Israel imposed a strict siege on the Gaza Strip 11 weeks ago, cutting off all supplies including food, medicine, shelter and fuel. It said this and the resumed offensive were meant to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages still held in Gaza.
Some of the biggest names in entertainment now have a WikiPortraits image as their Wikipedia picture.While those pictures attract attention, the project is also proud to have taken photos of people, such as under-represented filmmakers, who had no Wikipedia picture at all.
Frank Sun is a filmmaker and cinematography who does photography as a hobby. His work on WikiPortraits includes pictures of Florence Pugh and Ben Stiller.Also based in New York, he has taken pictures at Cannes, Sundance, and the Toronto film festivals.He fondly remembers an experience with Laetitia Dosch, the French actress, writer and director.
"She said 'my photo is terrible, it is from years ago. I am so excited to update as any time people search for me, it is an old photo'."I think she was pleased."
What does the future look like? WikiPortraits hopes to attract more photographers from around the world to cover events in their countries.
While sports photography is being featured, there are no plans for video.This was the result of a concerted effort by governments and communities working together to enforce "no burning" laws, according to Elizabeth Goldman, co-director of the Global Forest Watch project at WRI.
"Indonesia serves as a bright spot in the 2024 data," she said."Political will is a key factor of success - it's impossible otherwise," agreed Gabriel Labbate, head of climate change mitigation at the United Nations forests programme UNREDD, which was not involved in today's report.
Other countries, including Brazil, have seen success in the past with similar approaches, but started to see losses increase again in 2014 following a change in government policies.Prof Hansen said that although the progress in South East Asia was positive, the fluctuations in forest loss in Brazil show that protection policies have to be consistent.