Photo Essays

For over 25 years, Shireen Abu Akleh reported from the Palestinian territories and Israel. Last week she was killed covering an Israeli military operation. She was a trailblazer in Arab media. By Jan D. Walter

Sri Lanka's worst financial crisis since 1948 is bringing many fishermen to the brink of destitution, even though they themselves contribute to feeding the country's people and export fish to a dozen countries. By Claudia Dehn

The end of Ramadan 2023 has seen Muslims worldwide gearing up for the festival of Eid ul-Fitr, which takes place this year on 21 and 22 April. By Sonia Phalnikar

Nestled in the Rif Mountains of northwest Morocco, Chefchaouen – where Jews, Amazigh and Arabs settled to impart a unique blend of cultural identity – seems lost in a maze of myriad shades of blue. By Sugato Mukherjee

Which topics really matter to Generation X and young millennials? Seven women and a man, participants in a DW Academy/Goethe-Institut Bangladesh project, explain what feminism means to them. By Priya Esselborn and Nina Molter

El Musaharati is the name given to the person who walks and beats a drum in residential areas during Ramadan to wake people up to eat their pre-fast suhur before morning prayers. Yet, today, this ancient practice is in decline.

With spring, migration on the Balkan route is on the rise again – and with it the misery, violence and illegal pushbacks at Croatia's external EU border. By Dirk Planert

Over the past 20 years, global warming and climate change have been blamed for the deterioration of Iran's wetlands, seasonal lakes and lagoons. However, findings from Miqan suggest that mismanagement is the main cause of the drying up of the marshes.

Formula 1, football, golf – Saudi Arabia makes a point of attracting major sporting events. The strategy is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's "Vision 2030" and is meant to boost the country's image. By Andreas Sten-Ziemons

The war in Yemen grinds on. Many locals are alive thanks to external aid. But now there is a danger that those organisations too will run out of money. A donor conference takes place this week to try to remedy that. By Diana Hodali