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Reflecting on Our Most Powerful Photos of 2025
This year, our journalists and photojournalists worked across 12 countries, four U.S. states, and two disputed regions, bringing readers a visual documentation of the issues we covered.
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Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
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Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
Reflecting on Our Most Powerful Photos of 2025
This year, our journalists and photojournalists worked across 12 countries, four U.S. states, and two disputed regions, bringing readers a visual documentation of the issues we covered.
www.thexylom.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
As Nepal’s biogas systems become obsolete after decades of widespread adoption efforts, communities are being forced to switch back to natural gas and firewood, pushing back the country’s renewable energy goals. (Published June)
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No Bull: Nepal’s Biogas Revolution Reaches a Turning Point
As people migrate to urban areas in search of a better lifestyle, cattle-rearing, prevalent in rural Nepal, is declining. As a result, three decades in, biogas’s impact on the country remains up in…
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December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As Nepal’s biogas systems become obsolete after decades of widespread adoption efforts, communities are being forced to switch back to natural gas and firewood, pushing back the country’s renewable energy goals. (Published June)
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In 1999, the Nigerian government established the National Health Insurance Scheme to integrate health insurance schemes and provide mandatory health insurance.
However, crowdfunding, fueled by social media, has become the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians. (Published June)
However, crowdfunding, fueled by social media, has become the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians. (Published June)
Crowdfunding is Nigeria’s Newest ‘Health Insurance’ Scheme
Fueled by social media, crowdfunding is now the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
In 1999, the Nigerian government established the National Health Insurance Scheme to integrate health insurance schemes and provide mandatory health insurance.
However, crowdfunding, fueled by social media, has become the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians. (Published June)
However, crowdfunding, fueled by social media, has become the unofficial health insurance scheme for Nigerians. (Published June)
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So grateful to see my work selected by staff for @thexylom.com's 2025 Year in Photos!
I got my first real camera this year, and I hope to continue doing more vital multimedia reporting in 2026.
I got my first real camera this year, and I hope to continue doing more vital multimedia reporting in 2026.
Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
Reflecting on Our Most Powerful Photos of 2025
This year, our journalists and photojournalists worked across 12 countries, four U.S. states, and two disputed regions, bringing readers a visual documentation of the issues we covered.
www.thexylom.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So grateful to see my work selected by staff for @thexylom.com's 2025 Year in Photos!
I got my first real camera this year, and I hope to continue doing more vital multimedia reporting in 2026.
I got my first real camera this year, and I hope to continue doing more vital multimedia reporting in 2026.
Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
Reflecting on Our Most Powerful Photos of 2025
This year, our journalists and photojournalists worked across 12 countries, four U.S. states, and two disputed regions, bringing readers a visual documentation of the issues we covered.
www.thexylom.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Behind these top 2025 news photos picked by our staff lie deeper stories and a myriad of emotions — the quiet joy of a child about to eat a snack, the despair of South Texas residents fighting a losing battle against Big Oil, and the resilience of women adapting and switching livelihoods to survive:
1 in 6 residents in war-torn South Sudan have a disability, making them more likely to die than those without.
Yet, they are lost and excluded from rescue operations, given that census rates of disability are only 5% despite evidence pointing otherwise. (Published February)
Yet, they are lost and excluded from rescue operations, given that census rates of disability are only 5% despite evidence pointing otherwise. (Published February)
Fragile, Flooded South Sudan Asks: What About Those With Disabilities?
The idea that the world is becoming a better place, and there are less and less needs in terms of humanitarian aid, is over.”
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December 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1 in 6 residents in war-torn South Sudan have a disability, making them more likely to die than those without.
Yet, they are lost and excluded from rescue operations, given that census rates of disability are only 5% despite evidence pointing otherwise. (Published February)
Yet, they are lost and excluded from rescue operations, given that census rates of disability are only 5% despite evidence pointing otherwise. (Published February)
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Nearly 80 years after WWII, Asian American nurses who served and endured unimaginable hardship are still waiting for official recognition from Congress.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Eighty Years Later, Asian American WWII Nurses Still Await Congressional Recognition
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Nearly 80 years after WWII, Asian American nurses who served and endured unimaginable hardship are still waiting for official recognition from Congress.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
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In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.
This is a major transformation for a city that is more than 95% dependent on food from Indonesia’s rural regions. (Published April)
This is a major transformation for a city that is more than 95% dependent on food from Indonesia’s rural regions. (Published April)
Jakarta's Urban Farms Come To The Rescue Of Food-Insecure Residents
In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In Jakarta, community-led urban farming is not only a solution for citizens to reclaim food sovereignty, but it also increases the megacity's climate resiliency.
