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An aerial view of Pugad Island, partly submerged in seawater amid rising tides on August 11, 2025 in Hagonoy, Philippines. In the Philippines’ coastal communities, the water has been rising for years. A slow, relentless encroachment fuelled by melting ice sheets in Antarctica, the sinking of land from decades of unchecked groundwater extraction, and the swelling seas of a warming planet.
An aerial view of Pugad Island, partly submerged in seawater amid rising tides on August 11, 2025 in Hagonoy, Philippines. In the Philippines’ coastal communities, the water has been rising for years. A slow, relentless encroachment fuelled by melting ice sheets in Antarctica, the sinking of land from decades of unchecked groundwater extraction, and the swelling seas of a warming planet. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region.
Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images
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An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8.
An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images
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