With access to healthcare limited and expensive, many in Côte d’Ivoire and elsewhere turn to counterfeit drugs. A woman considers buying a bottle of medicine off a store shelf. (Photo by FatCamera/ Getty Images Signature) This article by student Haude Estefania Yapi...
February 20 is World Day of Social Justice. Around the globe, the majority of people accept that some have less while others have more. How does that play out? A woman holds a sign looking for a job in front of a Gucci store. (Illustration by News Decoder) On 20...
Young people across the globe are taking to the streets. In Morocco one demand is clear: Give us an education that helps us navigate the world we live in. People take part in a youth-led protest against corruption and calling for healthcare and education reform,...
To fight climate change, we can each do more than take the bus instead of drive. Systemic change is spurred when individual shouts becomes a collective outcry. Rachelle Junsay, front right, participates in a youth climate demonstration at the COP30 U.N. Climate...
Natural and herbal medicines are much cheaper than prescription pills. But whether they work and are safe is another story. A bottle of herbal medicine that promises to cure all ailments. (Illustration by News Decoder.) This article was produced exclusively for News...
We learn that it is good to share what we have with those less fortunate. But when those around us simply take, important social bonds begin to fray. Two hands beg for help. (Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock) This article by student Ayira Browne was produced out of News...
In Uganda, poachers endanger an already threatened species. Protecting this big animal is no small feat. A hippo in a Ugandan lake. Phote by Noel Reynolds courtesy of Wikimedia. Editor’s note: 15 February will mark World Hippo Day, a commemoration intended to...
The Himalayan mountains hold the largest concentration of ice and snow outside the polar regions. What happens when all that begins to melt? The Zanskar Mountain Range in Jammu Kashmir. (Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) This article was...
Frustrated with their government and inflamed by the death of an activist, mobs turn their anger on the press. The burnt exterior of Prothom Alo’s office on 20 December 2025. (Photo by Sakib Howlader courtesy of Wikimedia) This article was produced exclusively...
Tens of millions of people get life-saving treatment thanks to decades of U.S. government funds that have now evaporated. In Africa, this is a wake-up call. A plaque hangs outside a health clinic in Thaba-Tsoeu, Lesotho that acknowledges funding by “The American...