For years, sports photographer Jason Schoenig has captured the spirit of countless student-athletes. His pictures became very popular among young people and parents alike. But Covid-19, changed all that, as it ended sports programs early. It hurt him. What he did to stay afloat caught our attention
The Trump administration’s recent executive order suspending most immigration to the U.S. does not directly impact foreign students. But it has created anxiety and doubts about their ability to stay and work in the United States after graduation
The lockdown is affecting me like millions across Nigeria. Authorities applied the measure weeks after Nigeria recorded a case of the coronavirus on February 27. Now I’m stuck at home but I’m trying to make every moment count
The recent suicide of a New York emergency room doctor has refocused attention on the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is taking on medical professionals. While maintaining a stiff upper lip on the job, two doctors shared with VOA their struggles to cope with the almost unimaginable burdens they are shouldering and the deaths they have been unable to prevent
The main goal of the charity organization Playtime Project is to provide homeless children and those living in shelters with playrooms and fun activities. But with the COVID-19 lockdown, children don’t have access to museums and parks like they did before. Maxim Moskalkov looks at how the non-profit group is continuing to help children during this pandemic, years after it was founded
Somali journalists accuse the government of cracking down on press freedom, with beatings, detentions, and threats of prosecution. Mohamed Sheikh Nor takes a look at what it’s like to be a reporter in Somalia
Afghan shopkeeper Saeed Wali has finally married his fiancee after taking 12 years to pay a $2,800 bride price..Armenian newlyweds Georgy and Tatev Kantaria work as a doctor and a nurse. They went straight from their honeymoon to treating COVID-19 patients and say married life can wait
The coronavirus pandemic poses challenges to people across the world especially in countries under stringent lockdown. Anjana Pasricha in New Delhi spoke to a family of three generations that lives together to see how their lives have been affected as they wait for the arrival of a fourth generation
In Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, businesses across the country have been shut down their offices and people are asked to work remotely from their homes. The shutdown has been especially hard on the wedding industry, because of its dependence on crowds and physical gatherings
Beirut’s long celebrated nightlife has persevered through war, uprising and instability. Now it faces its greatest challenge yet as coronavirus shuts down an already ravaged economy and keeps everybody at home
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