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Olivia Cuthbert

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Boys eat slices of watermelon from the Lemon Tree Trust's Azadi Community Garden in Domiz refugee camp in Kurdistan, north Iraq. Courtesy: Britt Willoughby Dyer
Refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan seek solace in camp gardens amid lockdown

Restrictions to halt the pandemic’s march have had a devastating impact on vulnerable communities in northern Iraq

June 15, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Lawan Oumar, 10 was forced to flee his village in Cameroon after it was attacked by Boko Haram at night. Ingebjorg Karstad via NRC
African crises among the most neglected in the world

African nations account for nine out of 10 countries in a Norwegian Refugee Council ranking of the most-neglected displacement crises

AfricaJune 10, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Dr Tim Winter, leader of the Cambridge Central Mosque in the UK, said many Muslims are missing the collective celebration of Ramadan's rituals this year. Photo by Amelia Hallsworth
British Muslim scholar Tim Winter reflects on Ramadan under lockdown

The coronavirus crisis has prompted a rise in conversions but Ramadan traditions have had to adapt says the founder of Cambridge Central Mosque

EuropeMay 15, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Aliph Foundation and cultural heritage in Iraq. Working with TS. Courtesy ISMEO
Protecting Iraq's cultural heritage from the coronavirus pandemic

Abu Dhabi's Aliph Foundation has launched a US$1m fund to ease the effect of lockdown on communities who rely on cultural heritage sites

May 14, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Supporters of ABS-CBN, the country's top broadcast network, hold a rally against the Philippine government's move to scrap its franchises, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 10, 2020. Reuters
Leading Philippines broadcaster ordered to close

Activists described the move against ABS-CBN, which has been critical of President Duterte, as an attack on press freedom

AsiaMay 05, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
A group of 15 student translators across the Middle East have joined a camoaing by Iraqi-led nonprofit Ideas Beyond Borders to make accurate information on Covid-19 available in Arabic. Getty Images
Coronavirus: the student translators battling Middle East misinformation

An Iraqi-led project aims to deliver accurate science and health information by translating millions of words into Arabic

April 29, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
The Australian government coronavirus tracking app 'COVIDSafe' will help the government identify potential COVID-19 cases but critics are concerned about personal privacy. Getty Images
Australia’s contact-tracing app pits privacy concerns against coronavirus containment

Countries are racing to develop apps that can track the spread of Covid-19 and provide a route towards reopening economies

WorldApril 26, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
TOPSHOT - A worker wearing protective clothes disinfects streets of Bratislava as a part of precautionary measures against the spread of the new coronavirus that can cause the COVID-19 disease, during night on April 21, 2020. / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK
Covid-19 jargon buster: from apex to zoonotic disease

The National's guide to all the terms you'll read in coverage of the pandemic

WorldApril 23, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
The Toranj app allows victims of domestic violence in Iran to send an alert to selected contacts if they feel under threat. Getty Images
Coronavirus: Iranian domestic violence app users double

Countries have reported surge in domestic violence complaints during coronavirus lockdowns

April 14, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Dan Price attends the Canoche Benefit for the RC22 Foundation hosted by Robinson Cano at the Paramount Theatre on June 3, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Getty Images
CEO forgoes salary to secure staff jobs in the coronavirus crisis

Dan Price first slashed his income in 2015 to provide a $70,000 minimum wage for workers at his company, Gravity Payments

The AmericasApril 06, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Health officials have called on people to be vigilant about identifying false information and avoid forwarding messages that could contain inaccurate medical advice. Reuters
Forwarding that 'advice' might do more harm than good

False narratives are crowding out vital information and hindering the fight against coronavirus

April 01, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
A researcher tests a sample for Covid-19 in Bamako, Mali. While other countries rushed to test for the coronavirus , the United States delayed. AFP
Coronavirus: US testing still trails behind despite demands for swift diagnosis

The country’s stumbling start risks a higher rate of infections, doctors say

The AmericasMarch 20, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 08: A Chinese woman wears a mask to protect against pollution as she passes the CCTV building in heavy smog on December 8, 2015 in Beijing, China. The Beijing government issued a "red alert" for the first time since new standards were introduced earlier this year as the city and many parts of northern China were shrouded in heavy pollution. Levels of PM 2.5, considered the most hazardous, crossed 400 units in Beijing, lower than last week, but still nearly 20 times the acceptable standard set by the World Health Organization. The governments of more than 190 countries are meeting in Paris to set targets on reducing carbon emissions in an attempt to forge a new global agreement on climate change. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Coronavirus: emissions fall shows what can be achieved on climate change, experts say

Shifting behavioural patterns as governments try to stall the outbreak could set a precedent for change on a larger scale

WorldMarch 18, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Syrian refugee students take part in a washing hands activity during an awareness campaign about coronavirus initiated by OXFAM and UNICEF at Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Coronavirus: Jordan closes off Syrian refugee camps to contain virus

Jordan imposed compulsory quarantining for all arrivals on Tuesday as cases reached 16

March 16, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
Syrians in protest climb atop a Turkish military M60T tank as they attempt to block traffic on the M4 highway, which links the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Latakia, before incoming joint Turkish and Russian military patrols (as per an earlier agreed upon ceasefire deal) in the village of al-Nayrab, about 14 kilometres southeast of the city of Idlib and seven kilometres west of Saraqib in northwestern Syria on March 15, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan reached a deal on March 5 to create a security corridor with joint Turkish and Russian patrols starting on March 15 along the key M4 highway in northern Syria, which runs roughly parallel to the border with Turkey, from northeastern Kurdish-controlled regions to the Mediterranean coast. / AFP / AAREF WATAD
Syria’s war in chilling figures

As the conflict enters its 10th year, new numbers show the enormous loss sustained in nine years of relentless fighting

March 15, 2020
Olivia Cuthbert
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