Rock quarrying companies in Nigeria conduct blasting operations close to residences, causing harm to the health of these communities.

“We continue to be left depleted, especially in already vulnerable communities,” 

“That’s where the love begins — from the local man. The connection increases the desire to protect them later on.”

“It’s almost like turning off a light switch,” Dre Jones said. “That’s kind of what happened with him.”

“Without the forest, the Ogieks cannot survive. It is like removing a fish out of a lake — it will definitely die.”

Here are some of the most interesting — and weird and colorful and complicated — charts we made in the last 12 months.

Phillips County, home to about 15,000 people spread across 690 square miles. had the country’s highest per capita rate of gun homicides.

“We don’t have any other options, we’re totally dependent on the ocean.”

“People want to... feel heard and want to see that there are efforts being made, regardless of the evidence behind what works."

“I was thinking when he makes it, he would take care of me and my daughters. But no, he is gone painfully.”