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Fighting on all fronts. Samela, a 23-year-old activist from the Association of the Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Amazonas in Brazil, co-ordinates the production of protective face masks.RAPHAEL ALVES/IMF/CREATIVE COMMONSFighting on all fronts. Samela, a 23-year-old activist from the Association of the Satere-Mawe Indigenous Women in Manaus, Amazonas in Brazil, co-ordinates the production of protective face masks.RAPHAEL ALVES/IMF/CREATIVE COMMONS

Let the people protect the forests

Want to restore and protect the world's forests? Then uphold the rights of the people who live in them, says Danny Chivers.

Latest issue: July-August 2021

The world must do more

Colour-co-ordinated laundry hanging out to dry in the background, children play in the parking lot of Cissie Gool House, an unused government hospital in the Woodstock neighbourhood, occupied by 700 evictees from the area since 2017.LERATO MADUN

Citizens’ groups are resisting gentrification, evictions and housing inequality in urban South Africa in a variety of creative ways. Ben Verghese and Ilham Rawoot report from Cape Town.

Women experiencing abuse from their partners need more than a helpline, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick

Nanjala Nyabola mourns the loss of Nairobi's canopy, and questions the expansion of cities. 

Searching for sustenance: In Para State, a man moves his furniture in a cart after struggling to make rent following food price inflation beginning in 2013. Credit Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress/Panos

A recent study suggests that as many as six in ten Brazilians are struggling to put food on the table, reports Beatriz Miranda.

We shall not be moved! Anti-coup protesters remain seated in front of a line of riot police trying to clear roads in Yangon. Partially visible is a poster urging citizens to join the Civil Disobedience Movement. PANOS PICTURES

Lives and livelihoods have been laid down for democracy. The economy is on the brink of collapse. The world must support the people’s quest to end military rule once and for all, writes Preeti Jha.

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Audrey Simango reports on the phenomena of young men taking over abandoned meals. 

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