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#SiAceptoCR: LGBTQ+ couples celebrate online as Costa Rica legalizes same-sex marriage
A first for Central America Bryan Vargas Leon and his partner Wagner Quiros Quiros. Photo from Leon's Twitter page, used with his permission. On May 26, Costa Rica became the sixth…
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Dalit youth and five of his friends stoned to death in Nepal because of his love for an upper-caste girl
Discrimination is criminalised, but Nepal's caste system is crippling Children in Shikharpur, Nepal. Image via Flickr user Linus Mak . CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 . Despite the country's mu…
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Tour little-known tourist spots in Japan on YouTube
COVID-19 may have closed Japan's borders, but YouTube is open Kiyomizu temple, Kyoto, in happier, more crowded times (August 2019). Photo by Nevin Thompson, used with permission. At…
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Quarantine debates in Zanzibar conjure memories of colonial racial segregation
Racial segregation shaped public health policies Prison Island off the coast of Unguja, Zanzibar, established in 1899 as an East African colonial quarantine station to prevent the spread …