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The Observers

The Observers

A show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from our Observers around the world – all checked by our staff here in Paris. Saturday at 10:45am Paris time (8:45am GMT).

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The fight to keep women's universities in S. Korea; mud and puddles at Congo capital's main market (11/1/2025)
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The fight to keep women's universities in S. Korea; mud and puddles at Congo capital's main market (11/1/2025)

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Afghans, Uighurs, Chechens: the foreign groups that helped HTS sweep to power in Syria (21/12/2024)

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Israel grounds ambulances in Gaza; "green" charcoal to reduce firewood rape in Cameroon (7/12/2024)

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Israel's bombing of Northern Gaza; fighting in Iran's Baluchistan (30/11/2024)

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Far from home: Latin-American soldiers fighting in Ukraine (23/11/2024)

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Sudan: survivors describe RSF rebels' revenge campaign (16/11/2024)

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Kenyan TikToker focuses on textile trade; Orthodox Jews in Côte d'Ivoire (9/11/2024)

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Northern Gaza's "roundabout of death"; Jambo-Lab tackles climate change in DRC (2/11/2024)

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Fringe groups calls for Israeli settlements in Lebanon (19/10/2024)

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Israel's Lebanon offensive: Syrian refugees flee, African maids stranded (12/10/2024)

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"Morteza's story": Afghan refugees in Iran face mass deportation (28/9/2024)

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DR Congo: inside one of the world's most crowded prisons (21/9/2024)

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YouTuber's controversial abortion in South Korea; migrants mock US immigration app (14/9/2024)

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Battle of Tinzawaten: video shows last stand for Russia's Wagner mercenaries in Mali (7/9/2024)

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Bodies in Saudi streets during the Hajj; football offers refuge from violence in Haiti (6/7/2024)

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Fatal dog attacks in Iran; rare video of Indonesian "uncontacted" tribe (22/6/2024)

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"Vegan" and "Lesik": Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline (15/6/2024)

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African migrant's firsthand account: arrested and turned back twice (8/6/2024)

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Israeli strikes hit Gaza fishing industry; tracking Pakistan's exotic pet trade (1/6/2024)

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Sudan's rebel RSF take Darfour city; is Israel using "sniper drones" in Gaza? (18/5/2024)

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Migrants from China take the "walking route" to the US (4/5/2024)