Week in pictures: From firefighter protests in Seoul to prayers in Gaza

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‘If UNRWA goes, so do our dreams of returning home’, Palestinians fear

  Aida, Bethlehem, occupied West Bank – Among the children playing on the street in the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank is 10-year-old Ahmad Damaseh who dreams of becoming a doctor when he grows up....

Pakistan’s zoo-turned-wildlife rescue hub gives big cats new life

Islamabad, Pakistan – From the outside, one might assume that the former premises of Marghazar Zoo are now deserted. A dilapidated ticket office and overgrown foliage suggest an absence of visitors. But listen closely, and you might hear the chatter...

Hero to homeless: House of Muslim man behind India tunnel rescue demolished

New Delhi, India – Wakeel Hasan had to climb his neighbour’s 1.8-metre (six-foot) wall to enter the rubble-filled plot of land where his house stood only a day earlier. The police had barricaded the front of the land where his...

Photos: Norway gives Arctic foxes a helping hand amid climate woes

[ad_1] One by one, the crate doors swing open and five Arctic foxes bound off into the snowy landscape. But in the wilds of southern Norway, the newly freed foxes may struggle to find enough to eat, as the effects of climate change...

In Lydd, Palestinians fear tinderbox of Israel’s war, threat of expulsion

[ad_1] Lydd, Israel – One week after Israel began bombing Gaza last October, Ghassan Mounayer received a call from the Israeli police. An officer warned him not to write any critical Facebook posts about the war or call for demonstrations...

‘No identity’: Why is Kenyan music failing to break through globally?

  Nairobi, Kenya – In November 2023 when the Grammy Awards announced five inaugural nominees for the Best African Music Performance category, only South Africa and Nigeria were represented. The news sparked a debate about the continuing trend of contemporary...

Romania’s geeks are mapping earthquake risk in EU’s highest-risk capital

  Bucharest, Romania – Under the catchy name “One Love Central Studio”, a renovated apartment with an open kitchen on Doamnei Street in Bucharest is advertised on the vacation rental website Booking.com for 53 euros ($57.30) per night in February....

A woman has to be ‘stronger than a lion’ to cross the Mediterranean

[ad_1] Mediterranean Sea - On the open sea, thousands of kilometres from land, on a flimsy blue wooden boat, 21-year-old Linda* from Daraa, Syria, didn’t care if she lived or died. She and 125 other refugees had left the Libyan...

‘In Gaza, football is the only escape’: Palestine star Mahmoud Wadi on war

[ad_1] On October 7, Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Wadi was recovering from an injury in Egypt when Israel launched its war on Gaza, following the Hamas attacks on southern Israel. The 29-year-old, from Khan Younis in southern Gaza, has spent the...
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