Isha Jain is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in Delhi. Contact this reporter at isha@almostmag.co.
Politics
Since late May, North Korea has sent more than 1,000 balloons filled with garbage, excrement, cigarette butts and used batteries to South Korea.
Climate
Some regions receiving more than a month’s worth of rain within 24 hours.
Women
42-year-old Lilian Seenoi-Barr had been campaigning for an end to forced marriage and female genital mutilation – or FGM – for Massai women in Kenya.
Women
Alejandra Rodriguez said she hopes the concept of beauty will be expanded beyond exterior beauty.
world
Nearly 6,000 Palestinians, who had evacuated from the relentless bombardment in northern Gaza, were sheltering in the school, which is linked to UNRWA.
Politics
73-year-old Modi had vowed that his right-wing nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win by a huge majority but ended up falling short.
Climate
In the early hours of May 24, while the village of Yambali slept, a landslide from Mount Mungalo wiped out a once-vibrant hillside village in Enga province, burying more than 150 houses and their occupants.
Activism
“The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible," the singer wrote in a post on Instagram.
Activism
They are part of 47 pro-democracy activists arrested in 2021 under the national security law for “conspiracy to commit subversion”.
Activism
Protests broke out in the cities of Ramallah, Jenin – which has often been a target of Israeli raids –and Haifa, after Israeli forces dropped 2,000-pound bombs on displacement camps in Rafah.
Politics
The Chinese government said the military exercises were “strong punishment” for Taiwan’s “separatist acts”.
Climate
In just two hours, the city received 60 and 80 mm (2.3 to 3.1 inches) of rainfall.