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Loggers with chainsaws have moved in.

Unsustainable livelihoods

Savè chainsaw massacre

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by Karim Okanla
Democracy seems unimportant to many supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil

Blank cheque for the president

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by Carlos Albuquerque
A kantha bedspread.

Handicrafts

Kantha’s eternal beauty

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Villagers in a group discussion organised by the “United for Our Rights” project in Kalole, Tanzania.

Bribes

Civic competence contains corruption

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko
An indigenous woman rides the aerial tramway that connects the Bolivian capital La Paz with neighbouring city El Alto, 400 metres higher.

Gondola lifts

Up in the air

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by Julia Jaroschewski
Maha Metro is particularly proud of the 4.5-kilometre-long double-decker section of the track that allows the metro to run above the street.

Mobility

A contribution to sustainable transport

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
Liberia’s rural women are now entitled to land ownership.

Peacebuilding

A historic first

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by Sahr Nouwah
by Roselyn Korleh
Prisoners released in January 2018.

Burundi

Overpopulated prisons

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by Mireille Kanyange
Buckets filled with Omena fish in Sindo, Kenya.

Kenya

Sex for fish

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by Brenda Mbaja Lubang'a
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