Global development

• A man kneels down among his crops.

  ‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh

  The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction

• Abdullah Ibhais in a blue blazer and black turtleneck looks directly at the camera outdoors

  Rights and freedom

  I was jailed for speaking out about the treatment of workers at the Qatar World Cup. I am still being punished

  Abdullah Ibhais
• A middle-aged Nigerian woman cuddles four small lapdogs

  ‘Now people stop to ask their names and even stroke them’: Nigerians embrace dogs as pets

• Zeynab Adan and her children stand infront of their shelter in an IDP camp in Mogadisu's Kahda district Somalia humanitarian crisis

  Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu camp

• A woman in a pink dress stands at a podium

  Opinion

  It’s no surprise that an AI-faked presidential speech condemning foreign exploitation went viral – the world is suffering from a leadership vacuum

  Kenneth Mohammed

• Four African women by a billboard advertising the 4th African inter-parliamentary conference on family values and sovereignty

  ‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

• A man and boy sit on the porch f a simple concrete house in Nigeria.

  Gunshots at 9am. Then they rounded up the children: how Chibok-style school abductions are spreading in Nigeria

• An aerial view of Billings reservoir in São Paulo, showing the Jardim Apurá neighbourhood and Favela da Fumaça.

  Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean

  ‘Good lord, what a smell’: can Brazil’s biggest city save a vital source of water from sewage, bacteria and organised crime?

• A person wearing a mask has their upper arm swabbed by a health worker wearing protective clothing, who is holding a syringe in their other hand.

  The race to combat Ebola: what vaccines and treatments are being developed and how long will it take?

• Aerial image shows Kya Sands (left) and Bloubosrand (right) in Johannesburg, South Africa.

  ‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?

• People use long poles to carry bodies wrapped in cloth

  Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

• Two medics in white and yellow hazmat suits attend to a patient in a field hospital tent

  DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says

• Egyptian children drink and wash in water from a hand pump in Qalyoubia village north of Cairo July 28, 2009.

  The world needs clean water to help fight antimicrobial resistance

• Burqa-clad Afghan women walk past Taliban flags

  Opinion

  A bird has better protection than an Afghan woman. Welcoming the Taliban to Europe is a slap in the face

  Fawzia Koofi
• Aerial view of naked women forming a circle in dark water, creating white splashes with their feet

  Women behind the lens

  Women behind the lens: ‘Once naked, they formed a circle. The kicking and screaming occurred naturally’

• An African child gives a 'fist bump' to a soldier sitting in a truck wearing fatigues and blue helmets with 'UN' on them

  Opinion

  Peace fails if it is not defended. The UN’s peacekeepers cannot do this alone

  Jean-Pierre Lacroix
• A woman, whose face cannot be seen, stands on sandy ground in front of a tent.

  Opinion

  I will never forget the teacher who negotiated to be gang-raped instead of her daughter. These war crimes against women must be addressed

  Hala Alkarib

• An African hand with beaded bracelets rests on a white painted surface with ridges

  Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat

• APeople carrying placards reading 'Preserve our traditions, No LGBTQ+!' and Ghanaian flags march in a street alongside cars

  People ‘panicking’ as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity

• Shahida bends over baby Jannat, who is lying on a blanket on the pavement near a busy road as buses and cars pass

  Life under a Delhi flyover: how one homeless family endures the city’s extreme heat

  Soaring summer temperatures bring many challenges to the Indian capital, but for the city’s homeless, particularly women, they can be a threat to life