The Afghan-Iranian artist narrowly escaped from Kabul to Paris last August, as the Taliban took over. She talks about the terror of that time, why she still longs for home, and her work photographing Afghan women in exile
For the past two weeks, fans of Stepan, a 13-year-old black-and-brown-striped cat based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, have been in anguish. They've refreshed the cat's Instagram and TikTok feeds (screen name loveyoustepan) and begged for updates in the comments since the accounts went quiet on March 3, as Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine.