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ARCHIVE PHOTO: Cable cars pass above the town of Medellin March 1, 2013. | REUTERS / Albeiro Lopera
From doubling public transport to expanding electric bike rentals, Colombia's second city wants to use the virus recovery to reach climate goals.
General view of a high tech vertical farm where local farmers have a chance to cultivate their crops, despite the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates April 13, 2020. REUTERS
The desert state's push to grow more of its own food as the planet warms has helped keep shelves stocked despite global trade disruptions from COVID-19.
Ndapewoshali Shapwanale during a talk show on Eagle FM in Windhoek, Namibia, April 2020.  | Shelleygan Petersen/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
In different African countries, female radio hosts are using their shows to reach rural areas and fight COVID-19 myths.
Farmers watch a demonstration on growing local crops by Seed Savers Network-Kenya in Gilgil, Kenya, December 2019. | HANDOUT/Seed Savers Network-Kenya.
Coronavirus has delayed key global agreements to protect oceans, forests and their native species — but may lead to a better understanding of the need to safeguard nature.
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Pacific islands have had relatively few COVID-19 infections but migrant workers have been forced to return home.
Matina, 67, stands in front of the plants she is growing to feed the seven children she supports. She is skipping her antiretroviral medication because it hurts her stomach to take it without food. Gulu, Uganda. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Sally Hayden
HIV-positive women in Uganda fear for their health as food shortages and poverty leave them unable to take medication.
A man guides dogs to a feeding spot on a deserted road in Srinagar, India, May 11, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Athar Parvaiz
A recent six-day shutdown, including three days of no mobile access, made it difficult to treat patients and track the virus.
Screenshot of an online plant clinic for farmer in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, May 8, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Anuradha Nagaraj
During coronavirus lockdown, Indian farmers have been able to join 'e-clinics' to get a diagnosis of problems plaguing their crops, helping limit the damage.
RCHIVE PHOTO: A Kenyan woman prepares ribbons ahead of World Aids Day in Nairobi, November 25, 2004. | REUTERS/Antony Njuguna
Lockdowns are preventing LGBT+ people with HIV from getting the life-saving treatment they need.
Women gesture during a demonstration in support of women and against gender violence in front of the Palace of the Argentine National Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 9, 2020. | REUTERS/Mariana Greif
Gender-based violence has been rising in locked-down countries, leaving women unable to seek help while tensions due to coronavirus escalate.
ILE PHOTO: Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016. | REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
The steep losses were mostly among workers unable to install solar energy equipment as businesses closed during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Somali internally displaced girls queue before getting into a classroom at a school beside an IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia April 4, 2017. | REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Plan International says crisis is undermining efforts to end the ancient practice in Somalia, which has the world's highest FGM rate.
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