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A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant.

In one Arizona morgue alone in the U.S. there are more than 300 unidentified remains of migrants.

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

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Migrating and Vanishing: Interrupted Mourning

There is no unified mechanism for cross-referencing the DNA of searching families with the remains awaiting identification in U.S. morgues.

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

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Migrating and Vanishing: Twice Disappeared

Overcrowded morgues and underreporting in Mexico's national database of missing persons.

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

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Migrating and Vanishing: Searching for Answers

Lack of data and discrimination: Mexican authorities fail in the search for missing migrants.

A Guatemalan journalist protests against the arrest of Jose Ruben Zamora, president of the newspaper El Periodico, outside the Justice Palace in Guatemala City, on July 30, 2022. © JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images

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Latin America: Journalism Continues to Hold Power to Account

Despite coming under constant attack, independent media are achieving remarkable impact.

A man is arrested during a demonstration against the government of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana, on July 11, 2021. - Thousands of Cubans took part in rare protests Sunday against the communist government, marching through a town chanting "Down with the dictatorship" and "We want liberty." © Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

World Press Freedom Day 2023

Latin America: Why Mental Resilience is Essential for Press Freedom

Intimidation, murder and incarceration are used by the powerful to silence reporters.

People take part in a 'Walk for Peace' asking for a stop to violence, extortions, executions and disappearances of people in Mexico, in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on July 31, 2022. © Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

Int'l Day of the Disappeared

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With little protection, independent media struggle to uncover the truth and stay safe.

Victoria Yaremchuk, Kropivnitsky (Kirovhrad region of Ukraine) – Oleksandr Yaremchuk went missing on Ukraine’s independence day, on August 24, 2014. The history and law teacher-turned-soldier was evacuating the wounded from Savur-Mohyla, in Donetsk region, close to the Russian border. © Zoya Shu

Int'l Day of the Disappeared

Missing Persons, a Hidden Tragedy

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have disappeared due to conflict, disaster and crime. Many are never heard from again.

Pride march in Havana, 11 May 2019. © Plataforma 11M

Cuba’s LGTBI Community Demands Change

Although discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is illegal, the reality is different.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/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. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

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Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

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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