Across the world, the Iran war is reshaping everyday life
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Days disrupted
Across the world, the Iran war is reshaping everyday life
Across seven countries, seven people woke up to days that no longer looked the way they once did.
The war in Iran began months ago and thousands of miles away. But its effects quickly ricocheted across the world — oil markets first, sending fuel prices higher. Then the shock moved outward — into farms, factories and family budgets. Into the fabric of life.
The global economy remains tethered to fossil fuels that also drive climate change. A severe shock to that system could push 45 million more people into poverty, the United Nations Development Program warned.
For those far from the battlefield, the war arrived not as missiles or air raids, but through the disruptions of everyday life: businesses that no longer worked, goodbyes filled with fear, and livelihoods pushed closer to the edge.
Here are a few of their stories.
Credits
- Text
- Aniruddha Ghosal, Mary Conlon, Ope Adetayo, Aaron Favila, Joeal Calupitan, Niranjan Shrestha, Alexandre Plaza, Ayse Wieting, Francisco Seco, Paolo Santalucia and Veronica Sauchelli
- Photos
- Aaron Favila, Richard Drew, Mary Conlon, Sunday Alamba, Niranjan Shrestha, Esteban Felix, Francisco Seco and Andrew Medichini
- Video
- Joeal Calupitan, Mary Conlon, Dan Ikpoyi, Upendra Mansingh, Alexandre Plaza, Mehmet Guzel, Ayse Wieting, Veronica Sauchelli, Paolo Santalucia, Julián Trejo Bax and Teresa de Miguel
- Photo Editing
- David Goldman and Patrick Sison
- Video editing
- Teresa de Miguel
- Text editing
- Ted Anthony and Cara Rubinsky
- Design and development
- Panagiotis Mouzakis