A new study found the loss of forest cover significantly increased in four countries that recently declared peace after years of war.
A boy poses with a pillow shaped like lips on sale for Valentine's Day in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, on February 13th, 2018.
An unplanned child used to derail the education of girls in the country, but a new approach is helping young mothers stay in school.
A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.
Motorists wait as cows cross a road in Abobo, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on January 3rd, 2018.
A man takes photos with a mobile phone as sellers walk through debris in a market after a fire devastated the building overnight on September 18th, 2017, in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan.