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AJ+ is a unique digital news and storytelling project promoting human rights and equality, holding power to account, and amplifying the voices of the powerless.

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Meet the rescue dogs saving lives in Iran. AJ+ spoke to a rescue dog trainer who searches for survivors amid the rubble of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.
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“It’s the only place where displaced people here in the tents can go to sit and read.” This Palestinian pharmacist and his friend rescued thousands of books to create the first new library in Gaza since Israel’s genocide: the Phoenix Library.
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15 Flotilla activists have reported sexual assault while they were detained by Israel. Israeli govt minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video of other abuse and now has multiple countries condemning his and Israel’s actions against the flotilla activists.
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“In Gaza and Palestine, people live with hope and love, and look for moments to express themselves despite all the hunger, pain, crises and displacement.” Over 60 young artists in Gaza are showing what the last two and a half years of genocide looks like.
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This family has spent months living in tents on the streets of Beirut. Their hometown in southern Lebanon has been destroyed by Israeli strikes, and they have no home to return to. They are among the nearly 1.2 million people displaced across Lebanon since March 2026.
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This is one of the oldest surviving temples in the world. The Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq was built around 2,100 B.C.E. Now, modern workers are helping restore it.
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“You don’t see this in Ireland… you see this in America.” Vigils were held across Ireland after Yves Sakila, a 35-year-old Congolese man, died after being detained by Irish security staff. Many protesters drew parallels to the police murder of George Floyd.
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Areej al-Saafin is a Palestinian artist who lost her right eye when Israeli shells fell near her family. Now she draws eyes.
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The UN warns that Sudan is now an “abandoned crisis” as the war enters its 4th year. Survivors of the war in Sudan are sharing their stories: The Sudanese Red Crescent Society & the ICRC are working to help people stay connected to their loved ones, and track down those missing.
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U.S. President Trump called the San Diego mosque shooting a “terrible situation.” But the attack that killed 3 people follows a wave of rising anti-Muslim rhetoric by U.S. lawmakers – including Trump himself.
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AJ+ Senior Presenter @Dena investigates how this happened, and the fallout. Watch the full Direct From documentary “Israeli Military Medics Are Training On Dead Americans” on YouTube: youtu.be/GXkfo_ImlUk
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Bodies donated to two U.S. universities for scientific research and education are ending up in trainings with Israeli military surgical teams in Los Angeles. All without the donors’ consent.
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“Resign or we will kick you out – those are your options.” Protesters in Bolivia are demanding the president resign over a crippling economic crisis, with workers launching an indefinite strike.
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This game about the Nakba follows a Palestinian mother forced to flee with her baby. @yelmjouie spoke to the developer of “Dreams on a Pillow,” who is struggling to raise funding for the game because it’s too “risky” to talk about the topic in the West.
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This is not what the U.S. was expecting from Iran.
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While Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are increasing, videos are emerging of settler violence against animals too.
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Families of Mexico’s disappeared staged a football game as a protest ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. They’re demanding accountability for the nearly 134,000 people who remain missing across the country – many either kidnapped or killed.
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Israeli military medics are training on dead Americans. And it’s all happening thanks to a little-known connection between two U.S. universities and the Navy. @Dena reports in collaboration with the student journalists who broke the story about the body donor program.
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“For them, our land is a map but for us, our land is alive.” This Lebanese artist created a digital map project of the Levant, showcasing the region from an Indigenous perspective – as Israel destroys villages across southern Lebanon.
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This elderly Lebanese woman left her home to buy food. She returned to find her neighborhood almost completely destroyed by Israel.
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