Serrekunda, Gambia
The Guardian – 20 Photographs of the week. Serrekunda, Gambia. A boy leaves his bicycle in the rain at the compound where he lives. Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP ...
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Senegal Great Green Wall
The Great Green Wall that was once envisioned as a way for Africa to fight climate change has stalled. The project aimed to plant a 5,000-mile line of trees that would span the entire continent and hold back the ...
Ramandan in Senegal
Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. In this photo, muslims pray after breaking their fast during the ...
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
“Many countries had made progress against such traditional and transactional marriages of girls in recent decades, but COVID-19’s economic havoc has caused significant backsliding: The United Nations estimates ...
2019 Begins
Two men watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana Beach during the New Year’s celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) You can see some galleries with amazing ...
Military Intervention in Rio
Pigs are seen next to a soldier as he patrols an alley during an operation in Salgueiro complex slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. At least 3 people were injured during shootouts against drug ...
Rio Violence in Slum Complex
A woman carries her dog past elite police officers patrolling one day after five alleged drug traffickers were killed in a shootout with police in the Alemao slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, July 16, ...
Rio Military Intervention
An elderly woman sits on the doorway of her house as a soldier stands in guard during an operation at the Vila Alianca slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018. A decree was declared to put the ...
Happy 2018!
People watch the fireworks exploding over Copacabana beach during the New Year’s celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) The World Celebrates New Year’s Eve ...
Brazil Security Slums
A soldier stand at the doorway of a shack home as he patrols at the Manguinhos complex slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Thousands of soldiers begin patrolling a slum’s complex as part of ...