The coronavirus crisis is pushing millions into extreme poverty
Rosalina Benitez holds her grandson in a room she rents in a low-income neighborhood where many have lost their income since the government suspended the movement of people due to the coronavirus outbreak, in San Salvador, El Salvador, May 14, 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic could set the planet back on decades worth of progress in securing access to food for millions of people living in poverty. And, protests against police brutality and racism in the US and elsewhere are resonating in South Africa, which has its own complicated history of police violence. Also, Russian emergency teams are still working to contain an oil spill in the Arctic before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean.
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