Dispatch
The view from the ground.
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Members of the Uzbek Taliban Taliban Struggle to Maintain Unity Six Months Into Their Reign
“People don’t trust us yet, but we’re working on it,” one Taliban commander said.
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Refugees rest at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing in Poland. Poland Unprepared for Waves of Ukrainian Refugees
Ukraine’s largest friendly neighbor is struggling under the impact of evacuees.
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A large group of people in cold-weather clothing stand packed closely together on a train platform. In Kharkiv, a Desperate Choice: Stay or Go?
As Russian forces continue their assault, people in Ukraine face terrifying uncertainty.
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Soldiers run through the city streets as the thump of shelling echoed from the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Kharkiv Resistance Has Already Begun
“We really feel that the whole world is with us,” a resident said.
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A couple look out over Kharkiv, Ukraine, the day before the Russian invasion. As Russia Invades, Resolve and Uncertainty in Kharkiv
Residents prepare for all-out war as Moscow hammers Ukrainian cities and military targets with missiles and airstrikes.
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Arina Dubova, a teacher in Avdiivka, Ukraine, leads a dance class for fourth graders as an attack from Russia looms. This Ukrainian City Was Already Battered. Now It’s Bracing for War.
Avdiivka borders the breakaway regions where Russian troops are now assembling.
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Residents of Quetta hold candle lights beside photographs of security personnel who were killed in militant attacks on security camps in the Nushki and Panjgur areas of Balochistan province. Pakistan Faces ‘Peace of Wolves’ as Regional Tensions Rise
After 20 years of supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistan finds the tables are turning as militancy comes home.
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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.
