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Alexander Contreras sits on a tree to receive a university class on his cellphone because it is the only place where he has signal during a quarantine throughout the country, as the government undertakes steadily stricter measures
As lack of internet access leaves millions of students out of school, advocates say now is the time to get everyone connected.
Shi'ite Muslim women wear protective face masks at Imam Ali Shrine, following an outbreak of coronavirus, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq March 11, 2020. | REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Court closures add another barrier to displaced Iraqi women struggling to prove their home ownership rights.
A migrant worker, who was stranded in the western state of Gujarat due to a lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), looks out from a window of a train that will take him to his home state.
Unions and activists argued that depriving migrants of transport home move amounts to forced labor.
Egypt’s City of the Dead falls silent and cautious as coronavirus has taken its toll on everyday life in Egypt. April 17, 2020. | Thomson Reuters Foundation/Menna A. Farouk
Many Egyptians are staying away from public places like cemeteries, cutting off a vital source of income for workers who rely on donations from families of the dead in one of Cairo's biggest slums.
FILE PHOTO: Migrant workers, who were stranded in the western state of Rajasthan due to a lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), wear protective masks as they look out from a window of a train
Unions and activists say move to deprive migrants of transport home amounts to forced labor.
FILE PHOTO: A relief worker helps another volunteer load supplies into a pickup truck at a farm, used as a base for aid to Navajo families quarantined in their homes due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hogback, Shiprock, New Mexico, U.S., April 7
Irish donors are flocking to support a fundraising campaign for Native Americans to repay their help during the Great Famine.
People are helped to safety amid flooding in Dubuoro village, Siaya County, Kenya, April 2020. HANDOUT/John Bundi/Kenya Red Cross Society
With tens of thousands displaced by heavy rains in western Kenya, following government guidelines to ward off COVID-19 is a major challenge.
ARCHIVE PHOTO: A woman rides a bicycle along a bike path on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris, France, September 14, 2018. | REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
What outcomes from the global response to COVID-19 can best help us tackle climate change?
A woman wearing a protective mask is seen at a liquour shop after Bangkok and several other provinces announced a 10-day ban on alcohol sale starting April 10 during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/
Several countries have banned alcohol sales during coronavirus lockdowns. But what impact, if any, will the measures have on abuse in the home?
A woman fetches water from a well in Warren Park suburb, Harare, Zimbabwe, September 24, 2019. | REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
As governments race to drill boreholes and fill up water tankers, residents want solutions that will last long after the pandemic.
A Kashmiri farmer tends his kale crop at his farm in Malura, near Srinagar, India, March 13, 2020. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Athar Parvaiz
As meat disappears during the pandemic, a push to harvest water and grow vegetables is having a big payoff.
RCHIVE PHOTO: Homeless Makoto Shinbo eats his lunch at his makeshift house at Miyashita park in Tokyo, Japan, February 17, 2017. Picture taken on February 17, 2017. | REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Homeless people who slept in internet cafes and fast-food outlets are stranded amidst lockdowns, sparking calls for solutions.
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