Half of Americans polled consider buying a gun out of fear

Mass shootings are fuelling a culture of insecurity and self-defence

Living under armed drones: an ethnography of terror and survival in Northeastern Syria

An ethnographic study of northeastern Syria reveals how Turkish armed drone strikes between 2019 and 2023 have reshaped daily life, instilling fear, destroying infrastructure, and forcing civilians to adopt survival strategies under constant surveillance and random violence.

Horror in darkness: the plight of the visually impaired in Gaza’s schools

Shireen, a visually impaired Gazan activist, recounts her neighbour’s harrowing experience of displacement and survival in an UNRWA school amid the dire conditions following intense conflict in the region.

‘Our Main Motto is – Survive’: The Scarred Suburbs of Saltivka, Ukraine

Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, has suffered from thousands of missile attacks since Russia’s invasion. How are residents dealing with the destruction?