Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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A new closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera installed on the roof of a private Palestinian home in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood is seen in the occupied West Bank on Dec. 4, 2021. How the Occupation Fuels Tel Aviv’s Booming AI Sector
Israel hones invasive surveillance technology on Palestinians before it is exported abroad.
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A Ukrainian family waits for Russia to invade Ukraine. Divided by Politics, Bound by Love: A Ukrainian Family Waits for War
As Russian shelling and provocations intensified over the weekend, one Ukrainian family awaits the worst.
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Chin National Army (CNA) soldiers perform military exercises at a training facility inside the CNA Victoria Camp, in Thantlang township, Myanmar. Military Violence Emboldens Myanmar’s Ethnic Resistance
Armed groups in Chin state are outgunned and underfunded, but they are defiantly standing their ground against the junta.
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A woman stands among debris in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Kids Are Literally on the Front Line
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children suffer shellings, shootings, and psychological trauma.
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A skateboarder wearing a Death Wish hoodie grinds along an edge in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine Waits While Putin Debates
Unity Day came and went in Kyiv. The threat from Russia remains.
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An aerial view of cleaning crews in white suits working on a shore to remove oil from a beach. How Peru Laid the Groundwork for an Oil Spill Disaster
The nation’s unsustainable development model has ignored serious environmental risks.
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech. The French Left Can’t Find the Right Path
With elections looming, France’s historically strong leftists are in utter disarray—again.
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Women watch on as an instructor demonstrates self-defense techniques during an urban survival training class organized by the volunteer group the Ukrainian Women’s Guard on February 05, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Kyiv Is Calm, but Ukrainians Are Quietly Bracing for War
Officials in Kyiv have downplayed Western warnings of an imminent Russian invasion—but many in the capital are learning self-defense and locating bomb shelters.
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Lucia Arecely Vail looks down at her daughter playing below from the top of her unfinished home in Cajolá, Guatemala. For Central Americans, Biden’s Spending Could Spark a Boom
Remittances from migrant laborers could help drive economic growth in places such as Guatemala.
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A statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is in Trans-Dniester. Ukraine’s (Potential) Western Front
Kyiv faces Russian troops to the north and east. Now, it’s got to worry about Trans-Dniester too.
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Ukrainian border guards patrol the Sea of Azov Russian Black Sea Exercises Raise Specter of Naval Blockade
Blocking Ukraine’s ports for an extended period could “suffocate” the country’s economy, experts say.
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Viktor, a soldier on the front lines in the Donbass ‘They Are No Longer Our Brothers’
On the front lines of Ukraine’s frozen conflict, soldiers fight cold and boredom—but worry little about a Russian invasion.
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Members of the Taliban enter the compound of the Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kabul on Sept. 10, 2021. ‘I Wanted to Stay for My People’
Thousands of Afghans fled the Taliban. Many civil servants stayed behind to keep the lights on—whatever the cost.
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A man holds two posters shaped like gun in a crowd of people holding Brazil flags in support of Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro’s Pro-Gun Agenda May Become Law
A divisive bill represents a watershed moment for the gun debate in Brazil.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro holds up her fist as she wears a blue and white sash at her inauguration. She is standing beside a person in a military uniform. How Honduras’s Congress Split in Two
A country euphoric about its first woman president is plunged back into political turmoil.
