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During the hardline president's 37-year regime women were largely forced out of politics. Will things change under new leadership?

By Tendai Marima

A helicopter drops a bundle of freshly harvested Christmas trees into a truck at the Holiday Tree Farms on November 18th, 2017, in Monroe, Oregon.

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017. Mugabe, an autocrat who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence, agreed to step down a week after the military took control and moved to impeach him.

Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Pedestrians pass a tank stationed at an intersection as Zimbabwean soldiers regulate traffic in Harare on November 15th, 2017. Zimbabwe's military placed President Robert Mugabe under house arrest and took control of the country in an apparent coup on Wednesday.

Pedestrians pass a tank stationed at an intersection as Zimbabwean soldiers regulate traffic in Harare on November 15th, 2017.

By Pacific Standard Staff

Consider the evidence.

By Marc Herman

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Global Witness, the London-based resource watchdog, thinks so.

By Marc Herman