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"They told us to go south. We went south. We still haven't found any safety." Our visual investigation found Israel routinely used one of its largest bombs in areas it ordered Gaza’s civilians to move for safety.
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Phone records, documents, interviews and thousands of hours of video expose the main Russian military unit responsible for a devastating atrocity: the killing of dozens of people along one street in Bucha, Ukraine.
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We analyzed, minute by minute, the crucial two-hour period during which a Trump rally to stop the certification of the election results gave way to a mob that nearly came face to face with Congress. Here’s what we found:
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Protests in Hong Kong have been going on for nine weeks. Our latest visual investigation is an explainer that breaks down the innovative tactics demonstrators are using to organize.
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We spent months collecting, synchronizing and mapping thousands of videos of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. (It's 40 minutes, you may need to pencil this one into your schedule.)
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The
@nytimes
is giving employees branded lunch boxes this week as a return-to-office perk. We want respect and a fair contract instead — so I’m working from home this week along with 1,300 of my
@NYTimesGuild
and
@NYTGuildTech
colleagues, with support from
@WirecutterUnion
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Four minutes later, at 12:53 p.m., some Trump supporters break through the Capitol’s outer barricade on the northwest side. This moment — 20 minutes before Trump’s speech ends — is captured simultaneously by
@ElijahSchaffer
,
@StatusCoup
and
@ABQRAW
.
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Protests across Iran intensified overnight — particularly in the city of Oshnavieh, which a Kurdish official said fell to protesters after security forces retreated. Protesters are seen here seen freely roaming the streets near the Martyr Halabja Square.
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When students at Jamia Millia Islamia organized to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act, the police responded with violence. We break down the footage — which shows officers beating unarmed protesters and firing tear gas inside a university library.
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“Do what we’re trained to do!” We obtained recordings of internal Metropolitan Police radio traffic from the day of the Capitol attack. Synchronized with footage from the scene, they reveal what officers saw and said in real-time as they came under siege.
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We didn’t just find evidence of this unit’s presence on Yablunska Street. We caught them in the act. Vehicle markings seen in CCTV, calls made by soldiers from victims’ phones hours after their killings, and more evidence all place the unit at the scene at the time of the crimes.
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8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody. Our investigation shows officer actions that turned fatal, leaving Mr. Floyd unable to breathe, even as he begged for help. A warning: this video contains scenes of graphic violence.
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All officers involved in the killing of George Floyd have now been charged. Three with aiding & abetting murder, the fourth upgraded to murder, 2nd degree. Our investigation takes a closer look at each of those officers' actions and how they turned fatal.
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Today we took our
@NYTimesGuild
testimonials to a place where they couldn't be ignored: the walls of the office. They were swiftly removed (within about an hour). Actions speak loud, and it says a lot that a news organization views our words as something they need to take down.
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Yesterday, after a weekend of protests against police brutality, President Trump walked from the White House to nearby St. John’s Church for a photo op. We took a closer look at the force used to clear protesters from that spot, and who was involved.
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Before NYT, I was a human rights researcher at a very politically active university and coordinator of our Amnesty International chapter. We need to dispel the myth that this (along w/ race, nationality, etc.) precludes you from being a good journalist who can report the facts.
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Barring a breakthrough,
@nytimes
Guild staff will walk out from midnight to 11:59pm tomorrow, Dec. 8. We ask readers to stand with us on the digital picket line and not visit any NYT platforms tomorrow. Read local news! Make something from a cookbook! Break your Wordle streak!
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Our investigation shows how a secretive compound in Kabul — the site of the Salt Pit, where the C.I.A. previously carried out torture on detainees — became the agency's hub for clandestine evacuations before parts of it were deliberately destroyed.
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Our team is continuing to investigate the siege of the Capitol. You can follow all Visual Investigations work here:
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As part of this effort, we compiled a visual record of killings along Yablunska Street. This was based on dozens of photos and videos from the street captured after the Russian retreat at the end of March. We used those visuals to map out where each person was killed.
