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June 21, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
The Pandemic's Toll
An interactive from the Los Angeles Times with support from the Pulitzer Center showcases the lives of some of the people lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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May 29, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
Families Call for Shutdown of Vallejo Nursing Home With 102 COVID Infections, 13 Deaths
Nearly a quarter of all COVID-19 cases in one Bay Area county can be linked to a single location, a skilled nursing home in Vallejo where more than 100 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus and 16 have died. Now relatives are demanding that the facility be shut down.
April 02, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
This African City Has Endured War and Ebola. Now Comes Coronavirus
Goma, a city in Congo has faced Ebola, war, and in 2002, a devastating volcano eruption. Now, the coronavirus poses a threat.
March 26, 2020 | Los Angeles Times
Like a Biblical Plague, Locusts Swarm East Africa, Laying Waste to Crops and Livelihoods
Families in Somalia face the destruction of locust swarms.
October 05, 2019 | Los Angeles Times
Cows Are Killing the Amazon. Pledges From Walmart and Nike Didn’t Help Save It
In 2009, Walmart, Nike and other global companies vowed to stop buying beef and leather from Brazilian companies operating in the Amazon.
August 20, 2018 | Los Angeles Times
As the Dams Rose in Brazil, so Did the Floodwaters in Bolivia. Now, Life Here Has Changed.
When dams went up in the Brazilian Amazon, the rivers across the border in Bolivia rose, spurring permanent environmental and cultural changes.
November 05, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
'What Kind of Justice Is This?' A Cry From Pakistan's Remote Tribal Lands
In Pakistan's tribal areas, collective punishment is not an exception, but the law.
November 05, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
Pakistan Gets a Grip on a Region Known as a Nexus of Terror — But Residents Pay a Price for Peace
Report from North Waziristan, once called the world's terror epicenter.
August 23, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
Pakistan Finds Itself on the Defensive in Trump's Afghan War Strategy
As President Trump announces a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan says it is being singled out for blame.
August 08, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
One-armed Bandits Hit the Savanna: Inside the Chinese-led Gambling Epidemic in Rural Ghana
In 2016, Chinese entrepreneurs began installing slot machines throughout rural Ghana. Critics blame the machines for an apparent epidemic of gambling addiction and other social ills.
August 07, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
'China Has Conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's New Strategy to Win African Hearts and Minds
Beijing has invested billions in “soft power” campaigns to convince the world that China is a cultural and political success story. Now it's backing it with digital infrastructure in Africa.
August 05, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
China Says It Built a Railway in Africa Out of Altruism, But It's More Strategic Than That
The first in a series of reports on a massive program of Chinese investment that is reshaping Africa.