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A woman shopping for groceries. (Photo by: IWPR)

Saidnaya Prison: the "Red Dragon"

Detainees say that death is preferable to languishing in the notorious jail.

Fixing the water supply for homes in Kafr Nabl. (Photo: Nisreen al-Ahmad)

Bringing Water Back to Kafr Nabl

Project focuses on solving long-standing distribution problems.

Saving Syria's Cultural Heritage

Initiative aims to both document damage and implement restoration projects.

In front of the Agricultural Technology Institute. (Photo: Sonia al-Ali)

Idlib's Next Generation of Farmers

Institute provides agricultural training to people whose studies were interrupted by the war.

Aid, Healthcare and Hope

Medical charity is rolling out dozens of local aid projects.

A family displaced due to shelling in Aleppo in al-Ferdaws neighbourhood. (Photo: Hussam Kuwaifatiyeh)

I'm Not the Only One

A family refuses to leave their village during a regime incursion.

Children cling on to their bread with delight. (Photo: Ahmad al-Salim)

Soaring Bread Prices Add to Idlib's Woes

Locals already struggling to cope with a general rise in food costs.

An elderly lady resting in Aleppo, Al-Klasah before she resumes a long journey home. (Photo: Salah al-Ashqar)

A Night of Fear

An army incursion brings death and destruction.

An al-Ruqyah al-Shar’iyyah session performed on a young man suffering from headaches. (Photo: Hazza Adnan al-Hazza)

Exorcising Demons in Idlib

Casting spells seen as an effective treatment for epilepsy.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

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

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

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

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

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

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

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

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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