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Linking the killings to a specific unit is the only way families may one day see perpetrators in court. All along Yablunska Street, including in the killings of Pavlo and Zhanna, the evidence points toward one unit: the 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment.
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We analyzed hours of drone and CCTV footage, along with satellite imagery, to establish a timeline of when exactly the killings of 40 people along Yablunska Street took place. Then we set out to identify them — and the Russian unit implicated in each of their killings.
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For weeks, Trump had urged his supporters to go to D.C. to stop the certification of election results. Several simultaneous rallies are planned, including the “wild rally” on the Capitol lawn, as this supporter-made map shows.
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Pavlo Valko was shot days after celebrating his 33rd wedding anniversary, on his way to visit his mom. Zhanna Kameneva was killed along with three others she was helping escape, including a 14-year-old girl. Read more about their final acts of kindness:
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@ckoettl
@YousurAlhlou
@MashaFroliak
@dim109
@ajcardia
@NatalieReneau
@malachybrowne
@markscheffler
@evanhill
@ishaan_jhavs
@julianbarnes
@msalexkoroleva
Finally, this piece about 36 Ukrainians killed on Yablunska — a small glimpse into the more than 400 killed in Bucha during the occupation — wouldn't have been possible without
@alizauf
@the_log_lady
and
@hanaansarhan
. We hope you take the time to read it.
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At 12:17 p.m., about 15 minutes into his speech, Trump calls on his supporters to walk to the Capitol. While his speech would go on for another hour, some of the president’s supporters already start walking toward the congressional building.
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A widely circulated video shows the police removing a barricade at the northeast corner of the building after violent confrontations between officers and the crowd. This is at 1:58 p.m.
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At 2:14 p.m., the rioters chase an officer to the top of the stairs, where entrances to the Senate chamber are in both directions. Video filmed by
@igorbobic
shows the officer leading rioters one way, where backup arrives. The police inside the chamber are still locking doors.
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This was a collaborative effort between the
@nytimes
Graphics desk and the Visual Investigations team:
@LaurenLeatherby
,
@arielle_designs
,
@singhvianjali
,
@trbrtc
,
@dwtkns
,
@simonelandon
and
@bottidavid
.
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At 1:12 p.m. Trump’s speech ends with another call for his supporters to march on the Capitol. There, rioters continue to clash with officers, including Metropolitan Police who have now arrived on scene. The clashes will continue for another hour before the building is breached.
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As President Trump prepares to speak near the White House, his loyalists are already gathering at the Capitol. Inside, Congress prepares for proceedings to certify the Electoral College vote. Putting these timelines together shows the urgency of the situation.
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The mob quickly breaks through three additional fences on the western lawns of the Capitol, forcing officers back onto the steps. We mapped that sequence here. Officers in riot gear arrive on the steps at 12:58 p.m.
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Seemingly unaware that a mob has reached the west Capitol steps, Speaker Nancy Pelosi begins the proceedings to certify the election results just minutes later, at 1:03 p.m. Outside, the chants begin: “Whose House? Our House!”
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Inside the Capitol, there’s no indication that lawmakers know the extent of the violence outside. Here’s Senator Ted Cruz arguing that the Senate should not certify Arizona’s votes, as rioters who believe the same clash with the police outside.
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Here’s part of that crowd — walking from near the White House toward the Capitol as Trump’s speech continues — filmed by
@itsa_talia
at 12:29 p.m.
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At 1:49 p.m., nearly an hour after protesters breached the western perimeter and one minute after Sen. Cruz begins speaking, the Capitol Police chief makes a request for immediate assistance from the D.C. National Guard, a timeline released by the Pentagon shows.
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Our latest visual investigation reveals how a Feb. 22 Israeli raid to capture three gunmen in a safe house rippled into one of the most violent encounters in the West Bank in decades — leaving 11 Palestinians dead and over 100 wounded. Read w/ no paywall:
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It’s 11:50 a.m. A group of Proud Boys is staging on the east side of Capitol, along with hundreds of Trump supporters. Photo credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images.
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At 12:47 p.m., Capitol Police respond to a report of a pipe bomb at the Republican National Committee building, just a block away from the congressional building. Another device is later discovered at the nearby Democratic National Committee.
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@ckoettl
And from
@YousurAlhlou
about another damning trove of evidence she and
@MashaFroliak
dug into: phone calls soldiers made using the cell phones of the victims.
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And made possible by contributions from
@_stella_cooper
,
@CoraEngelbrecht
,
@evanchill
,
@robinnyc7
,
@btdecker
,
@malachybrowne
,
@Poorpotatoface
,
@davehorn
,
@whitney_hurst
,
@Tina_Kelso
,
@aroyalbox
,
@archietse
and
@scottreinhard
.
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It’s around 2:11 p.m. when the first rioters make their way into the Capitol building. Two minutes later, as some reach the east staircase leading to the Senate chamber, the Senate is called into recess and Senator James Lankford is warned of “protesters in the building.”
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More than a mile away, at 11:52 a.m., Donald Trump Jr. films the president and his inner circle backstage before his father’s speech, marveling at the size of the crowd.
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Two minutes later, the mob stands off with the police in the hall, steps away from the entrance to the Senate chamber. It’s more than five minutes after the first rioters have broken into the building before the House also goes into recess. Photo credit: Win Mcnamee/Getty Images.
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Read more from
@ckoettl
about one piece of that evidence we analyzed:
@heytherehaley
@dim109
& I found several armored vehicles in the footage w/o vehicle numbers & tactical markings obscured. We matched these up with archival photos & videos of the 234th.
@tom_bullock_
put us on the right track for this reporting line
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Outside the building, the crowd is growing as attendees from the president’s rally continue to stream in. Three hours will pass before the sergeant-at-arms declares the building secure.
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At the same time, Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is urging her colleagues to “reject this meritless challenge and uphold the will of Arizona’s voters.” Rioters surround the building on both sides, but the debate in Congress continues uninterrupted.
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Thus far, all of these violent confrontations have happened on the west side of the Capitol. But on the east side, where police presence is much smaller, another mob is about to reach the doors of the building.
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Attendees from the Trump rally arrive along the west perimeter fence. The crowd of Trump supporters already gathered there becomes more agitated, as seen here in this
@StatusCoup
livestream at 12:49 p.m.
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Two minutes later, at 2 p.m., a YouTube livestream captures the exact moment a crowd also breaches the larger barricade on the east side. This is the last physical barrier protecting that side of the Capitol.
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Wearing a mask? Our latest visual investigation reveals how P.P.E. is being produced by Uighur workers through China’s controversial labor transfer program — and how some of that equipment is making its way to the U.S. and around the world.
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@ckoettl
@YousurAlhlou
@MashaFroliak
To recognize a few of the people involved in this effort:
@YousurAlhlou
and
@MashaFroliak
— our dogged reporters in (and out of) the field, who made much of this possible. Words can’t express how much admiration I have for them…
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Back on the west side of the Capitol, at 2:10 p.m., rioters breach the final barricade at the top of the northwest stairs. They push past officers and rush toward a door and windows that lead into the Senate-side of the building.
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After a mob attack in Hong Kong on July 21, protesters claimed the police ignored calls for help. We
@nytimes
analyzed hours of video and spoke to witnesses to reconstruct what happened. Our investigation reveals how officers failed to stop the violence.
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Eleven weeks after George Floyd was killed by the police, a judge has released body camera footage of the episode to the public. We broke down key moments that help explain what happened. A warning: These videos include graphic imagery.
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@ckoettl
@YousurAlhlou
@MashaFroliak
…which extends to
@ckoettl
and
@dim109
(who I've been in the weeds with on this reporting since April) and the stellar team of
@ajcardia
@NatalieReneau
@malachybrowne
and
@markscheffler
. Important contributions from
@evanhill
@ishaan_jhavs
@julianbarnes
@msalexkoroleva
and more.
