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A beach in Ghana with washed-up garments.
FAST FASHION

Where do the clothes go after we put them in a recycling bin? An 11-month investigation covering thousands of kilometers

EL PAÍS followed the path of 15 geolocated garments for months and over thousands of kilometers to gauge the environmental and social costs of the mass consumption of fast fashion. Dubbed in Africa as ‘dead white man’s clothing,’ it pollutes countries in the Global South, feeds opaque commercial networks and leaves a long carbon footprint in its wake

A combination picture shows food products displayed with Shekel banknotes and coins illustrating how much they are worth in the local market in north Gaza, amid a hunger crisis and soaring prices, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/Illustration
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

Three potatoes for $40: The face of hunger in Gaza

Text: Beatriz Lecumberri / Photos: Mahmoud Issa (REUTERS)|Madrid|

Food prices have skyrocketed in the Strip, especially in the north, where it is very difficult to get aid to people. Families have not eaten fruits or vegetables since October, and nine out of 10 children suffer from malnutrition. There is no blood or rubble in these images, but they still encapsulate the humanitarian disaster suffered by two million people

A Palestinian family stands over the bodies of their twin daughters and their son at a hospital in Rafah on December 12. The children were killed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip.
global conflicts

The world is facing a ‘historic confluence’ of humanitarian crises, with children hit first and hardest, warns UNICEF

Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan… The list of conflicts and crises has never been longer or more dire. In the Gaza Strip, at least 5,000 children have been killed in just two months, with thousands more left orphaned and over 3,500 women and children still missing under the rubble, according to the U.N.