Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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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.
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Clouds of dust rise as damaged grain silos collapse near shipping containers and cars. Beirut’s Collapsing Grain Silos Are a Symbol of Lebanon’s Dysfunction
Exactly two years after a deadly blast, the capital was again enveloped in dust.
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Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather outside the Iraqi parliament in the Green Zone in Baghdad, on the seventh day of protests against the nomination of a rival Shiite faction for the position of prime minister on Aug. 5, 2022. Is Moqtada al-Sadr Trying to Stage a Jan. 6 Insurrection in Iraq?
The cleric’s “spontaneous peaceful revolution” is more of a bid to maintain his own influence—and the political status quo.
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Tafsir Siyaposh visits a friend in Kabul to discuss what can be done about the current situation of women in Afghanistan on June 2. Meet the Woman Who Makes the Taliban Squirm
Tafsir Siyaposh has spent the past year pressing the Taliban on women’s rights by besting them at their own theological jousts on live television.
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A billboard depicting Tunisian President Kais Saied hangs on the side of a building in the east-central city of Kairouan, on July 26. Democracy Fades in the Arab Spring’s Success Story
Few restraints remain for Tunisian strongman Kais Saied after his constitutional referendum passed overwhelmingly and opposition parties boycotted the vote.
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Two women are seen from the back, walking down a street in a crowd. Can This Brussels Neighborhood Shake Its Jihadi Reputation?
Molenbeek was labeled a hub of European extremism. Seven years later, with drug trafficking rising, alienated residents want to change the narrative.
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A man lifts a gas tank during a protest in Sri Lanka. Inside Sri Lanka’s Devastating Economic Crisis
“We managed to survive the pandemic, but this is worse.”
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A women holds up her hands making "peace" or "V for victory" signs with her fingers amid a group of women waving flags. ‘Science of Women’ Classes Take on the Patriarchy in Kurdish-Held Northeast Syria
“Now, I see that even the woman has a life.”
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Libyan tribal leaders pray in the city of Zintan on March 28, 2018. Will Zintan Determine Libya’s Future?
With control over oil revenues and smuggling profits up for grabs, militias from the western city may once again exercise outsized influence over who leads the country.
