Workers, including children, labor in harsh and dangerous conditions to meet the world’s soaring demand for cobalt, a mineral essential to powering electric vehicles, laptops, and smartphones, according to an investigation by The Washington Post.
Source: Cobalt mining for lithium ion batteries has a high human cost – Washington Post
Many of the homes that were flooded in the Baton Rouge area after a record-breaking storm still have contents and debris that haven’t been hauled away.
Source: Wading through the aftermath of Louisiana’s 1,000-year flood | Reveal
As the Canadian government offers a long-coming apology to northern Manitoba’s Sayisi Dene, some clear images are available of the squalor faced by that community.
Source: Sayisi Dene struggles documented in Manitoba historical photos – Manitoba – CBC News
Photographer and journalist Arati Kumar-Rao documents climate change – and all that’s left in its wake.
Nick Brandt places life-sized photos of Africa’s vanishing lions, elephants and rhinos in the landscape where they once thrived.
Source: Towering Portraits of Animals Haunt the Africa They Once Roamed | WIRED
The photographs depict the poverty and depression plaguing northeast Britain at a time when many were struggling to adjust to the economic changes underway.
Source: Post-industrial Britain photos reveals portraits of poverty, despair and hope | Daily Mail Online
NPR spent 2 weeks in the Amazon to find out. Take 10 mins to look at our photos and learn about why it’s so hard for us to stop deforestation — and what could happen if we don’t.
Artist Jane Kim has just completed painting a 3,000-square-foot mural on the wall of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center in Ithaca, New York, tha
Source: Jane Kim paints a giant mural at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology showcasing the evolution of birds.
PARIS — In the aftermath of November’s terrorist attacks and the ruling Socialist Party’s meltdown following a strong first-round showing for Marine Le Pen’s far-right Front National party, I glumm…
Source: Olafur Eliasson’s Sundial of Melting Icebergs Clocks In at Half-Past Wasteful
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