This is a major transformation for a city that is more than 95% dependent on food from Indonesia’s rural regions. (Published April)
This is a major transformation for a city that is more than 95% dependent on food from Indonesia’s rural regions. (Published April)
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A recent global review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology found that of 367 medicinal plant species studied over the past two decades, climate change has reduced suitable habitats for 106 species.
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
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This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
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Traditional Medicine at Risk of Extinction in a Warming World
Environmental stress from extreme weather is altering the chemical composition of medicinal plants, changing their therapeutic properties, and making traditional remedies less predictable or…
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December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A recent global review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology found that of 367 medicinal plant species studied over the past two decades, climate change has reduced suitable habitats for 106 species.
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
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In 2025, we reported from places that rarely make headlines — South Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and more.
We’re still $9,000 short of our fundraising goal. If we don’t raise this by the end of the year, we’ll have to scale back our reporting. Click the link to donate.
We’re still $9,000 short of our fundraising goal. If we don’t raise this by the end of the year, we’ll have to scale back our reporting. Click the link to donate.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In 2025, we reported from places that rarely make headlines — South Sudan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, and more.
We’re still $9,000 short of our fundraising goal. If we don’t raise this by the end of the year, we’ll have to scale back our reporting. Click the link to donate.
We’re still $9,000 short of our fundraising goal. If we don’t raise this by the end of the year, we’ll have to scale back our reporting. Click the link to donate.
Walking through Kyiv’s beautiful streets in late autumn, Editor-at-Large KC Cheng felt a sharp cognitive dissonance — knowing Russia is trying to destroy everything around her.
From the frontlines, she reported on the often-overlooked health and environmental toll of the war.
From the frontlines, she reported on the often-overlooked health and environmental toll of the war.
Carrying the Weight of Russia-Ukraine War from the Battleground
Our Editor-at-Large shares what she saw at the frontlines of eastern Ukraine.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Walking through Kyiv’s beautiful streets in late autumn, Editor-at-Large KC Cheng felt a sharp cognitive dissonance — knowing Russia is trying to destroy everything around her.
From the frontlines, she reported on the often-overlooked health and environmental toll of the war.
From the frontlines, she reported on the often-overlooked health and environmental toll of the war.
Nearly 80 years after WWII, Asian American nurses who served and endured unimaginable hardship are still waiting for official recognition from Congress.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Eighty Years Later, Asian American WWII Nurses Still Await Congressional Recognition
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
www.thexylom.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Nearly 80 years after WWII, Asian American nurses who served and endured unimaginable hardship are still waiting for official recognition from Congress.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
Their stories reveal a chapter of history too long ignored.
This article was published in partnership with @19thnews.org and More to Her Story.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Hear, hear: @thexylom.com is still 22 monthly members short of its year-end fundraising goal.
Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!
Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hear, hear: @thexylom.com is still 22 monthly members short of its year-end fundraising goal.
Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!
Your support of vital reporting on global health and environmental disparities by the only Asian American science news outlet will be matched 12 times by the NewsMatch coalition of donors!
A recent global review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology found that of 367 medicinal plant species studied over the past two decades, climate change has reduced suitable habitats for 106 species.
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...
Traditional Medicine at Risk of Extinction in a Warming World
Environmental stress from extreme weather is altering the chemical composition of medicinal plants, changing their therapeutic properties, and making traditional remedies less predictable or…
www.thexylom.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A recent global review published in Frontiers in Pharmacology found that of 367 medicinal plant species studied over the past two decades, climate change has reduced suitable habitats for 106 species.
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...
This article was first published by @mongabay.com.
www.thexylom.com/post/traditi...
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What a haunting read from the frontlines of Eastern Ukraine. International photojournalism is more important than ever for Americans to fully reckon with the damage inflicted by the Trump administration on the world
In our latest newsletter, Editor-at-Large KC Cheng writes about how the Russia–Ukraine war has become the most technologically advanced war in history, and what it means to witness this transformation from the ground through the lens of an ecologist and photojournalist.
Carrying the Weight of Russia-Ukraine War from the Battleground
We are resending this newsletter due to a system error that has affected some of our subscribers. Before you dig into the newsletter (again), here’s a...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What a haunting read from the frontlines of Eastern Ukraine. International photojournalism is more important than ever for Americans to fully reckon with the damage inflicted by the Trump administration on the world
In our latest newsletter, Editor-at-Large KC Cheng writes about how the Russia–Ukraine war has become the most technologically advanced war in history, and what it means to witness this transformation from the ground through the lens of an ecologist and photojournalist.
Carrying the Weight of Russia-Ukraine War from the Battleground
We are resending this newsletter due to a system error that has affected some of our subscribers. Before you dig into the newsletter (again), here’s a...
buttondown.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In our latest newsletter, Editor-at-Large KC Cheng writes about how the Russia–Ukraine war has become the most technologically advanced war in history, and what it means to witness this transformation from the ground through the lens of an ecologist and photojournalist.
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As disputed regions go, the Ilemi Triangle in East Africa is one where almost everyone carries a gun.
But nascent efforts to shift from nomadic pastoralism to climate-smart, desert-adapted agriculture have opened a path toward peace. (Published February)
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But nascent efforts to shift from nomadic pastoralism to climate-smart, desert-adapted agriculture have opened a path toward peace. (Published February)
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Climate change is Driving Gun Violence in East Africa's Disputed Ilemi Triangle
Locals in the disputed and increasingly resource-starved East African region are taking tentative steps to embrace climate-smart agriculture. But that requires reckoning with their way of life. This s...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As disputed regions go, the Ilemi Triangle in East Africa is one where almost everyone carries a gun.
But nascent efforts to shift from nomadic pastoralism to climate-smart, desert-adapted agriculture have opened a path toward peace. (Published February)
www.thexylom.com/post/can-the...
But nascent efforts to shift from nomadic pastoralism to climate-smart, desert-adapted agriculture have opened a path toward peace. (Published February)
www.thexylom.com/post/can-the...
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In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Traditional Medicine at Risk of Extinction in a Warming World
Environmental stress from extreme weather is altering the chemical composition of medicinal plants, changing their therapeutic properties, and making traditional remedies less predictable or…
www.thexylom.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
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Our journalism connects climate to power, inequality, health, and conflict.
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Indigenous peoples across the world have been increasingly uprooted due to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Even though the Saura tribes in eastern India relocated only 18 km (11 mi.) after a cyclone claimed 61 lives in 2018, tribal members feel alien in their new surroundings:
Relocated for Safety, Indian Tribe Loses Its Moorings and More
“I never had to use a medical cream in my life,” says Biren Bhuiyan. Pointing to the skin ailments which he now treats with store-bought medicine, he says, “There used to be abundant medicinal plants…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Indigenous peoples across the world have been increasingly uprooted due to the effects of climate change and extreme weather. Even though the Saura tribes in eastern India relocated only 18 km (11 mi.) after a cyclone claimed 61 lives in 2018, tribal members feel alien in their new surroundings:
In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Traditional Medicine at Risk of Extinction in a Warming World
Environmental stress from extreme weather is altering the chemical composition of medicinal plants, changing their therapeutic properties, and making traditional remedies less predictable or…
www.thexylom.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In Panama, Indigenous midwives say birthing herbs are becoming harder to find.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
Across the Himalayas, traditional healers report climbing to increasingly higher altitudes to find medicinal herbs that once grew in the valleys below.
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Early civilizations attributed winds to the moods of gods, seeing them as signs of punishment or favour.
"Virtually no secular civilization in ancient times ever conceived of a rational explanation until Aristotle, who wrote extensively about why the wind blows", author Simon Winchester explains.
"Virtually no secular civilization in ancient times ever conceived of a rational explanation until Aristotle, who wrote extensively about why the wind blows", author Simon Winchester explains.
Lessons on Climate Futures from Wind’s Tempestuous Past: An Interview with Author Simon Winchester
A newly published history of the wind turns to sea gods and early wind turbines to show how today’s challenges to renewable energy repeat a centuries-old pattern.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Early civilizations attributed winds to the moods of gods, seeing them as signs of punishment or favour.
"Virtually no secular civilization in ancient times ever conceived of a rational explanation until Aristotle, who wrote extensively about why the wind blows", author Simon Winchester explains.
"Virtually no secular civilization in ancient times ever conceived of a rational explanation until Aristotle, who wrote extensively about why the wind blows", author Simon Winchester explains.
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In Sudan’s Blue Nile region, families who once lived on wheat-based bread are now surviving on sweet potatoes — a drastic, unwanted shift driven by war, displacement, & the collapse of the country’s breadbasket. (Published April)
River Nile Blues: Famished Sudanese Turn to the Humble Sweet Potato
Bread has traditionally been Sudan’s primary food source, but sweet potatoes have replaced it due to disruptions around the Sudan civil war.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In Sudan’s Blue Nile region, families who once lived on wheat-based bread are now surviving on sweet potatoes — a drastic, unwanted shift driven by war, displacement, & the collapse of the country’s breadbasket. (Published April)
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December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Climate accountability journalism is stronger when newsrooms work together.
The Xylom and other members of the Climate News Task Force have built a single signup page so readers can get updates from all of us. One form, multiple trusted sources.
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The Xylom and other members of the Climate News Task Force have built a single signup page so readers can get updates from all of us. One form, multiple trusted sources.
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