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According to the United Nations, more than one in six children globally live in war zones, and millions face starvation in conflict hot spots. Last year, the UN verified 32,990 grave violations ...
Stacker collected images of Juneteenth celebrations over the years that showcase how the holiday has changed, from 1970 to 2024.
More than 2,500 children of U.S. servicemen born in Vietnam were flown to the United States in the chaotic final days of the ...
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Fifty-three years ago, the devastating impact of the Vietnam War was captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the "napalm girl." A documentary raises questions about who took the photo.
The antiwar movement in Israel has largely been driven by the desire to return the hostages home, but now there is a growing number focusing on the plight of Palestinians.
For more than 80 years, residents of Mississippi’s Yazoo Backwater have been banking on a pumping project to protect their farms and homes from floods. The Trump Administration is ready to move ...
The Maison Européenne de la Photographie is organizing a retrospective exhibition in honor of Marie-Laure de Decker, from June 4 to September 28, 2025. The exhibition brings together a wide range of ...
The primary source is the online video that has allowed a widening war to be documented like no other, and posts try to put the video into context. Edited by Liam Stack Video posted to YouTube on ...
“I understood that in war we rely on those who protect us and knew again there will be mothers, already much younger than me, who would lose their children.” Since her son died, she has been ...
A woman and child lie down at a busy malnutrition ward inside the city of Port Sudan. Saad Hammadoun, a 50-year-old mother of nine, remembers the day the war began. “It was a regular Saturday ...