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Viewfinder: Cyclone Idai’s Devastating Damage in Zimbabwe

Timber company workers stand stranded on a damaged road on March 18th, 2019, at Charter Estate, in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, after Cyclone Idai ripped across Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

Pacific Standard Staff

The Damage From Flooding in the Midwest Is Still Mounting

As this water emergency quickly becomes a public-health crisis, here's what officials are reporting.

Emily Moon

Imam of the attacked Linwood Mosque, Ibrahim Abdul Halim, walks with Father Felimoun El-Baramoussy, priest at St. Michael the Archangel Antiochian Orthodox Church in Dunedin to lay flowers outside the Linwood Mosque on March 18th, 2019, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Most Terrorist Victims Are Muslim

The Christchurch shooting continues a global pattern: Around the world, the majority of victims of terrorist attacks are Muslim.

Jack Herrera

Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo (center) is escorted by deputies as he is brought into court to be identified by a witness during the murder trial in courtroom 10 at the Virginia Beach Circuit Court on October 22nd, 2003, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

The D.C. Sniper Case Moves to the Supreme Court, Reopening Questions About Juvenile Sentencing

The Supreme Court will weigh whether Lee Boyd Malvo, now 34, should have a lessened sentence for his role in this crime that he took part in when he was a minor.

Kelley Czajka

A pig is seen in a pig farm on July 24th, 2007, in Nanjing of Jiangsu Province, China. The highly pathogenic blue-ear disease, also known as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), hit 25 provinces in China during the first five months of that year.

Disease-Resistant Pigs Are Here. Why Aren’t We Eating Them?

The FDA cleared the last hurdle for the first GMO fish. Industry groups want pigs to be next.

Emily Moon

An aerial view of the Chicago River as it winds its way through downtown Chicago after being dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day on March 16th, 2019.

Viewfinder: Chicago River Dyed Green

The river has been dyed on St Patrick's Day every year since 1962.

Pacific Standard Staff

Yang Tzy-Ching, 12, a sixth grade student, takes part in the Global Climate Strike to protest climate change and government inaction in front of the Presidential Palace on March 15th, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan.

The Global Climate Strike for Future (in Photos)

"We are striking because if the social order is disrupted by our refusal to attend school, then the system is forced to face the climate crisis and enact change."

Kelley Czajka