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Afghanistan

These Afghan Women Are Rejecting the ‘Morbid’ Taliban Dress Code With Sass
Afghan women are sharing photos of themselves and their families to “show the world what the real Afghanistan is made of.”
Pallavi Pundir
9.14.21
Nicki Minaj

Twitter Is Fine With Nicki Minaj Telling Her 22 Million Followers COVID Vaccines Cause Swollen Balls
Anti-vaxxers, who view the rapper as part of the hated Hollywood elite, are conflicted.
David Gilbert
9.14.21
mexico

Tourists Are Now Smoking Toad Venom in Mexico’s Hipster Town Tulum
Observers are split on the consequences of “speed-toading” using the venom, called bufo, as a cure for the ills of the modern world.
Mattha Busby
9.14.21
Philippines

Filipinos Are So Over Their Parents Pinching Their Noses
“Why do we need to pinch our children’s noses to look like the people who told us we looked ugly when we didn’t? We’re already beautiful.”
Romano Santos
9.14.21
japan

‘Panicked’ Woman Gives Birth in an Airport Bathroom and Suffocates Her Baby With Toilet Paper
The 23-year-old said it was an unwanted pregnancy and felt she had no choice but to kill her baby.
Hanako Montgomery
9.14.21
japan

School Apologizes for Asking Pupils to Lift Their Shirts Up to Check Their Underwear
Female students at the Japanese school were asked to lift their shirts up, while their male peers unbuttoned their uniforms.
Hanako Montgomery
9.14.21
Youth Action

A Teen Climate Activist Is Fighting To Join Australia’s Biggest Corporate Climate Polluter
In an unprecedented climate campaign, 18-year-old Ashjayeen Sharif is trying to become a director at AGL, Australia’s largest carbon emitter.
Koh Ewe
9.14.21
Noisey

'The New South Asian Underground' – Dialled In Festival Is a Historic Moment
"The only time I’ve ever seen this many brown people is either in India or at the temple.”
Zab Mustefa
9.14.21
the internet

Will I Get Arrested for Posting About Drugs on Social Media?
The pics most likely to land you in prison aren't what you think.
Anna Samson
9.14.21
Nightlife

The Post-Lockdown Stress of Having the 'Best Night Out Ever'
Exaggerating the amount of fun you had on Instagram happens more often than people think.
Kezia Rice
9.14.21
climate crisis

56 Percent of Young People Think Humanity Is Doomed
A major study of 10,000 young people across 10 different countries lays bare the scale of climate crisis-related anxiety felt around the world.
Sophia Smith Galer
9.14.21
#metoo

How a Beheading Triggered a Flood of Sexual Assault Accusations Against Rich Young Men
A horrific murder has spurred a #MeToo movement in the Pakistani capital Islamabad.
Rimal Farrukh
9.14.21
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