内容摘要：When rain does fall, more unpredictably now, hotter temperatures mean it evaporates faster, leaving meager amounts for farming or drinking. East Africa is the world’s hardest-hit drought region, according to the U.N.’s desertification agency.

When rain does fall, more unpredictably now, hotter temperatures mean it evaporates faster, leaving meager amounts for farming or drinking. East Africa is the world’s hardest-hit drought region, according to the U.N.’s desertification agency.

Cumali Bakir, who oversees a recycling depot and buys from collectors like the Dogan cousins, says their jobs should be made official, and that they should be given proper “vests and meal cards.”Ergin Dogan, 29, pulls his cart with discarded cartons and metal cans at Eminonu commercial distric in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ergin Dogan, 29, pulls his cart with discarded cartons and metal cans at Eminonu commercial distric in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)“They pull 150-kilogram carts uphill, often on an empty stomach,” Bakir said.In the shadows of Istanbul’s grand minarets that pierce the skies and bustling ferry docks, 16-year-old Mehmet says he has been working since dropping out of eighth grade.

A man pulls a sack full of discarded cartons and plastic items to be separated in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)A man pulls a sack full of discarded cartons and plastic items to be separated in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

“Sometimes I see kids my age hanging out, and I’m ashamed,” he says. “I wish I could study and have fun with friends.”

Their father, Serdar Dogan, 48, has been collecting paper since 1995. “My life has been a disgrace,” he said. “I have no hope that it will change.”(Briarcliff Entertainment via AP)

(Briarcliff Entertainment via AP)And yet as movies are being accused of being too straightforward, too moralistic, too simple, perhaps some ambiguity, some discomfort, some unresolved unpleasantness is overdue. Majors is a force, and Bynum is certainly a director to watch. The question with “Magazine Dreams,” which was the same in January 2023 as it is in March 2025 is: Will anyone?

“Magazine Dreams,” a Briarcliff Entertainment release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “violent content, drug use, sexual material, nudity and language.” Running time: 104 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia on Thursday became the eighth state to see its