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Gazans mourn after a hospital blast in October. (Photo by Ghassan Salem/Fars News) Photo used under CC BY

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Desperate Gazans break into UN aid warehouses

Thousands of people have broken into UN aid warehouses in Gaza, taking flour and other supplies amid growing hunger and desperation. The U.N. has said it’s a sign that civil order is starting to break down.

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War robs Gaza of funeral rites

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Al Jazeera

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Dozens killed in Gaza refugee camp

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Guardian

Gaza women use period-delaying pills amid war

Tablets used to delay periods can cause negative side effects, but without access to water and hygiene products, women in Gaza say they have no choice but to use them.

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Al Jazeera

Conflict uproots record 6.9M people in the DRC

Conflict and escalating violence have uprooted a record 6.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mostly in the east of the country, the International Organization for Migration said.

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Reuters

Afghans returning in droves to Taliban rule

The Taliban government said some 60,000 Afghans returned between Sept. 23 and Oct. 22 from Pakistan, which announced it will expel undocumented migrants that do not leave the country by Nov. 1.

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Reuters

Pacific Islands world’s most aid-reliant region

The Pacific Islands is the world’s most aid-reliant region, receiving $40 billion between 2008 and 2021, with geopolitical competition for influence between nations fueling record levels of development assistance.

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Reuters

Nigeria paramilitary raids party for gay people

Seventy-six people were arrested for attending a birthday party for gay people in northern Nigeria, the country’s paramilitary agency said. The organizer had also planned to hold a same-sex wedding, which is illegal.

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NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Gaza parents mark children’s names on bodies

As families in Gaza are killed by Israeli bombs, parents are writing their children’s names on their arms or legs so if they are killed during the shelling, they can bury them in marked graves, as opposed to mass graves.

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Al Jazeera

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Why Egypt and Jordan don’t want Palestinian refugees

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Kenya children suffer school flogging epidemic

Corporal punishment in schools has a long history in Kenya. The Kenyan government has since banned flogging in schools, but it has been harder to change people’s attitudes.

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BBC

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Afghans head to border in droves, return home

Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave.

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Associated Press

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Afghan refugees fear as Pakistan prepares for deportations

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South Korea court upholds military gay sex ban

South Korea‘s court has upheld a law banning same-sex relations in the military, in what activists have called a setback for LGBT rights. The court said same-sex relationships could harm troops’ combat-readiness.

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BBC

Haiti ban prevents migrants from fleeing poverty

Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States, according to a bulletin issued.

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ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

S. American laws fail to stamp out revenge porn

Efforts globally to stamp out revenge porn have had mixed results, facing obstacles such as a lack of police training, public exposure of victims whose names are published in news reports, and slow government action.

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Context

Kenya tax frustrates digital content creators

Digital content creators and influencers in Kenya will now have to pay 15% of their earnings in tax. But many are frustrated over the new legislation, calling it exploitative and a blow to their creativity.

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Social media warriors spring up from Manipur

Social media warriors have sprung up to share their community’s views and put down the others’ in this ethnic conflict.

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Al Jazeera

GLOBAL HEALTH

Malawi battles outbreak of scabies skin disease

Malawi has seen a resurgence of scabies in an outbreak that is being linked to the climate crisis. Hospitals have registered thousands of people with the infectious skin disease, months after cholera swept the country.

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Guardian

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Indian wrestling school helps girls chase glory

Whether or not they become champions, the girls from humble families receive rare lessons in female empowerment during their training at the residential center Sharma set up in 2009, along with her husband, Sanjay Sihag.

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Reuters

Farmers go hyper-local to decolonize the menu

A collective of traditional farmers in Karnataka are championing climate-resilient, native produce — reaping ecological benefits and a sustainable livelihood. For many city dwellers, it’s their first taste of these local products.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Palestinian Americans raise money for Gaza

Palestinian Americans in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the enclave.

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Reuters

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

UN: DoorDash, Walmart exploiting workers

A UN poverty expert has called on the CEOs of Amazon, DoorDash and Walmart to address allegations that wages at the US-based corporations trap workers in poverty, forcing them to rely on government benefits.

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Associated Press

Will the Israel-Hamas war trigger an oil crisis?

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has the potential to severely weaken the global economy and could lead to recessions.

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ENVIRONMENT

Acapulco struggles to recover from hurricane

Acapulco was struggling to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 48 lives across southern Mexico and provoked widespread power outages and criticism of the government response.

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France 24

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Hours of terror, now years of devastation for Acapulco’s poor

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Associated Press

Indigenous communities stranded by drought

The historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reduced the Rio Negro to a trickle and put at risk the livelihoods of remote Indigenous and riverside communities.

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Guardian

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Akili Mali Women Association members working on their plot in Yanonge, Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR-ICRAF) Photo used under CC BY

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