WIDER IMAGE-'Our whole life depends on water': Climate change, pollution and dams threaten Iraq’s Marsh Arabs
Many Marsh Arabs, the wetlands' indigenous population, were displaced after Saddam Hussein drained the land. Now a cycle of water crises threatens their way of life
UK aid cuts spark fears over parasitic killer that stalks the poor
Efforts to halt visceral leishmaniasis - the deadliest parasitic disease after malaria - are threatened by cuts to UK aid funding, say health workers
Medics worked tirelessly during COVID-19. Now let's help them
Health workers fought for patients in an overwhelming pandemic, but the toll it took on them is largely hidden and unacknowledged
Cotton industry unprepared for climate change threat to crop and farmers
Even as demand rises, worsening heat, drought and flooding threaten the world's cotton supply, and the farmers that grow it
'We have history': Saving Kenya's last sacred forests
The Mijikenda people protect the forests along Kenya's coast, but pollution from quarrying could force the guardians to leave
Child kidnapping being used as warfare tactic in Mozambique, aid groups say
Kidnapping victims are frequently exposed to further trauma such as witnessing beheadings or seeing their homes being set alight, says Save the Children
Millions of Ugandans denied vital services over digital ID cards
Pregnant women have been turned away from health centres and the elderly denied welfare payments, said the Initiative for Social and Economic Rights, Unwanted Witness and New York University
Shooting for glory, not to kill - a refugee's Olympic goal
Luna Solomon, an Eritrean refugee living in Switzerland, is one of a few dozen refugee athletes who are Olympic hopefuls
From teaching to football, communities seen as key to ending use of child soldiers
Ex-child soldiers often struggle to find their place in their communities and risk re-recruitment
Protecting nature can lower risk of armed conflict, says conservation body
Pressure on natural resources is fuelling tensions in places like Lake Chad, according to a new report, but there has been less violence within the boundaries of protected areas