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Will Bolsonaro’s spending spree leave any winners?

With an election looming, Jair Bolsonaro has set an economic timebomb for Brazil, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.

Latest issue: September-October 2022

Whose railway is it anyway?

Satellite view of Lake Mead, US, taken on 19 July 2022 during a drought. It shows how little water there is and dry ground around it.

It’s naive to assume that rich countries will escape the impacts of a changing climate, argues Nanjala Nyabola.

Global action: Activists in London demand that G7  leaders cancel the debt of the countries in the Global  South, on 26 June 2022.  VUK VALCIC/ALAMY

Danny Chivers reports on the movements making links between international debt and the climate crisis in a bold and imaginative way.

Hindu women offer prayers to the sun god by venturing into the foam-coated waters of the Yamuna River (a major tributary of the Ganges) in New Delhi, India. The river is responsible for 70 per cent of the city’s water supply but is severely polluted at this stretch. Recently city authorities have taken to deploying blowers to push back the foam from the banks during festivals, so that the faithful can take a holy dip. ADNAN ABIDI/REUTERS

We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of this basic principle. Dinyar Godrej ventures into the maelstrom.

A person sits on top of a pile of coins and reads a book

Naomi Fowler of Taxcast investigates the lax standards of the company registration process in the UK, and makes some alarming discoveries.

Loita forest is home to endangered bird species such as the grey-crested helmet-shrike. Nik Borrow/Flickr

Shadrack Omuka meets the Maasai women using photography as a way to preserve Kenya's Loita forest.

Scraps of torched cars left in Shiv Vihar from the 2020 Delhi riots. Credit: Banswalhemant

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the routine communal violence that is a state-sponsored blot on India’s democracy.

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