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Favela vs COVID-19

The COVID-19 arrived in Brazil through the upper class but has spread like wildfire throughout the poorest communities.

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Conflict Catalonia on trial

October 2019 was a milestone in the history of Catalonia and its relationship with the rest of Spain. That month, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between 9 and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the independence referendum which was held in Catalonia on October 1, 2017.

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Nature Biopirates of the Indian Ocean

Rich in diversity and small in size, Sri Lanka lacks mechanisms to protect its natural treasures. The practice of using and commercially exploiting the biological resources and indigenous knowledge of a country without permission or compensation is known as “biopiracy”.

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Health Vaccines and fake news

Even though it is a vaccine-preventable disease, measles kills over 100,000 people every year. Worldwide cases tripled in the first three months of 2019. Ten states accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase of measles in 2018: Ukraine, Philippines, Brazil, Yemen, Venezuela, Serbia, Madagascar, Sudan, Thailand and France.

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Belarus

Flowers and firearms. Belarusians are united against police violence
What started as a post-election protest has become the popular uprising against longtime President Aleksandr Lukashenko. In the last week, Belarus has seen some of the most extreme police violence in its modern history. First during the street clashes, when police have used live ammunition and firearms against demonstrators. Then as accounts spread of chilling […]
Waiting for a move
Just ten days ago, peaceful rallies of support for the opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – a winner in the last presidential election according to independent observers – were held all over Belarus. However, the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Belarus has ruled that it is Alexander Lukashenko who won the election. Over the […]
Lukashenko may be announced the winner. But his victory won’t last long
The outcome won’t be any different. But the people of Belarus have already shown they want change. In the past weeks and months, Belarus has seen some of the most unusual scenes in its history. Kilometres-long lines of people waiting to leave signatures in support of their candidates. Thousands gathered in provincial towns, where protests […]
Dismissed as ‘poor thing,’ she gathered the largest rally in a decade. In Belarus, Lukashenko faces a female challenge
The Viasna human rights centre said at least 63,000 supporters of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya turned up for the rally, making it the most massive political demonstration in the past decade and recent Belarusian history. The rally came as Belarus authorities accused top members of the opposition of collaborating with Russian private military contractors to orchestrate mass […]
Three women against Lukashenko. Belarusians massively gathered at first rallies of unified opposition
The Belarusian opposition’s main presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held her first rally on Sunday. At least 7,500 people took to streets in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. It is an astonishing number, which perhaps surprised Tsikhanouskaya and the rest of her team. When she came on stage and saw the crowds, she broke into tears. […]
Belarus bans two opposition candidates from running in elections. People are fighting back
More than 250 people were detained in violent clashes in Minsk and other cities across Belarus, according to the Interior Ministry. It started with an elusive message posted on several Telegram channels: “Let’s meet tonight on our cities’ main squares.” There was no previous organisation or mobilisation, and no additional information was given. But hundreds […]
Why Belarusians do not love Lukashenko anymore
Anger has reached some of the smallest towns across Belarus. So has violence, unseen here before. As Belarusians feel they are the majority, the president is creating a powder keg. Hantsavichy, a small town in the Brest region, had never seen a political protest before. But it was the local police brutality that shocked local […]

Humans and environment

Favela
vs COVID-19
The COVID-19 arrived in Brazil through the upper class but has spread like wildfire throughout the poorest communities.
Biopirates
of the Indian
Ocean
Rich in diversity and small in size, Sri Lanka lacks mechanisms to protect its natural treasures. The practice of using and commercially exploiting the biological resources and indigenous knowledge of a country without permission or compensation is known as “biopiracy”.
Behind
the fires
NASA satellites registered a record in the size and number of fires in Brazilian Amazon in 2019. Behind the fires, there is a bigger and more silence problem - deforestation.
Poor Dumps
for Rich
Rubbish
During decades, wealthy nations sold their plastic waste to developing countries because it was cheaper and easier than processing it at home.
Afghan
women
This is the story of six Afghan women in Kabul, from three different ethnic groups and two war-torn generations. They share a desire to leave a permanent mark on a society with an uncertain future.
The Girls
of the Bay
Bangladesh has the highest rate (29%) in the world of marriage among girls under 15 years old, according to UNICEF. It also has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage involving minors, after Niger, the Central African Republic, and Chad.
Medical
hostages
Thousands of people are trapped in hospitals around the world for not paying their medical bills. Most of the victims are women who had emergency C-sections. They are detained in hospital alongside their babies until their families can pay the fees.
#Rojava
Diary
It's a special podcast and video story from Syria. Our reporter is on the ground and together with him we try to explain the complexities of what is happening in Rojava.
Vaccines
Even though it is a vaccine-preventable disease, measles kills over 100,000 people every year. Worldwide cases tripled in the first three months of 2019. Ten states accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase of measles in 2018: Ukraine, Philippines, Brazil, Yemen, Venezuela, Serbia, Madagascar, Sudan, Thailand and France.
Deep
Breath
11.2% of the world's population dies because of pollution. More than 90% inhale air of poor quality. "Deep Breath" is an interactive report on the global smog problem which many countries are unable or unwilling to deal with.
Clean
water
About 700 million people in 43 countries suffer from water scarcity today. Even big modern cities such as Barcelona and London have problems with water supply. This story is about places where the struggle for access to clean water is the cause of social unrest and an element of international conflicts.
The Luggage
"The Luggage" is a feature telling about cities and countries which, facing huge tourist traffic, have decided to take steps to limit and regulate the inflow of visitors. We present the ways of dealing with the negative impact of tourism on the lives of inhabitants in an interactive reportage which was made according to the principles of solution journalism.

