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Explore stories of COVID-19 from storytellers around the world supported by the National Geographic Society’s emergency fund for journalists.

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    Hannah Reyes Morales

    A Filipina photojournalists sees photography as an agent of change.

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    Rudi Putra

    A biologist is trying to save the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros in Indonesia.

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    Safeguarding Kenya’s lion population

    A conservation biologist, Shivani Bhalla, works to safeguard the future of Kenya’s rapidly declining lion population.

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    Pablo Borboroglu

    A leader in the effort to protect penguins uses new approaches to safeguard the species' future.

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    Jamal Galves

    A National Geographic Photo Ark EDGE Fellow is passionate about manatee conservation in Belize.

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    Dominique Gonçalves

    A Mozambican ecologist focuses on elephant conservation and building coexistence between communities.

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    Rosamira Guillen

    A conservationist is protecting one of Colombia’s most endangered native species.

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    Influencing change through storytelling

    Award-winning filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert aim to save the wild places and animals of Africa.

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    Olivier Nsengimana

    A Rwandan veterinarian is implementing a unique project to save his country’s endangered cranes.

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    Marina Rivero

    A National Geographic Photo Ark EDGE Fellow is focused on tapir recovery in Sierra Madre de Chiapas.

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    Asha de Vos

    A Sri Lankan marine biologist and ocean educator pioneers blue whale research in the Indian Ocean.

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    Rae Wynn-Grant

    An ecologist uses her expertise in statistical modeling to understand human-carnivore conflict.

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    Rodrigo Medllín

    An ecologist in Mexico uses a multidisciplinary approach to protect and conserve bat species.

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From top: Photographs by Amy Toensing (Holi festival) and Ronan Donovan (Leaves).