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“There Will Be No Mercy”
“There Will Be No Mercy”9.3(3)

When Ethiopia’s government launched a brutal two-year war in Tigray, the region’s largest hospital was overrun with victims. The medical staff risked everything to treat the wounded—and believe the world ignored a genocide.

Inside Sweida National Hospital: Testimonies from the Days of Siege and Massacre
Inside Sweida National Hospital: Testimonies from the Days of Siege and Massacre9.0(1)

According to the report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, medical staff were forced to kneel in the hospital corridor on the day the facility was stormed, and one volunteer was executed, as documented by the hospital's surveillance cameras. Images that later circulated also showed dozens of bodies piled up inside the hospital and in its surrounding grounds.

About Iran, from an Iranian Woman
About Iran, from an Iranian Woman8.0(1)

No matter what happens to me in this life, no matter where I live or what language I speak, I will always be an Iranian woman.

Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America
Traversing the Darien Gap, the Longest Walk to America9.0(2)

Migrants from Africa, South Asia, and Haiti are traversing the Darien Gap to reach the U.S. It's one of the most dangerous regions in the world.

This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing8.5(2)

In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family of five in the taiga. They had been cut off from almost all human contact since fleeing religious persecution in 1936

A chance in hell, Part 1
A chance in hell, Part 10.0

The NATO hospital at Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan is among the most advanced treatment facilities to ever operate in a war zone. Its job is to do whatever it takes to save the war’s worst casualties.