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Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation. The laborious operation, carried out only a few times a year, involves health checks, ultrasounds and sampling for diseases and toxins

Driven from their homeland by economic chaos, tens of thousands of people are living a precarious existence on the dangerous streets of Maicao in northern Colombia.

Four Nigerian men survived 14 days hiding above a cargo ship’s rudder during an Atlantic crossing, enduring hunger, drinking seawater, rigging a safety net and sleeping little before Brazilian police rescued them in Vitória; two returned to Nigeria and two sought asylum in Brazil.

In Colombia, Indigenous guards risk their lives to free children from armed groups. As drug trade and violence expand, recruits as young as nine face abuse and trauma, while communities fight to protect their culture and future