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In the Spotlight

Don’t miss The UNESCO Courier’s interview with giant-wave surfer Maya Gabeira, who has just been named UNESCO Champion of the Ocean And Youth.

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Maya Gabeira

Translation: From one world to another

What does it really mean to translate? Translation is often the essential prerequisite for accessing a universal, multiple, diverse culture. In our latest issue, we explore what this really entails. 

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Culture, a global public good

Read our latest issue dedicated to the key role of culture as a vehicle for resilience, inclusion and sustainability.

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Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico.
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Ideas

Experts provide perspective on contemporary issues
Gregg Segal
Tell me what you eat, and I’ll tell you who you are
An activist disguised as a Trash Queen promotes “Buy Nothing Day” on Black Friday in Hamburg, Germany, 2016, as part of a Greenpeace campaign to reduce overconsumption.
Ethical fashion: A rising trend or empty rhetoric?
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Who profits from ethnic labels?
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What our favourite TV programmes say about us
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Conspiracy theories: Linked to literature
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The microbes and viruses that made history
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Racism: Confronting the unthinkable

Our Guest

Interviews with the world's leading voices
Boris Séméniako for The UNESCO Courier
Joanne McNeil
“The web still offers a lot of potential, besides what corporations have made of it.”
Sergey Zimov
Sergey Zimov
“Thawing permafrost is a direct threat to the climate”
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Olivette Otele
“The history of Europe’s blacks has been struck by a partial amnesia”
Xueli Abbing
Xueli Abbing
“Together, we can fight the horrible myths about albinism”
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
“Empowerment has become central to my vision of the future”
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Yuval Noah Harari
"Every crisis is also an opportunity"
Marie Monigue
Juliette Binoche and Marie-Monique Robin
“It's too late to be pessimistic”
Yalitza Aparicio
Yalitza Aparicio
“More needs to be done to improve diversity in film”

Zoom

The world in images
A plastic bag stuck to the pectoral fin of this long-snouted dolphin (Stenella longirostris). Nondegradable waste makes up a real threat to marine fauna.
Alexis Rosenfeld
Coral reefs: A chronicle of a fragile world
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Sebastião Salgado
The Amazon laid bare
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Dominique Roger: “UNESCO offered me the world”
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Titicaca: The sacred lake reveals its secrets
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In Depth

Global trends in figures
Hands holding water
Groundwater: A remedy for water crises?
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African film: A booming industry
INDEPTH
Journalism: A dangerous profession
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The state of science across the globe
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The languages in cyberspace

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