‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while coaches and siblings of players bang on goalposts to help…
Inside Syria’s notorious Palestine Branch: Tales of torture and fear
Damascus, Syria – “Palestine Branch”, also known as Branch 235, is an intelligence-run prison in Syria that everyone in the country feared and loathed.Established in 1969, the notorious building on…
Syria in 2024: A year that changed everything in a war-torn nation
Damascus, Syria – The fall of the longstanding Assad regime that ruled Syria for more than 50 years became a global turning point in 2024.Syria’s war had faded from the…
Israel’s war on Gaza: 12 months, 12 pictures
Israel’s war on Gaza has left a trail of devastation with the lives of more than two million Palestinians severely disrupted.Long lines of people waiting for food aid have become a…
No privacy, constant struggles for women in Gaza’s crowded tent camps
For Gaza’s women, the hardships of life in the territory’s sprawling tent camps are compounded by the daily humiliation of never having privacy.Women displaced from their homes by Israel’s ongoing…
Photos: Russia-Ukraine war in 2024
Russia’s war on Ukraine has raged for nearly three years, with Ukraine losing territory, and morale among its soldiers decreasing in 2024.“A year ago, even, I would never hear soldiers…
Photos: Moments of joy and hope in 2024
Amid the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, a global climate crisis, and numerous challenges facing humanity, 2024 has still offered moments of connection and hope.Genocide in Gaza, a deepening climate crisis,…
Baking hope in Gaza: Making Christmas cookies in a displacement tent
Khan Younis, Gaza – From a makeshift kitchen with a sand floor and a nylon roof, and lacking the most basic equipment, Mayess Hamid prepared Christmas cookies this year.Hamid, 31,…
The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall, the workers’ union, are safety…
Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”.Now in their 80s and…
Weapon contamination in Ethiopia wrecks limbs and dreams
On his way home from the market, Birhane noticed a group of younger kids kicking a piece of scrap metal. He recognised them from when they had gone to school…
Travelling doctor takes healthcare to Argentina’s remote areas
A rural doctor travels miles of unforgiving terrain by donkey, enduring cold, rain, wind and exhaustion, to visit several dozen families scattered across the highest mountain in the north of…