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People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is not likely to cause its neighbour Pakistan much harm in the short term, but it sets a dangerous global precedent.

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by Imran Mukhtar

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Baker with his motorbike.

Informal sector

“On a bad day, my earnings are just enough to pay my boss”

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Mercy Mutemi is one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.

Content moderation

Sorting out human horror for less than two dollars an hour

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by Alba Nakuwa
The Bahamas are widely considered a tax haven.

Right-wing extremism

Global oligarchy, shrouded in secrecy

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by Hans Dembowski
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z

Traffic

Road safety remains a major concern in Uganda

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by Mathias Galabuzi
A domestic help in India. It is not Reba.

Informal sector

“I just want my son to study well and then live a better life than I do”

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by Roli Mahajan
Protests against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in Manila in March following Duterte’s arrest.

Philippine humour

“Joke lang!” – “Just kidding!”: Political humour in the Philippines

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by Angelo R. Lacuesta
In February 2025, Argentina’s president Javier Milei presented Elon Musk with his “chainsaw against bureaucracy”, and Musk exclaimed: “I am become meme.”

Far right

How the far right uses humour and meme culture to its advantage

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by Mirco Göpfert
by Konstanze N’Guessan

Repression

Student movements in India face growing government scrutiny

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by Arun P. Ghosh