May 18 - Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.
Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect.
Argentine shoemakers and tailors buckle under 109% inflation
BUENOS AIRES - In Juan Capano's shoemakers' workshop on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, 109% inflation makes a painful daily impact: constantly changing input costs for the leather, laces and rubber that workers assemble into boots at whirring machines. (ARGENTINA-INFLATION/FACTORY (PIX, TV), 488 words)
After 100 hours of non-stop cooking, Nigerian chef seeks world record
LAGOS - A Nigerian chef has spent 100 hours preparing meals non-stop, aiming to set a Guinness World Record for the longest ever cooking session by an individual. (GUINNESS-RECORD/NIGERIA-CHEF (PIX, TV), 156 words)
An Israeli missile worsens the adversity of five disabled siblings
GAZA - When an Israeli missile struck the residential block of the Nabhan family in Gaza four days ago, no one was killed, but a family with five disabled members were among 45 people made homeless. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE-DISABILITY (TV, PIX), 504 words)
Cultural center on wheels brings the arts closer to working-class Brazilians
SAO PAULO - At one of Latin America's largest commuter bus terminals in Brazil's gritty downtown Sao Paulo, 84-year-old Rerizenil de Paula Santos waits on a bus decorated with neon lights and bright graffiti amid the hustle and bustle of rush hour. (BRAZIL-BUS/CULTURE (PIX, TV), 420 words)
Ivory Coast entrepreneur pours love and patriotism into fine chocolate
ABIDJAN - It was love at first sight for Viviane Kouame when, as a teenager growing up in Ivory Coast, she first saw cocoa trees with ripe pods on their trunks that reminded her of babies clinging to their mothers' backs. (IVORYCOAST-CHOCOLATE/ (TV, PIX), 254 words)
As US debates abortion pill ban, Argentina expands its use
BUENOS AIRES - When Argentine trainee nursery teacher Lourdes, 24, went to the doctor in March seeking to end her pregnancy she was one of the first in the country to be prescribed abortion pill mifepristone after local regulators had approved it fully just weeks earlier. (USA-ABORTION/ARGENTINA (PIX, TV), 800 words)
In her own words: A Hiroshima bomb survivor learns English to tell her story
HIROSHIMA, Japan - Standing at the front of a dimly lit room in the basement of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Teruko Yahata's voice broke as she recalled the morning her world changed, on August 6, 1945. (G7-SUMMIT/HIROSHIMA-SURVIVOR (PIX, TV), 477 words)
In South America's remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms
GRAN CHACO, Argentina - In the vast Chaco forests of northern Argentina, Noole rests from the fierce sun in the scented shade of dark carob trees on a small farm where her family grows watermelons and potatoes to eat or sell at market. (ARGENTINA-ENVIRONMENT/CHACO (PIX, TV), 727 words)
Chile's firefighting goats protect a native forest from deadly blazes
SANTA JUANA, Chile - In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. (CHILE-ENVIRONMENT/GOATS (PIX, TV), 302 words)
Holy cow! Endangered seal draws dozens to Jaffa shore
JAFFA, Israel - An endangered Mediterranean monk seal swam onto a beach in Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv, to rest on the beach and shed her skin, drawing an excited crowd to watch. (ISRAEL-ANIMALS/SEAL (TV, PIX), 200 words)
EXPLANATORY CONTENT
EXPLAINER-What is the FDIC's deposit insurance fund used to backstop failed banks?
SNAPSHOT-Thailand election: Leading parties, personalities, key issues
EXPLAINER-Biden's budget vs. Republican debt ceiling bill on spending, deficits, taxes
FACTBOX-European companies cut jobs as economy sputters
EXPLAINER-Parsing the Fed's path to pause rate hikes
FACTBOX-Who are the judges who will decide the appeal over the abortion pill?
(Compiled by Aurora Ellis and Patrick Enright)
