Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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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.
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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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Several men carry a coffin draped in an ornate green cloth as they walk down rocky steps past a stream in a lush landscape. One man at the end of the group holds an umbrella. The Kashmiris Caught in the Crossfire
Those in the disputed region bear the cost of the India-Pakistan conflict.
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Villagers brave monsoon rains in an area in Bangladesh struck by Cyclone Aila. From Flooded Shores to Uncertain Futures
Bangladeshi climate refugees are streaming into India—and revealing the strained future of global migration.
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Ecuador’s reelected president, Daniel Noboa, right, and his wife, Lavinia Valbonesi, gesture from a balcony of the Carondelet Presidential Palace during the changing of the guard ceremony in Quito. Ecuador Sticks With Trump-Friendly President
Incumbent Daniel Noboa won a campaign roiled by transnational gang violence and an energy crisis.
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Farmers in long colorful dresses and hats walk between rows of tea planted in a field. Sri Lanka’s Climate Exodus
Women in the country’s agricultural heartlands are migrating to the Middle East at great personal risk.
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A man in a sleeveless shirt drinks a bear as another man looks at him. Behind them are walls covered in graffiti including words in German and English. East Berlin’s Last Punks Are Moving West
A small rock club is still raging against the dying of the city’s Cold War subculture.
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Masked fighters in camouflage stand in lines holding guns. What Are Uyghurs Doing in Syria?
They helped overthrow Assad, but potential terrorist ties complicate the community's future in the country.
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A man in a vest holds a cable attached to a spool on the ground. Behind him are shrubs and a blue sky. Lebanon’s Demining Mission Faces Aid Uncertainty
Cuts to foreign assistance and a fragile cease-fire have made the urgent work more dangerous.
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Soldiers of the 115th Mechanized Brigade in a house where they are staying when not on the front lines near Lyman, Ukraine. The Mood on the Front Line, Three Years On
Ukrainian troops watch with anxiety as the United States moves closer to talks with Russia over the war.
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A person wearing a red shawl and an ornate skirt with beads and ornamentation holds a golden object as she poses for a photo in front of Tibetan prayer wheels. A photographer points a camera toward her. How Tourism Trapped Tibet
The region is becoming a theme park for the Chinese nation.
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Three soldiers wearing camouflage and holding guns sit in the back of a vehiclce on a highway with green grass and shrubs on either side. ‘Now It’s Our Turn’
As Myanmar’s military struggles to project strength along its borders, a sense of optimism prevails among the Karen National Liberation Army.
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A boy stands in front of the shell of a bombed-out car on a packed-dirt street. A battered bicycle leans against to the car. Behind him are the war-torn shells of multistory buildings. Rebuilding Old Damascus After Assad
Syrians embrace a fresh start, but uncertainty around the future—and the past—lingers.
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A small line of reindeer seen from above crossing a showy landscape. Trees in the background. In Sweden, Clean Energy Is Coming for the Reindeer
Green transition infrastructure threatens the Sami people’s way of life in Europe’s far north.
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An older man with a cane stands next to a stone lantern as a woman uses a walker on a gravel path past a kamikaze plane. Trees surround the path. The Enduring Resonance of the Kamikaze Pilot
Japanese tourists flock to sites remembering the young men who crashed into Allied warships.