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Coronavirus

The Pandemic's Global Impact

Zimbabwe
With No Virus Cure at Hand, Some Try Mixing Their Own

Medical treatment was difficult to access long before the pandemic. Some have opted to battle the coronavirus with risky home remedies instead.

By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa

Puerto Rico
Earthquakes May Shutter Schools After Virus

By Coraly Cruz Mejías
Mexico
Coronavirus Thwarts Fight Against Chagas’ Disease

By Marissa Revilla
Mexico
Old Farming Ways Find New Value Amid Shutdown

By Mar García

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Photo by Merveille Kavira Luneghe, Democratic Republic of Congo

Senior Reporter

At La Victoire, a hair salon in Kirumba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dalmon Katembo Ndughuta cuts Devotte Katungu’s hair while Mumbere Jacques, 2, watches. Katembo Ndughuta uses homemade products to straighten customers’ hair.
Photo by Patricia Zavala Gutiérrez, Mexico

Reporter

Rafael Sánchez strolls by the Guadalajara Cathedral in historic downtown Guadalajara, Mexico.
Photo by Nakisanze Segawa, Uganda

Senior Reporter

Nambooze Vanesa, 5, blows on the fire that he and Semuguuma Shaban, 5, are using to prepare a dish known as tokotoko in Nsumbi village, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Tokotoko is sometimes used as a game to teach children how to cook.
Photo by Aline Suárez del Real, Mexico

Reporter

From her home in Tecámac, in the state of Mexico, kindergarten teacher Berenice Cruz video chats with parents to discuss her students’ learning environments and upcoming schoolwork. “I’m going to change the decorations based on the holidays that come up,” she says.
Photo by Uranchimeg Tsoghuu, Mongolia

Reporter

During a traditional ceremony, Buyandalai Ulambayar gallops on his horse while offering horse milk to the air with a tsatsal, a ceremonial wooden milk spoon, in Bayandalai soum, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. During the ceremony, he chants, “Tsegeend tsad,” which means, “May we have plenty of food!”
Photo by Lilette A. Contreras, Mexico

Reporter

A delivery of roses from the Mexican state of Tlaxcala waits to be arranged and sold at a florist in the Mercado de las Flores, a flower market in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur, Mongolia

Reporter

Uranzaya Jamiyansuren tends vegetables in the greenhouse at her home in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Uranzaya and her neighbor Munkhbaatar Tsogzolmaa built the greenhouse three years ago to grow food for their families’ consumption.
Photo by Françoise Mbuyi Mutombo, Democratic Republic of Congo

Reporter

Fisherman Jose Menga makes a fishing net by hand at his home in Kisangani, DRC, before going to a nearby river to fish.
Photo by Shilu Manandhar, Nepal

Senior Reporter

Purushottam Giri Sangeet Acharya, 60, a Hindu holy man known as a sadhu, reads near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. He says that after the government announced a lockdown and religious sites closed due to COVID-19, many sadhus chose to leave Pashupatinath, where they lived.
Photo by Aline Suárez del Real, Mexico

Reporter

Miguel de los Santos sculpts tree trunks for the Sierra Hermosa Sports Complex in Tecámac, in the state of Mexico. One of his sculptures is a Mexican grizzly bear that went extinct in the 1960s, to raise awareness of the role humans play in the extinction of animals.

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As Violence Against Females Spikes, Project Equips Indigenous Girls

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Hoping to Curb C-Sections, Midwives Fight for Relevance

Latin America and the Caribbean struggle with alarming rates of the procedure. Midwives offer an alternative – but they’re often not allowed in the delivery room.

By Coraly Cruz Mejías

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Coronavirus Threatens to Destroy a Traditional Art Form

The country's obsidian carvers have endured decades of physical and financial risks to keep their ancient craft alive. Will the coronavirus wipe it out for good?

By Aline Suárez del Real

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Mar García, Reporter, Mexico

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Caught in Between

Rare coverage from the disputed region of Indian-administered Kashmir

Indian-administered Kashmir

Virus and Political Upheaval Devastate Region’s Tourism

By Raihana Maqbool

Indian-administered Kashmir

Territory Divide in Indian-Administered Kashmir Fuels Fears of Cultural Sabotage

By Raihana Maqbool

Indian-administered Kashmir

Lockdown Is Nothing New for Region’s Students

By Raihana Maqbool

GPJ’s Duty of Care program offers physical, emotional, digital and legal security training and resources.

End of Tourism

The coronavirus pummeled tourism and destroyed the communities that rely on it for income.

Nepal
Everest is Empty as Virus Shuts Down Global Tourism Industry

By Shilu Manandhar
Puerto Rico
A Cultural Gem Reels From Natural Disasters, Tourism Drop

By Coraly Cruz Mejías
Zimbabwe
Coronavirus Dismantles Tourism, a Key Economic Driver

By Linda Mujuru
Puerto Rico
Coronavirus Devastates Puerto Rico’s Tourism Industry

By Ishbel Cora Rodríguez
Indian-administered Kashmir
Virus and Political Upheaval Devastate Region’s Tourism

By Raihana Maqbool

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Nepal

62,950 Complaints Have Been Filed. But Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hasn’t Heard a Single One.

The civil war ended here in 2006. Nine years later the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created. But legal barriers, logistics issues and a lack of political will have left tens of thousands of complaints stagnating. Among them, the few sexual assault cases may face the greatest obstacles.

By Shilu Manandhar

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