Jesse Mesner-Hage

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Lucy Perkins |Sean Carter |Jesse Mesner-Hage

Shakeups in U.S. foreign aid have upended the global fight against HIV/AIDS — one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases — and the lives of mothers and children living with HIV. Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order freezing nearly all foreign aid. While exemptions were later given for some life-saving services, the move has sent the global fight against HIV/AIDS into chaos.

Sep 20, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Monica Campbell |Elana Gordon |Sean Carter |Jesse Mesner-Hage

One year ago, the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of Iran’s morality police sparked what analysts have described as the longest-running, anti-government protest in Iran's recent history. In the months since, Iranian security forces have unleashed a harsh crackdown, killing at least 530 protesters, according to human rights groups.

Sep 12, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Emma Talkoff |Maggie Penman |Sean Carter |Jesse Mesner-Hage

Residents try to recover goods from their destroyed houses in Ouirgane, south of Marrakesh, Morocco, on Tuesday. Once a tourist destination, the town was devastated by an earthquake Friday that left at least 2,900 people dead. (Tiago Petinga/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)The massive earthquake in central Morocco that killed at least 2,900 people was unusual for that part of the country — and that’s part of what made it so deadly.