Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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mushrooms-puerto-rico-food-independence-erika-rodriguez-photos-hp Why Puerto Rico Is Betting Big on Mushrooms
Fungi could be the secret ingredient to the island’s food sovereignty.
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A woman carefully chooses her fruit in Tunis, Tunisia, amid an ongoing food and inflation crisis. Tunisia’s Perfect Economic Storm
Crises at home and abroad have touched off food shortages across the country.
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People gather in front of a shuttered post office in Ukraine. Postal Workers Are Keeping Ukraine’s Front-Line Villages Alive
Deliveries of packages and pension payments have helped uphold a fragile sense of normalcy for civilians under fire.
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Women are seen making food and holding food containers in a kitchen. Chavismo’s Latest Target
NGOs are essential to Venezuelan society. A new law may lead to their collapse.
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Workers operate sewing machines in a garment factory at the Hawassa Industrial Park in southern Ethiopia. The Dark Side of Ethiopia’s Export Boom
Workers report sexual coercion and poor conditions at the Hawassa Industrial Park.
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Soldiers take part in a military exercise at the Adazi military base, north east of Riga, Latvia, on March 8, 2022. The Baltics Hunker Down for the Long Game Against Russia
The Kremlin is down but not out in Ukraine, and the Baltic states want to make sure they’re not next.
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Enrico Letta, leader of the Italian Democratic Party (PD), delivers a speech in Rome's downtown square on September 6 ahead of the upcoming general political elections in Milan. Enrico Letta’s Lonely Campaign
The Italian center-left leader says he can stop the far right’s march to victory. His chances are slim.
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Members of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service rest. Forest of the Dead
Another mass grave in Ukraine reveals the horrors of Russia’s occupation.
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Western Sahara's Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali (C) attends the opening session of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunisia's capital Tunis on Aug. 27. Is Tunisia Abandoning Morocco for Algeria?
President Kais Saied’s government is turning away from Rabat, warming up to Algiers, and inviting Polisario Front leaders to Tunis.
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People arrive at the Zaporizhzhia registration center in Ukraine Putin’s War Drives Refugees From Occupied Kherson
Fighting in Ukraine’s south has caused an exodus.
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A man registers with the Guatemalan Migration Institute. Guatemalan Deportees Find Little Hope at Home
All too often, migrants return to find their living conditions worse than when they left.
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Athenians swim on a rocky beach along the Athenian Riviera. Greece Is for Tourists
As foreigners flood the country, ordinary Greeks can’t afford the sacred rite of a summer holiday.
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People are seen walking on the streets of Sarajevo Meet the Bosnian Youth Trying to Hold Their Country Together
Postwar Bosnia remains deeply divided. These young people are trying to change that.
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The Polish and Hungarian prime ministers give a joint press conference. The End of the Affair
Europe’s illiberal alliance is disintegrating. Don’t get your hopes up though.
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A view of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Ukrainians Brace for the Worst Around Zaporizhzhia
Fears are rising that Russia could stage a catastrophic accident at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant.