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FILE PHOTO: Orthodox women walk along the street to attend a Friday evening prayer in Hawassa, Ethiopia, November 22, 2019. | REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
A global shift towards stemming coronavirus has silenced the fight against HIV for vulnerable groups like young women.
Children play during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Fuerte Apache, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina April 23, 2020. | REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
The crisis has hammered Argentina's economy, leaving almost six in 10 children and adolescents below the poverty line.
Community health volunteer Everlyne Akinyi Omondi talks to residents about the dangers of COVID-19 in Kawangware informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya on May 27, 2020. | THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Nita Bhalla
Community health workers are the foot soldiers – mostly female – who are known in the neighbourhood and trusted to save lives.
FILE PHOTO: Desert locusts are seen on a tree at a ranch near the town of Nanyuki in Laikipia county, Kenya, February 21, 2020. Picture taken February 21, 2020. | REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Higher temperatures and idle land provide fertile ground for the pests to wreak havoc on an island famous for its idyllic beaches.
Orang Rimba tribe member Neliti, 45, is pictured in the forest of Bukit Duabelas national park, Sumatra, Indonesia in June 2020. | Anggun Nova/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Orang Rimba are retreating further into the jungle to protect them from COVID-19, which could help preserve their way of life.
A rendering of Net City, technology company Tencent's planned new smart city in Shenzhen, China. | Handout pic from NBBJ via Thomson Reuters Foundation
A new smart city that prioritizes people and the environment with the help of technolgy may be a model in a post-pandemic world.
Climate activist Benji Backer poses for a picture. | Benji Backer/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
A group of young Republicans is pushing the Trump administration to invest in clean energy to spur post-pandemic economic growth.
Tourists dress in ethnic clothing before they start the tour of a village in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on February 28, 2020. | Photo courtesy of Wocation.
Thailand's tourism social enterprises act as e-commerce platforms for communities cut off by coronavirus.
An employee of Salpha Energy unboxes a solar panel for home installation in Sagbo-Kodji community, amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lagos, Nigeria April 25, 2020. | REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
The COVID-19 crisis has shown how off-grid electricity is an essential service for poor communities, and efforts are underway to help providers get through tough times.
A box of honey mangoes grown in Pakistan on display for sale in the Tooting neighborhood of London, June 15, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Laurie Goering
Coronavirus restrictions, locusts attacks and erratic weather are making it harder to grow and export a top-selling seasonal fruit.
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Farmer Sallia Male poses for a picture in his courtyard in Diabaly January 23, 2013. | REUTERS/Joe Penney
In one rural village in the Sahel, competition for land and other pressures are growing, says a longtime observer.
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Employees dehead Louisiana white shrimp at C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood in D'Iberville, Mississippi June 3, 2010. | REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FOOD)
Migrant laborers worldwide are wary about speaking out over coronavirus risks for fear of reprisals.
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