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Mothers Pay Price for Bearing Girls

In this traditional society, daughters are often seen as a burden on a family.

Azerbaijan's Passport Rush

Chaos and corruption as Azerbaijanis trade in their old identity documents.

Kabardino-Balkaria: End of the Road for Kokov?

Several candidates waiting in the wings to replace the ailing leader of the North Caucasian republic.

Unluckiest Village in Armenia

Surviving in 21st century Armenia’s “Stone Age” village.

Comment: A War of Unintended Consequences

Ten years on, the violence in Chechnya has bred a wholly different kind of warfare.

Abkhazia Rivals Strike Deal

A last-minute compromise agreement spells repeat elections in the Black Sea republic.

Ajaria: Concern Over Missing Funds

Public discontent with Tbilisi’s new regime in Ajaria mounts, not helped by officials’ refusal to talk about where revenues have gone.

Azerbaijan, Turkey end Debt Quarrel

Economic cooperation between the two allies is hurt by a very public dispute.

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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