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Relatives mourn the victims of the recent opioid crisis in the US.

Drug use worldwide in numbers

The millions of lives destroyed by drug abuse

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by Isah Shafiq
For Shamsa Araweelo, it’s not enough to tell her story as an FGM survivor in only general terms.

Women’s rights

A rose to break the silence: Shamsa Araweelo campaigns against FGM

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
The number of people taking drugs has recently climbed dramatically.

Our view

Fighting drugs with smart development policy

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by Jörg Döbereiner
At a meeting in the island nation of Tuvalu in October, decision-makers gained an insight into the impacts of climate change in the run-up to COP31.

World climate conference

“The mood is extremely tense”

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by Axel Michaelowa
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Donald Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in October 2025 at the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit, where they apparently also discussed real estate projects involving one of Trump’s sons.

Kleptocracy

Trump: benefiting privately from public office

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by Hans Dembowski
This is what the proposed new world map might look like, showing the sizes of regions near the equator more realistically.

Good News

Initiative seeks wider water access and UN votes on new world map

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by D+C / E+Z
Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and an editorial cartoonist.

Artist of the month

Sherif Arafa is an Egyptian author and cartoonist

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by D+C / E+Z
Artwork by Sherif Arafa.

Our view

Under fire, but still alive

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth
She, too, is on the US sanctions list: Tomoko Akane, the Japanese President of the ICC.

Sanctions

The USA’s attack on international law

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by Sonja Peteranderl
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