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A woman's two feet and her hands are pictured as she holds a yellow soccer ball.
Sacked, shunned and suicidal: Cameroon sports stars battle anti-gay laws
A woman with her back turned to the camera cooks while lookers-on watch from behind a raised counter.
In UK, North Korean defectors raise awareness with Lunar New Year Feast
Marie Kondo speaks during an interview
Marie Kondo’s show shines spotlight on women’s unpaid labor
Human bones are laid out on a blue cloth. Behind them is a photo of them in the earth
Rare gems in skeleton’s teeth challenges thinking about Medieval women
Saudi woman dressed in black robe walks behind a man wearing all white.
Women & Gender
‘Niqab under my foot’ — Saudi women step on veils in online protest
A woman is shown with a colorful purple and white scarf over her head and her hand held against her face.
Satellites to survivors: 5 goals for the anti-slavery fight in 2019
A Venezuelan migrant girl wearing a pink sweater with a heart on it, is shown heading to the exit of a makeshift camp with her belongings in Bogota, Colombia.
Global Politics
Latin America grapples with migrant exodus that looks set to worsen in 2019
People stand with signs supporting sex worker rights -- "end poverty, not prostitution," and other signs.
Women & Gender
Sex workers say Tumblr’s explicit image ban makes their jobs more dangerous
A group of Tanzanians wearing bright colorful clothes ride in a boat.
Climate Change
Nearly swallowed by the sea, a small island in Tanzania fights against climate change
India
In India, ‘Day Zero’ is every day as water taps run dry