Wendy Chuang is a reporter and producer with Almost and is based in Austin, Texas.
Impact
New Zealand’s Parliament unanimously approved bereavement leave that will provide couples who have miscarriage or stillbirth three days of paid leave.
Women
Katherine Diaz, a surfer from El Salvador who had been training to compete for the Olympics, was struck and killed by lightning after entering the water to train on Friday Mar. 19.
Cute
Foroseya Club in Gezira, Egypt, is helping children with special needs to develop their skills through horse-riding lessons.
Women
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old British marketing executive, was walking home to Brixton, South London on Wednesday Mar. 3, when she went missing.
Women
People in Switzerland have narrowly voted to outlaw facial coverings in almost all public places, a ban that includes niqabs and burqas, veils worn by Muslim women, in a referendum.
Activism
More than 36,000 people celebrated the 43rd annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade at the Sydney Cricket Ground in one of the world’s few Pride events that was allowed to go ahead due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Women
Iran’s only female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh, who defected from Iran, will under white flag for the Tokyo Olympics.
Impact
The boyfriend of a 28-year-old, eight-months pregnant Tshegofatso Pule, whose murder last year sparked nationwide outrage has been charged for her murder.
Politics
In a video released by BBC, Princess Latifa claims she is being held hostage after attempting to flee Dubai.
Activism
Greek Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou has spoken out about how she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a top sailing official when she was 21.
Impact
Matariki marks the beginning of the Pleiades cluster of stars, which rises in the winter and symbolizes the start of the Māori new year.
Politics
Khing Hnin Wai inadvertently captured the beginning of a military coup that saw the military detain the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, taking power and declaring a year-long state of emergency.