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BUZZFEED NEWS (USA)
"THE FASCINATING ART OF MEXICO'S BONE-CLEANING CULTURE"
For the Pomuch community, cleaning their dead relatives’ bones is a way of connecting during the Mayan Day of the Dead.
By Kenneth Bachor
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
BYLINE TIMES (UK)
"US CHRISTIAN RIGHT GROUPS SPENT $20 MILLION IN AFRICA SINCE 2015"
A two-month investigation reveals how US Christian Right groups spent millions of dollars in Africa as anti-LGBTIQ feeling rose in the region.
By Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus
THE INTERCEPT (USA)
"NOBEL LAUREATES PRESS EGYPT TO FREE ALAA ABD EL FATTAH, WRITER ON HUNGER STRIKE, BEFORE COP27"
By Robert Mackey
Photo by Bénédicte Desrus
YUCATÁN MAGAZINE (MEXICO)
CHOO BA'AK
"Campeche’s Day of the Dead bone-cleaning tradition"
All photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
THE FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)
"HOW SPRAWLING SUBURBS ARE STUNTING PRODUCTIVITY IN UK CITIES"
By Peter Foster
Photographs by Charlie Bibby & Bénédicte Desrus
LA VIE (FRANCE)
"LA FABULEUSE ODYSSÉE D'AMAL"
Partie de la frontière turco-syrienne pour se rendre au Royaume-Uni, cette marionnette géante, qui symbolise une exilée Syrienne de 9 ans, a fait escale les 22 et 23 septembre à Marseille, où l’attendait une foule nombreuse.
Texte: Hugues Le Tanneur
Photos: Bénédicte Desrus
VOGUE Mexico & Latin America
"RUTA EDUCATIVA"
Cuando la pandemia llegó a las COMUNIDADES rurales y algunos poblados vulnerables del estado de Yucatán, estas maestras le hicieron frente con pasión, empatía e imaginación para asegurarse que sus alumnos no dejaran de APRENDER.
Text by Åsa Welander
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (USA)
CAN SCIENCE SOLVE THE SEAWEED PROBLEM ON MEXICAN BEACHES?
A macroalgae called sargassum is spoiling coastlines from Cancún to Tulum. Here’s how researchers and resorts are combating the noxious bloom.
By Annelise Jolley
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus
FOREIGN POLICY (USA)
"MEXICO'S SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE INCREASING INEQUALITY."
With schools shut for over a year, limited access to technology is exacerbating the education gap, leaving Indigenous communities behind.
By Åsa Welander
Photographs by © Bénédicte Desrus
UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
THE RACE AGAINST TIME FOR SMARTER DEVELOPMENT
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus
LE MONDE (FRANCE)
"SURCHAUFFE, ACIDIFICATION, ASPHYXIE, POLLUTION, ALGUES... L'ÉTAT DE L'OCÉAN CONTINUE DE SE DÉGRADER À GRANDE VITESSE"
Par Martine Valo
Photographie par Bénédicte Desrus
GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN (SWEDEN)
HIT RESER DE SOM TRÖTTNAT PÅ CORONA: "Som om covid inte existerade"
Text by Åsa Welander
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (USA)
“IT FEELS LIKE MAYBE I WON'T EVER GO TO SHCOOL AGAIN"
Children, Parents, and Teachers Describe the Impact of Covid School Closures.
Cover Photograph for the Mental Health' Section by Bénédicte Desrus
FORBES (MEXICO)
COMIENZA LA LLEGADA MASIVA DE SARGAZO A QUINTANA ROO.
El turismo en México, ya afectado por el Covid-19, recibió en febrero pasado un 57.9% menos de viajeros internacionales, ahora, con la llegada del sargazo, afectará la actividad hotelera.
by EFE
2 Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus