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Protests Sweep Iraq

Casualties rise as disgruntled locals march over poor services, unemployment and corruption.

Iraqi Trainee Wins Press Courage Award

Prize awarded for story revealing thefts of treasures from national museum.

Iraq: Dec '10 / Jan '11

Iraqi trainees say they learnt important journalistic lessons from IWPR course.

Iraq: Dec '10 / Jan '11

Prize awarded for story revealing thefts of treasures from national museum.

Iran's Green Movement Back on its Feet

First major demonstration in over a year marks rejuvenation of anti-government protest force.

Smoke and Mirrors at Tehran Demonstration

Both government and opposition have learned lessons from the outright confrontation of 2009.

Tehran's Day of Rage

Video shows Iranians rallying in support of regime change in Egypt and at home.

Editorial Comment

Arab TV's Morality Tales Turned Upside Down

For decades Egyptian soap operas conditioned Arabs to be virtuous and stoic when all around them was corrupt – TV footage of the Egyptian uprising has changed all that.

Modern Veils Reflect Rebellious Spirit

By donning fashionable headscarves, many girls are rebelling against tradition.

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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