Sofia Hou is a reporter and producer for Almost and is based in San Salvador. Contact this reporter at sofia@almostmag.co.
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Young people in China are inadvertently learning about the Tiananmen Square Massacre after an influencer’s live stream was cut off after it showed a tank-shaped ice cream.
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India’s Supreme Court has ruled sex workers, like people in any other profession, deserve equal protection and to live with dignity under the law.
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A Salvadoran woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after she suffered a miscarriage following a medical emergency.
Activism
Meet Hiba Zien, a Syrian woman who is delivering free Iftar meals to families living in rural areas during Ramadan.
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In a landmark ruling, the South Korean supreme court has overturned the conviction of two gay soldiers, who had sexual intercourse during their military service.
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Amid the sight of rubble and destruction, hundreds of Syrian families came together to break their daily Ramadan fast with an unlikely feast outdoors.
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An Indonesian Islamic boarding school principal has been sentenced to death after he raped at least 13 girls over the course of five years.
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A referendum in Hungary to ban LGBT content for children has failed after it failed to receive enough votes to be considered valid.
Activism
Afghan girl students took to the streets of Kabul to protest their right to education after the Taliban banned them from returning to school.
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High school girls were told to return home when they showed up at school on the first day of the academic year.
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A China Eastern Airline plane carrying 132 people has crashed in the mountains of southern China.
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A Swedish company has been training crows to pick up cigarette butts in an effort to reduce the cost of cleaning litter off the streets in Södertälje, near Stockholm.