Gaza’s Heath Ministry said Thursday morning that more than 100 people had been killed across the Gaza Strip and around 250 wounded over the past 24 hours. It was not immediately clear if there were fatalities at Al-Awda Hospital.
Alfredo Atencio, 69, poses for the photo at home in the Amanecer de la Paz neighborhood, on the outskirts of Maicao, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Alfredo Atencio, 69, poses for the photo at home in the Amanecer de la Paz neighborhood, on the outskirts of Maicao, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Alfredo Atencio, 69, is from the Wayuu community on the Colombian side of the border who lives in the Amanecer de la Paz neighborhood in Maicao with his daughter and her three children. His home, constructed from recycled materials and covered with zinc, lacks internal divisions and he says the strong wind and flooding has impacted him.“It hits really hard, and when it’s really hot and there’s lots of sun, it’s tough too,” he told the Associated Press.With support from a kit provided by the Danish Refugee Council, Atencio was able to expand his home using the wood and cement boards supplied, making significant improvements to his living space.
Teacher and Indigenous member of the Wayuu community Kelmis Maria Gonzalez, 45, and her son David, watch videos on her cell phone in Mayapo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)Teacher and Indigenous member of the Wayuu community Kelmis Maria Gonzalez, 45, and her son David, watch videos on her cell phone in Mayapo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Kelmis Maria Gonzalez, 45, a Wayuu woman and teacher from Mayapo along the La Guajira coast, lives with her son, David. She is also trained in teaching about “Mother Earth.” Gonzalez says climate change, driven by multinational activities, is severely impacting the Wayuu people, particularly the traditional fishermen known as Apalaanchi. Coastal erosion is rapidly destroying the shoreline and the mangroves in her community, and she points to offshore gas production, visible in the distance, as a major culprit.
“It is a territorial and environmental crisis that deeply affects us as a people, especially from a spiritual perspective,” she told AP. “Our connection with nature is integral to our identity as Wayuu. We view the sea as our ancestral grandmother, who provides us with sustenance. But she also sends us a warning — our actions are harming her.”AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports after British journalist Dom Phillips was killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete.
Phillips, who had been a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper, was taking one of the final reporting trips planned for his book when he was gunned down by fishermen on June 5, 2022, in. Also killed was Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian expert on Indigenous tribes who had made enemies in the region for defending the local communities from intruding fishermen, poachers and illegal gold miners.
made headlines around the world. Nine people have been“It was just a horrifying, really sad moment. Everybody was trying to think: How can you deal with something like this? And the book was there,” said Jonathan Watts, an Amazon-based environmental writer for The Guardian who coauthored the foreword and one of the chapters.