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Conflict

Rojava Diary
Following the Turkish offensive, in October 2019 we started a diary from Rojava together with the Syrian journalist Massoud Hamid who for three months visited hospitals, funerals, cemeteries, prisons, schools, refugee camps, roads and markets in Rojava and shared with us what he found by messages from WhastApp.
Mosul
The Iraqi army’s recent battle of Mosul was supposed to bring one result: free the city from the merciless grip of Daesh, whose caliphate had introduced fear and cruelty.
Mogadishu
The Civil War in Somalia continues. Throughout the years only the nature of the terror has changed. The scale, however, remains similar. Somalis keep running away from the violence, fighting hunger and their entire existence is about simply trying to survive yet another day.
The Line
The Line is an interactive report about forgotten by some and lasting four years war in Ukraine, about the fate of people which suddenly had to face the reality of war.
The Crimean
Bridge
Crimean Bridge is a Russian project on the verge of implementation. It is a bridge that connected Crimea (annexed in 2014) with Russia. Ukraine and western countries do not recognise it. This bridge not only connects but also divides.
Suicide
belts
May 2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government. Not all wounds are closed.

Borders & territory

Fleeing the Syrian
war to war-torn
Nagorno-Karabakh
Eight years after the Dangourian’s fled Syria and settled in the disputed region Nagorno-Karabakh, they’ve found themselves in the war yet again. It is a story of the family who drove the 1,600 km that separate Aleppo from Stepanakert in their black Kia to start from scratch.
Catalonia on trial
October 2019 was a milestone in the history of Catalonia and its relationship with the rest of Spain. That month, Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between 9 and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the independence referendum which was held in Catalonia on October 1, 2017.
The Line
The Line is an interactive report about forgotten by some and lasting four years war in Ukraine, about the fate of people which suddenly had to face the reality of war.
The Crimean
Bridge
Crimean Bridge is a Russian project on the verge of implementation. It is a bridge that connected Crimea (annexed in 2014) with Russia. Ukraine and western countries do not recognise it. This bridge not only connects but also divides.
Suicide
belts
May 2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government. Not all wounds are closed.
Trans
Ukraine
It is a multimedia and interactive story presenting a train journey through Ukraine from west to east, from Uzhhorod to Lysychansk, from the perspective of the train, people, their stories and the longest railway line in Ukraine, number 045Л.

Women’s rights

The Girls
of the Bay
Bangladesh has the highest rate (29%) in the world of marriage among girls under 15 years old, according to UNICEF. It also has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage involving minors, after Niger, the Central African Republic, and Chad.
Afghan
women
This is the story of six Afghan women in Kabul, from three different ethnic groups and two war-torn generations. They share a desire to leave a permanent mark on a society with an uncertain future.
Medical
hostages
Thousands of people are trapped in hospitals around the world for not paying their medical bills. Most of the victims are women who had emergency C-sections. They are detained in hospital alongside their babies until their families can pay the fees.

Migration and minorities

A church-led initiative
shelters trans women
in Buenos Aires’ slums
In October 2020, Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time: “These children of God have the right to a family,” said in a documentary. A statement that for many was transgressive, for others insufficient and for others, expected. However, some churches have long supported LGBT communities suffering from abuse and stigma.
Fleeing the Syrian
war to war-torn
Nagorno-Karabakh
Eight years after the Dangourian’s fled Syria and settled in the disputed region Nagorno-Karabakh, they’ve found themselves in the war yet again. It is a story of the family who drove the 1,600 km that separate Aleppo from Stepanakert in their black Kia to start from scratch.
Gorani
The Gorani, Slavic Muslims. They are an ethnic minority living in the frontier between Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia - a kind of triangle in the Gora region in the Šar Mountains. They maintain their traditions, language and rituals. And they do not plan to conquer the world.
New
Caledonia
“(In)dependence” is an interactive story about New Caledonia, its inhabitants and their pursuit for independence, about their life and customs.
Balkan
route
According to official sources, 220,000 migrants reached Europe in October 2015. The majority of them used the Balkan Route to go deep into the continent. Sometimes It was faster to illegally get from Greece to Austria or Germany than do it legally.
Suspended
The number of asylum seekers and migrants deciding to set off for Europe has drastically declined. Two years ago, 1,049,400 people reached the European Union. In 2016, it lowered to 374,318. How does the way of asylum seekers look like today?

