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‘It will destroy them’: Indian mega-development could cause ‘genocide’ and ‘ecocide’, says charity

‘It will destroy them’: Indian mega-development could cause ‘genocide’ and ‘ecocide’, says charity

ByCharlotte HallFeb 8, 2024
The Shompen on the Great Nicobar Island are facing an existential threat from an Indian government-backed mega development project
Patience Kanyangarara, 14, born with severe bilateral clubfoot, only started receiving clinical treatment at the age of nine, by which time her clubfoot had become difficult to address. After numerous surgeries and many months in plaster casts and braces, her feet have largely straightened out

How a simple treatment could end the misery of clubfoot for millions

ByTommy TrenchardFeb 8, 2024
A simple treatment is changing the lives of children born with the common defect clubfoot
Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

Drought, conflict and politics leads to fear of famine in Ethiopia

ByStuart ButlerJan 26, 2024
Drought, conflict and government in-action setting in place the foundations of a serious famine in parts of Ethiopia
AI to impact 40 per cent of jobs worldwide and deepen inequality

AI to impact 40 per cent of jobs worldwide and deepen inequality

ByStuart ButlerJan 23, 2024
IMF predicts that worldwide AI will impact 40 per cent of jobs as well as increase inequality between workers and countries.
The entrance to West Norwood cemetery

Discovering Britain: West Norwood cemetery

ByRory WalshJan 17, 2024
Rory Walsh explores West Norwood cemetery, one of London’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries
A simple solution to protecting tea pickers’ eyesight in Bangladesh

A simple solution to protecting tea pickers’ eyesight in Bangladesh

ByGeographical StaffJan 12, 2024
Eye care charity Orbis are working to prevent avoidable blindness among workers in the Bangladeshi tea-growing region of Sylhet
At a protest in London on 19 October 2021 people hold signs and wave the Tigrayan flag outside 10 Downing Street

Tigray: the war the world forgot

ByKatie BurtonJan 11, 2024

The war that devastated Tigray between November 2020 and 2023 may be officially over, but war crimes are still taking…

Tori on the long slog to the North Pole

Adventurer Tori James’ travel tips

ByBryony CottamJan 9, 2024
Adventurer Tori James shares with Bryony Cottam her approach to exploring the world
Having been partially paralysed while fighting for the French Foreign Legion, Macumba now keeps fit by swimming

Stories of the Senegalese migrants who return home

ByGeographical ContributorJan 2, 2024
What happens to the migrants who fail to get to Europe? Jennifer Carlos spent six months in Senegal documenting their stories.
Winters view of a lone tree in the english countryside

Exploring close to home: discovering nature on your suburban doorstep

ByGeographical ContributorDec 29, 2023
Extract from Alastair Humphrey's latest book Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness
Ryker bedroom los angeles

Where children sleep: bedrooms from around the world

ByGeographical StaffDec 25, 2023
In this extract from Where Children Sleep Vol 2, British photographer James Mollison documents the diverse spots in which children spend the night
Child soldiers in Myanmar

Travel insights from Sean Sutton: a documentary photographer

ByBryony CottamDec 13, 2023
Documentary photographer Sean Sutton tells Bryony Cottam what he has learned from 30 years on the road
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