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Two partly open zips showing the separated teeth above each slider and joined rows below. — Two different kinds of zip, stopped partway along their teeth.

A close-up of the interlocking elements of a gold-coloured zip. — The closure at close range: small joins that disappear into a line from farther away.

23 outubro 2026

Um zíper parado a meio caminho mostra duas coisas ao mesmo tempo: fileiras separadas acima do puxador, uma…

A flashlight taken apart into its case, lens, reflector and smaller components. — An actual flashlight disassembled into its working parts, photographed in 2015.

The removed tail cap of a Maglite, with its battery spring visible. — The small spring in a Maglite tail cap: the contact that keeps the battery in place.

23 outubro 2026

Gosto mais dos desenhos em vista explodida quando ainda consigo reconhecer o objeto.

Closed storefronts along Al-Shuhada Street in Hebron. — Al-Shuhada Street, Hebron, 2016. An archive view of the city, not the scene of the reported shooting.

Concrete barriers across a market street in Hebron. — Street barriers in Hebron, 2019. An archive view of how movement through the city is restricted.

23 outubro 2026

As forças israelenses mataram na sexta-feira dois palestinos armados depois de um tiroteio nas proximidades…

Dark storm clouds above the skyline of Taipei. — Taipei under storm clouds, July 2015. An archive photograph, not Typhoon Champi.

A satellite view of Taiwan following heavy rainfall from Typhoon Ragasa. — Taiwan after Typhoon Ragasa, 25 September 2025, seen by MODIS. An earlier storm shows the island-wide scale of the flood risk.

23 outubro 2026

Na sexta-feira, 23 de outubro, escolas e escritórios fecharam em grande parte de Taiwan por causa dos ventos…

An open book with printed pages in close view. — The pause before turning the page.

A cloth-covered dining table and wooden chairs in the red-walled dining room at Newark Park. — The dining room at Newark Park, Gloucestershire. An ordinary room for an imagined tense dinner.

23 outubro 2026

Um título de capítulo que promete que alguém será preso durante o jantar já ganhou muitos pontos comigo.

A pale corridor with several doorways in Fairfax House, York. — An ordinary corridor at Fairfax House, York, photographed in 2018.

Measured architectural floor plans showing rooms, doors and stairs in a farmhouse. — A measured farmhouse plan from the Historic American Buildings Survey: rooms and doorways you can count.

23 outubro 2026

Dê-me uma planta no começo de uma história de casa assombrada e vou consultá-la o tempo todo.

PHP source code open in a computer editor. — PHP code in an editor. A reference image of the language, not the affected code.

A server rack with rows of network equipment and connected cables. — Network equipment photographed in 2006. A reference view of the infrastructure behind online services.

23 outubro 2026

Em 22 de outubro, empresas e governos corriam para corrigir falhas críticas no PHP, depois de os seus…

Rows of reverse-osmosis equipment inside the El Prat desalination plant. — Inside the El Prat desalination plant near Barcelona, 2010. A working example of seawater treatment.

A reverse-osmosis membrane element opened to reveal its rolled layers. — The layers inside a reverse-osmosis membrane, photographed at a research institute in the Negev, 2009.

22 outubro 2026

As empresas chinesas estão se tornando grandes fornecedoras de equipamentos que transformam água do mar em…

Doha towers behind a grassy park and palm trees. — Doha, Qatar, 2023: an archive view of the city where the agreement was signed.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 aircraft in flight. — A Pakistani JF-17 in 2017. Existing defence production, not a product of the newly announced agreement.

22 outubro 2026

O Paquistão, o Catar, a Turquia e a Indonésia assinaram no Catar, em 21 de outubro, um acordo de cooperação…

An Ubuntu Software Updater dialog offering to install updates or remind the user later. — Ubuntu Software Updater, 2013: a real “Remind Me Later” button.

A reminder form offering a choice of email or text message. — A Wikimedia reminder interface makes the follow-up channel explicit.

22 outubro 2026

“Talvez mais tarde” é uma promessa muito concreta para um botão tão vago.

Round keys on an old typewriter, seen at an angle. — Writing, with a separate little key for each interruption.

A Remington keyboard with opening and closing parentheses above the 9 and 0 keys. — The parentheses share the 9 and 0 keys on this Remington Portable 3. Photographed in 2021.

22 outubro 2026

Os parênteses têm uma reputação injusta: a de conter a parte que se pode dispensar.

A colorized electron micrograph showing a filament-shaped Ebola virus particle. — Ebola under an electron microscope, 2014. A reference image, not a sample from the Abuja case.

The entrance sign and gate of University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. — University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, 2024. Local health infrastructure; the reports did not identify the patient’s hospital.

22 outubro 2026

A Nigéria confirmou um caso de ebola em Abuja em 20 de outubro.

The exterior of the International Criminal Court building in The Hague. — The International Criminal Court in The Hague, photographed in 2016.

The empty European Parliament chamber in Brussels, with curved rows of seats. — The European Parliament chamber in Brussels, 2024: the institution awarding the Sakharov Prize.

22 outubro 2026

O Parlamento Europeu atribuiu o Prêmio Sakharov para a Liberdade de Pensamento de 2026 ao Tribunal Penal…

An Indian electronic voting machine with a row of candidate buttons. — An Indian electronic voting machine, photographed in 2014. Archive election equipment.

A Braille ballot sheet prepared for an election in Kerala. — An accessible ballot from Kerala, 2021. Being able to use a ballot still depends on being on the voter list.

21 outubro 2026

A Índia retirou cerca de 130 milhões de nomes das listas de eleitores, segundo uma estimativa, numa revisão…

Several bunches of rusty keys spread across a wooden surface. — Keys whose locks are somewhere else.

A kitchen junk drawer filled with stationery, small tools, oven mitts and assorted household objects. — A real kitchen junk drawer in Maine, photographed in 2023.

21 outubro 2026

Se eu tivesse uma gaveta de tralha, uma chave misteriosa com certeza sobreviveria a uma arrumação.

An N95 respirator with its straps spread out on a dark background. — An N95 respirator, photographed in 2013. One of the ordinary objects that became difficult to obtain.

Stacks of boxed protective equipment in an Oregon warehouse. — Protective equipment in an Oregon warehouse, 17 April 2020: the less glamorous side of the pandemic response.

21 outubro 2026

Em março de 2020, durante a resposta à COVID, os hospitais enfrentavam uma escassez de equipamentos de…