Migration
monitor

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Migration is one of the biggest challenges for humanity. It’s also a very broad term within which we have – IDPs, refugees but also economic migrants. We want to become a complex cross-border source showing you various aspects of it.

Health & science

Vaccines
Even though it is a vaccine-preventable disease, measles kills over 100,000 people every year. Worldwide cases tripled in the first three months of 2019. Ten states accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase of measles in 2018: Ukraine, Philippines, Brazil, Yemen, Venezuela, Serbia, Madagascar, Sudan, Thailand and France.
Medical
hostages
Thousands of people are trapped in hospitals around the world for not paying their medical bills. Most of the victims are women who had emergency C-sections. They are detained in hospital alongside their babies until their families can pay the fees.
Biopirates
of the Indian
Ocean
Rich in diversity and small in size, Sri Lanka lacks mechanisms to protect its natural treasures. The practice of using and commercially exploiting the biological resources and indigenous knowledge of a country without permission or compensation is known as “biopiracy”.
Mass testing
in Slovakia
After the first round of the whole country testing for COVID-19 in Slovakia, which took place on the weekend between Oct. 31 – Nov. 1., the government decided to repeat the testing during next weekend Nov. 7 – 8 just in certain regions. Those regions were identified as the ones where the infection rate for COVID-19 was above 0,7% during the first round.

Multimedia stories

Trans
Ukraine
It is a multimedia and interactive story presenting a train journey through Ukraine from west to east, from Uzhhorod to Lysychansk, from the perspective of the train, people, their stories and the longest railway line in Ukraine, number 045Л.
Tapes
Wiretapping scandals, recordings or transcripts of recordings have had a significant impact on national or international policy in recent years. In this interactive story, we are presenting how the wiretapping scandals have influenced the politics of 10 selected countries.
Dubrovnik
Fortress
A multimedia story about one of the oldest cities in Croatia. We are taking you to important places in the old town of Dubrovnik in a manner resembling a video game.
Street art
NYC
An interactive map of street painting in New York. You can see selected murals and graffiti from Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Manhattan.

Solutions Journalism

see all
The ways that
Italian Capannori
is using to stop
generating garbage
When asked about the reasons for the municipality’s success, Capannori politicians tell about two things: door-to-door waste collection and active consultations with residents.
Kraków fights
against the smog
Every year there is one country on the European map of smog – Poland – that stands out when it comes to the concentration of harmful substances in the air. It is estimated that pollution kills in Poland from 40,000 to 58,000 thousand people every year.
The Luggage
"The Luggage" is a feature telling about cities and countries which, facing huge tourist traffic, have decided to take steps to limit and regulate the inflow of visitors. We present the ways of dealing with the negative impact of tourism on the lives of inhabitants in an interactive reportage which was made according to the principles of solution journalism.
People with disabilities
have a hard time
finding a job. In Belarus,
coffee is a solution
A new profession that helps earn extra money is on the rise in Belarus. So does the important message of inclusivity for people with disabilities.
Tamera – a new
paradigm of water
Drought is a phenomenon occurring naturally, and it is quite typical in our geographic location. Despite appearances, Poland is a country with limited water resources. Low-pressure zones coming from the Atlantic Ocean and bringing rain are mostly blocked over France and Germany and do not reach Poland, which more often faces dry high-pressure zones coming from Russia.
Programmers
help teachers
work remotely
Bay Area:
flatter curve.
Covid-19
Amazon region
resumed lessons
3D printing
of medical
equipment
Cyclists distribute
personal hygiene
kits
Vouchers to
use when the
lockdown ends
Non-profit
delivers masks
in Africa
Call pink telephone
in case of
domestic abuse
Visible Hand
helps communities
across Poland
Brazil: people
self-organise to
protect themselves
App detects
symptoms
of Covid-19

Analysis and reports

World
2018
World 2018 is a review of the most important political, economic and social events as well as sport and science achievements. We have also explored topics related to migration, environment and technology. Our summary presents meaningful facts during the last 12 months which have had a significant impact on the world around us.
World 2017
World 2017 is a summary of the most important events that took place during the last 12 months. It presents news from various parts of the world that awoke feelings and emotions, but above all, that shaped our reality.
We present an overview of political, economic and social events prepared by the Outriders team as well as the most important scientific discoveries and sports performances of the year 2017.
World
2016
World 2016 is an overview of important world events of the last twelve months - both the positive and the negative ones, but all having a strong impact on today's reality - this close and this far. This year we also asked reporters and experts to write special summaries as an addition to this report.
World 2014
The world 2014 is a review of the most important events that took place worldwide in the last 12 months - both positive and negative. All of them had a significant impact on the world we live in - the close and far parts of it. Check, what's on the list.
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