Tural Ahmedzade

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Lorenzo Tondo |Julian Borger |Bryony Moore |Tural Ahmedzade |Malak A Tantesh

23 MarchAt 4.20am, a Red Crescent ambulance on its way to collect people injured by an airstrike in Rafah comes under Israeli fire in Hashashin. Two paramedics are killed. Map of Gaza StripA survivor, Munther Abed, is detained and interrogated. A few hours later, a convoy including ambulances, a fire truck, health ministry vehicles and a UN car is dispatched to recover the bodies of the two paramedics. It also comes under fire.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Joanna Partridge |Matthew Pearce |Tural Ahmedzade

Jessica (not her real name) is facing up to the reality of juggling work and childcare for the first time. After having a baby during the pandemic, the data analyst from the north of England is now expected to spend 40% of her working week in the office, a rule enforced by her employer since January. “I’m struggling with the requirements for office time and it’s meaning I have much less free time and am feeling constantly stressed,” she said.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Matthew Pearce |Tural Ahmedzade |Sally Weale |Pamela Duncan

When it comes to disasters, children are habitually “ignored and mistreated”, according to the disasters expert Prof Lucy Easthope. So five years ago, when schools were told to close and lessons went online, a siren went off inside her. “The lockdown terrified me,” she said. The government’s planning was focused on keeping children safe, but many were at increased risk from domestic and family abuse at home.

2 months ago | msn.com | Esther Addley |Matthew Pearce |Tural Ahmedzade

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2 months ago | theguardian.com | Esther Addley |Matthew Pearce |Tural Ahmedzade |Pamela Duncan

In the strange, scary days of early 2020, with the world suddenly upended by the outbreak of a terrifying new virus, there were times when it seemed certain every aspect of society would be hugely altered by the experience. Five years on, the physical impact has been profound. More than 220,000 people have died in the UK, out of 7 million worldwide. Many more have been left with a devastating post-viral illness. But how did it change the way we think?