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Giving birth in the shadow of Haiti’s gang violence – photo essay

Date
Jul 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC
Location
Haiti

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

Scripture

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet."

- Matthew 24:6
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Global activity summary (24h)

In the last 24 hours, 13 seismic events have been recorded, including a magnitude 6.0 earthquake north of Caluula, Somalia, and another of magnitude 4.9 near Houma, Tonga. Additionally, there have been 72 disaster-related events, notably multiple forest fires in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia, which have been active since mid-August. In the realm of conflicts, 4 events have been documented, although details have not been specified. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 invite the reader to discern.

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