In 2014, Lev Tahor arrived in Guatemala, the latest stop in a 20-year international journey. The ultra-conservative jewish sect cries that it is escaping religious persecution. But to those left behind—in Israel, New York, and Canada—the group is a dangerous cult ducking accusations of brainwashing, abuse, and child marriage
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A visitor looks at a painting showing former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, by Dmitry Vrubel and Viktoria Timofeyeva painters in the Marat Guelman gallery in Moscow, 23 May 2007. Britain is preparing an extradition warrant for a KGB agent over the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, officials said Wednesday, but remained tightlipped over the diplomatic fallout. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 08: (CHINA OUT) An investor naps while observing stock market at an exchange hall on January 8, 2016 in Beijing, China. Chinese stock market experienced a halt on Thursday and rebounded the next day. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 2.39% to 3199.56 points and the Shenzhen Composite Index went up 1.98% to 10973.12 points. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress)***_*** Crouching Tiger, Sleeping Giant
The 120-year-old cliché that explains the Chinese-American relationship.
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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI - JANUARY 2011: A young boy sits by his familiy's makeshift home at a tent camp, where 55,000 displaced Haitians are living on the grounds of what was the Club de Petionville January, 2011 in Port au Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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Condor_opener_web_FINAL The Hunt for Justice
Documenting the legacy of a secret — and brutal — alliance of Latin American states against suspected leftists.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JANUARY 22: Marwa Naeem, 13, and her father, Mohammed Naeem wait for a car to take them to Baghdad airport on January 22, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Marwa, her siblings and parents were fleeing their Baghdad neighbourhood during the 2003 American invasion when an American missile struck near their car, killing Marwa's mother and disfiguring Marwa. Humanitarian organizations such as International Relief and Development and CIVIC took up her cause, and she is now being flown to Los Angeles for a series of donated plastic surgeries to repair the damage to her nose and face. She will stay with an Iraqi family during her stay in America. (Photo by ) Coming to America (as an Iraqi Refugee)
After working for the U.S. military, I had to hide from Baghdad death squads. Finding a new home -- and learning Texan slang -- hasn't been easy.