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THREAD: On February 14, over 20 people (mostly women and children) were killed in Ngarbuh village in
#Cameroon
. The government claimed it was an accident — but our analysis shows that the official story doesn’t add up.
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Stay to the end credits to see everyone who contributed to this herculean effort. It's impossible to name them all in a tweet, so I'll just call out one:
@dim109
, our editor and storyteller extraordinaire, who lived and breathed this footage for the past six months.
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Controlled demolitions by Israeli forces have drastically changed Gaza's landscape — destroying swaths of neighborhoods and leaving many Palestinians without homes to return to. The scale of the demolitions raises serious questions under the rules of war.
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In a major escalation since protests began almost four months ago, the police shot a protester in Hong Kong. Our video takes a closer look at the footage and reconstructs exactly what happened.
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Our investigation shows the wave of violence that engulfed the building (with the mob entering in at least eight locations), a delay to secure Congress that likely cost a rioter her life, and failures by police leaders that allowed the frenzy to take hold.
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Satellite images show the scale of protests happening across Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, following a coup last week which catapulted the country back to military rule. 📸:
@Maxar
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An analysis of confidential Pentagon documents by the Visual Investigations team found that civilian casualty allegations had been dismissed based on flawed reviews of evidence — which we were able to correct using openly available sources.
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Protesters have also adopted creative ways to hide their identities, using umbrellas, laser pointers and spray paint to block security cameras.
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Went back to the open source community for this one: Health workers treating the coronavirus are in dire need of critical equipment. Meet the makers who are trying to build innovative protective gear, and even ventilators, for them.
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Global scenes of the coronavirus — no matter where you live, they may look familiar. New from
@bottidavid
and me.
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Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all counts. Re-upping this story because what happened that night — and the perspectives of those affected — matters now more than ever.
Over a year ago, we began reconstructing the moments and motivations behind the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings. Now, he's about to be put on trial. We hope you'll take the time to watch. (With many, but none as deep in the shared trenches as
@tiefenthaeler
).
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The growing impact of the war on civilians — and this is just yesterday, in only a few cities, along only one of the fronts. With
@tiefenthaeler
.
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Residents throwing vegetables at American troops. Russian and Syrian forces taking control. This is a picture of the U.S. withdrawal from northeastern Syria.
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Video from the Khaje Bughra neighborhood of Kabul as the U.S. claims to have carried out a drone strike in the city. Smoke rising from 34.57454, 69.16211.
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On the front lines of clashes with police, protesters use traffic cones and water bottles to extinguish live tear gas canisters.
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Satellite imagery from
@Maxar
shows effects of the war on Ukraine's civilians. The images (captured on Sun. and Mon. before cloud cover blanketed the country) show a crater amid destroyed homes northwest of Kyiv, as well as burning homes near Chernihiv.
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Harassment of women in journalism is a serious issue, and small men with big platforms just love to egg on their followers knowing it will only pile on.
@brenna__smith
is an amazing reporter — read her story. Solidarity with you, Brenna, from a fellow c*** and opinionated b****.
Our intern just published her first story with us and this is the vitriol she’s been met with. Just insane. Here’s the piece — it’s great and so is Brenna
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“Why did America stab the Kurds in the back?” Northeast Syria has descended into chaos in the week since President Trump essentially greenlit a Turkish operation against Kurdish allies in the region. Our video takes a closer look at how we got here.
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Over a year ago, we began reconstructing the moments and motivations behind the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings. Now, he's about to be put on trial. We hope you'll take the time to watch. (With many, but none as deep in the shared trenches as
@tiefenthaeler
).
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Incredibly humbled to share in two Pulitzer Prizes today — for our coverage on the civilian toll of U.S.-led airstrikes and on police killings during traffic stops.
