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The sports hero who disguised herself from the Taliban

Girl Unbound — Maria Toorpakai Wazir has managed to achieve the impossible: rising to stardom as a pro squash player, dressed as a boy, in a place where sticking out can get you killed. Now a film has been made about her life.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Photography

Sunshine, celebrations and Chic at Glastonbury 2017

Worthy Farm in pictures — Photographer Bekky Lonsdale captures the atmosphere at the summer's most celebrated festival.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Activism

Hundreds of protesters gather to demonstrate against the DUP-Tory coalition

'Women marching to say no more.' — Protesters gathered in Parliament Square last weekend to oppose the Conservative-DUP coalition, chanting for the rights of women, LGBTQ people and those whose lives were lost in Grenfell.

Written by: Biju Belinky / Theo McInnes

Bike

Wheels, Wood and Waves: It’s all about the ride…

Huck x Triumph — Bike and surf culture have collided and intertwined. It all comes together once a year in the Basque Country — and in 2017 there was a twist of English irreverence.

Written by: Michael Fordham

Music

Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio is going after Trump

Reinventing the protest record — In Man of the World, Vampire Weekend's Chris Baio deals with the aftermath of the Trump election, addressing his own feelings of anxiety and guilt as an American expat living in London.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Reportage

The Indian fishermen smuggling Sri Lankan refugees to safety

The Boat People — Fishermen in Rameswaram, southern India are risking their lives to help Tamils escape ongoing human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Navigating the extreme duality of life in modern India

We Passengers — In We Passengers, Theophilos Constantinou uses photography to reflect the universal quality of the human journey.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Culture

When a hippie oasis becomes an industrial nightmare

An American dream, cracked — Photographer Lars Borges spent two years documenting California's youngest and poorest county: a once-thriving border town now home to industrial sweatshops and strip bars.

Written by: Cian Traynor

Skate

For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope

Pushing Myanmar — As dictatorship declines, filmmakers James Holman and Ali Drummond go back to Yangon, documenting the community built around its DIY skatepark.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Activism

On the road with Standing Rock's defiant youth

Rolling Resistance — Oil might now be flowing through the Dakota Pipeline, but its young protectors aren't defeated. Aboard their DIY school bus the Rolling Resistance are travelling the length and breadth of the United States, educating communities amidst a process of personal healing.

Written by: Annabelle Marcovici

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