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A TV journalist prepares to do a piece to camera in front of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region on 24, 2014.
A TV journalist prepares to do a piece to camera in front of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region on 24, 2014. © Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

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Armenia’s Information Battlefield

In this week’s update, read about the Kremlin-led campaigns aimed at undermining trust in democracy ahead of pivotal Armenian elections.
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Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
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Lebanon: Nothing About This is Normal

Lebanese people are once again facing the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Hizbullah.

Elizardo Sanchez, head of the banned but tolerated Cuban National Human Rights Commission, talks with journalists after meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson at the Residence of the Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section January 23, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Elizardo Sanchez, head of the banned but tolerated Cuban National Human Rights Commission, talks with journalists after meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson at the Residence of the Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section January 23, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Media Under Pressure as Venezuela Vote Nears

Venezuela's presidential election Sunday risks being neither fair nor free as Maduro seeks reelection.

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A journalist documents the destruction caused by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
A journalist documents the destruction caused by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
World Press Freedom Day
An Israeli police officer and a woman look at a destroyed building after it was hit by a ballistic missile fired from Iran, leaving over 50 wounded residents on March 22, 2026 in Dimona, Israel. © Amir Levy/Getty Images
An Israeli police officer and a woman look at a destroyed building after it was hit by a ballistic missile fired from Iran, leaving over 50 wounded residents on March 22, 2026 in Dimona, Israel. © Amir Levy/Getty Images
Israel: Truth Under Fire
A man pushes his bike through debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on April 06, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
A man pushes his bike through debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on April 06, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Reporting War Crimes in Ukraine
Smoke from a building in the centre of the city which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order on March 12, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.
Smoke from a building in the centre of the city which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order on March 12, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. © Adri Salido/Getty Images
Iran: Regional Chaos Spreads
IWPR new website iwpr-latam.net showcases some of the region’s best investigative journalism produced with IWPR support. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
IWPR new website iwpr-latam.net showcases some of the region’s best investigative journalism produced with IWPR support. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Spotlight on Latin America
Launch of the Syria Prisons Museum at the National Museum in Damascus, September 15, 2025. © Prisons Museum
Launch of the Syria Prisons Museum at the National Museum in Damascus, September 15, 2025. © Prisons Museum
A cell block inside Sednaya Prison in Damascus, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Inset graphic: digital reconstruction of the prison building, part of the virtual tour available at prisons.museum/en/syria © Syria Prisons Museum.
A cell block inside Sednaya Prison in Damascus, where thousands of people were said to be detained and tortured by the Assad regime over the last decade. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Inset graphic: digital reconstruction of the prison building, part of the virtual tour available at prisons.museum/en/syria © Syria Prisons Museum.
Syria - From Silence to Memory
Kunle Adebajo from Nigeria poses with his award for West Africa's Journalist of the Year 2025. Photo: Media Foundation for West Africa/Google Maps composite.
Kunle Adebajo from Nigeria poses with his award for West Africa's Journalist of the Year 2025. Photo: Media Foundation for West Africa/Google Maps composite.
West Africa's Journalist of the Year
Moldovan president Maia Sandu talks to the media outside a polling station after casting her vote on September 28, 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. © Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
Moldovan president Maia Sandu talks to the media outside a polling station after casting her vote on September 28, 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. © Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
Moldova’s Historic Vote
People remove possessions and inspect their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 13, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
People remove possessions and inspect their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 13, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
Recognising Palestine
Flowers and candles laid out during a vigil honouring journalists killed in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues. Washington, D.C., 11 Aug 2025. © Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Flowers and candles laid out during a vigil honouring journalists killed in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues. Washington, D.C., 11 Aug 2025. © Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Dying for the Truth
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