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Naila Conita.

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Naila Conita

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by D+C / E+Z
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie
People in traditional attire celebrate the Yomari Punhi festival in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu in December.

Nepal and the SDGs

Dreams of economic prosperity and sustainable development

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by Rukamanee Maharjan
Media reporting on Gaza has drawn widespread criticism.

Media criticism

“Gaza is not a black box”

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by Fabian Goldmann
by Björn Cremer
The chainsaw that Argentinian President Javier Milei gave tech billionaire Elon Musk as a gift at the Conserva­tive Political Action Conference in February.

Authoritarianism

The chainsaw men

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by Birgit Sauer
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (centre) addresses his own experiences of sexualised violence in his miniseries “Baby Reindeer”.

Masculinity

Sexualised violence against men: the Baby Reindeer effect

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by Sonja Peteranderl
Uzbekistan’s face is changing: In the mountainous Zaamin area, the longest suspension pedestrian bridge in Central Asia was built.

Sustainable Development Goals

How Uzbekistan has achieved rapid SDG progress

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by Shahida Tulaganova
Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

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by Tsitsi Bhobo
Argentina’s President Javier Milei and US President Donald Trump drill into the world: activists in costumes during COP30.

Right-wing populism

“The Sustainable Development Goals are seen as the enemy”

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by Imme Scholz
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
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