Bénédicte Desrus

"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

"IN FRANCE'S PERFUME CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, THERE'S A WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL FRAGRANCE"

By Eleanor Beardsley
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

"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

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

"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

THE RACE AGAINST TIME FOR SMARTER DEVELOPMENT

Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"SURCHAUFFE, ACIDIFICATION, ASPHYXIE, POLLUTION, ALGUES... L'ÉTAT DE L'OCÉAN CONTINUE DE SE DÉGRADER À GRANDE VITESSE"

Par Martine Valo
Photographie par Bénédicte Desrus

HIT RESER DE SOM TRÖTTNAT PÅ CORONA: "Som om covid inte existerade"

Text by Åsa Welander
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

“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

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

HOW AN OBSCURE FERTILIZER DEAL ENRICHED A MEXICAN BILLIONAIRE.
Ricardo Salinas Pliego used shell companies to gain control of a struggling firm called Fertinal from a government agency at a discount.

By Santiago Pérez and Robbie Whelan
Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

"MAYA TRAIN RISKS BEING DERAILED IN MEXICO'S PRECIOUS BIOSPHERE"

By Jude Webber
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

"IN LOVE WITH BAD IDEAS': LÓPEZ OBRADOR TAKES MEXICO BACK TO THE FUTURE"

by Jude Webber
Photographs by Bénédicte Desrus

PLASTIC BAG BANS ARE SPREADING. BUT ARE THEY TRULY EFFECTIVE?

By Laura Parker
Lead Photograph by Bénédicte Desrus

Photographs from my series “THE PERSECUTION OF HOMOSEXUALS & THE ANTI-GAY BILL IN UGANDA" used in the documentary “THE FAMILY”.

Directed by Jesse Moss and distributed by NETFLIX (USA).