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The police say they used maximum restraint. But U.N. guidance states that tear gas should not be used in confined spaces, and human rights groups are calling for an investigation into possible excessive force. With
@rarecanary
@whitney_hurst
@Karan_Singhs
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@jr50903400
@mitchellreports
Hi — I'm a reporter with the New York Times. Would you mind sending me a DM? Thanks in advance.
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The
@nytimes
's decision to eliminate our Sports desk is union busting, plain and simple. I stand with more than 1,000
@NYTimesGuild
,
@WirecutterUnion
+
@NYTGuildTech
members in demanding that Times management stop violating our contract and respect union work.
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During the protests, demonstrators use a complex system of hand signals and coordination to organize the masses.
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Chinese police are casting a widening dragnet on international social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. They are going after more obscure critics, sometimes overseas Chinese and non-Chinese nationals. And they use OSINT to unmask users’ identity.
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“We remain haunted by the uncertainty of which day our lives may be extinguished.” Visual evidence, data and interviews with residents in Myanmar show how the military’s brutality against civilians is escalating.
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It's surreal to say it: After over two years of bargaining — in which we signed countless petitions, marched through the office and organized the first full work stoppage at NYT since the 1970s —
@NYTimesGuild
has reached a tentative agreement on our contract.
After more than two years of negotiations, we can finally say it:
@NYTimesGuild
and
@nytimes
have reached a tentative agreement on a groundbreaking new collective bargaining agreement.
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After years of attacks, insurgents in Mozambique besieged the town of Palma. Our visual investigation shows how the government failed to protect civilians, leaving private companies to organize evacuations and make decisions about who was left behind.
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They organize marches anonymously through platforms like Telegram and LIHKG, an online forum in Hong Kong. They spread posters with information about the protests through AirDrop.
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In the weeks following this strike,
@evanhill
@ckoettl
@mattaikins
& team took a closer look — obtaining exclusive footage from that day of one of the victims, an aid worker. The investigation raises serious questions about who was actually targeted.
Video from the Khaje Bughra neighborhood of Kabul as the U.S. claims to have carried out a drone strike in the city. Smoke rising from 34.57454, 69.16211.
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Feeling relieved to see my amazing mother — who has continued to care for her patients in the hospital, despite being immunocompromised — receiving the first round of the vaccine. Manifesting this positivity onto the timeline ✨
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Around 2:28 p.m. — the police line crumbles. “Cruiser 50, we’re flanked! 10-33. I repeat, 10-33, west front of the Capitol! We have been flanked and we’ve lost the line!” Glover, finally, calls a 10-33, the last resort for officers in trouble. All hands.
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Proud to stand with my
@NYTimesGuild
colleagues today. Two years without a contract is too long.
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The impact area here is near several apartment buildings, pharmacies and a cardiac treatment facility. According to the new tool just launched by
@airwars
(based on pre-incursion data from WorldPop), over 5000 people live within this square kilometer.
Terrifying footage out of Chernihiv, as a dashcam films driving down V'yacheslava Chornovola street. A number of projectiles seen landing and exploding — people running in the street in the aftermath.
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The Kakhovka reservoir and dam have been a source of concern for months. Since the Russians took control of the HPP, the reservoir reached both its highest and lowest points in decades — with serious implications for communities, agriculture, etc.
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Footage from the Taliban's offensive in Afghanistan has been flooding out — culminating in today's devastating scenes at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Our analysis:
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Verified videos and photographs show apparent Russian bombings on Friday morning of three Ukrainian cities — Dnipro, Lutsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk — that until now had not sustained major attacks.
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Turkey is further weaponizing migrants and refugees as Turkish security forces clash with Greek border guards, footage filmed by a Times journalist showed. These forces have in some cases encouraged migrants to charge and dismantle a border fence.
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“To them, we are like animals.” Our report on the hardline measures taken by Greece — which experts say violate international law — in response to Turkey weaponizing migrants and refugees at the border.
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As the protests in Hong Kong continue to spread across the region, demonstrators are counting on their high level of organization to help sustain the movement.
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