Name: Corona Chronicles - 40 Days that Changed the World
Uploaded: 2020-05-22T11:38:26.000+02:00
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Description: Coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. Across the globe, ordinary citizens are documenting this strange and difficult time on their smartphones making a collective video diary of the pandemic.

Chroniques du corona - Un virus frappe le monde

Crónicas del COVID-19

40 dni, które zmieniły świat

Corona-Chroniken

Corona Chronicles

Diari del Coronavirus

Coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. Across the globe, ordinary citizens are documenting this strange and difficult time on their smartphones making a collective video diary of the pandemic.

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COVID 19: The Crisis Continues

<p>Coronavirus has turned our lives upside down. Across the globe, ordinary citizens are documenting this strange and difficult time on their smartphones making a collective video diary of the pandemic.</p>

40 Days that Changed the World

Ordinary citizens across the world are documenting the coronavirus pandemic on their smartphones, making a collective video diary of this strange and difficult time.

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Tourism represents 10% of global GDP and for some nations is of vital importance. A focus on our changing travel habits from the late nineteenth century up to the present day and beyond.

Mapping the World

Tourism Post Covid

More than a third of the population of Israel has received a vaccine for Covid-19, with the majority of over-60s now inoculated. With 200,000 infections a day, Israel hopes to return to relative normality by the Spring.

ARTE Reportage

Israel: Secrets of the Vaccination Campaign

We saw it all this time last year: A recent rise in cases in part of Beijing has led to local lockdowns, more restrictions and an increasing sense of déjà vu.

China: Covid-19 is Back

Across Europe, this winter is proving even more difficult than the first wave of the pandemic last March in 2020.

Re: Europe's Covid Winter

With a high mortality rate, a chronically underfunded health service, and doctors leaving to work in other European countries, Romania is in danger of being overwhelmed by Covid-19.

Romania: Health Service on the Brink

Wuhan was little known in the West before the pandemic. The central Chinese city the size of New York, was a vibrant city before the pandemic. After a strict lockdown, social life in Wuhan seems to have returned to normal with busy streets, lively restaurants and packed nightclubs.

After a strict lockdown, social life in Wuhan seems to have returned to normal with busy streets, lively restaurants and packed nightclubs.

China: The Wuhan Paradox

Living in Guernica, Argentina, is nobody's dream but everybody's last resort. The pandemic left these families no longer able to pay rent, and so instead the shanty town of Guernica sprang up in July in a matter of days. But even this last refuge is under threat, as the land the shacks are built on is private property, earmarked for a luxury development. 

Living in Guernica, Argentina, is nobody's dream but everybody's last resort

The Homeless of the Pandemic

The entire world had closed its doors in a desperate attempt to halt the spread of coronavirus. Africa has learnt techniques from Ebola but doesn't have the health system to cope in the event of a major outbreak. Countries in Asia meanwhile learnt valuable lessons from SARS. But worldwide, confined populations are lonely and isolated, prompting a new way of coping to go viral (metaphorically): the coronavirus blues. 

Worldwide, confined populations are lonely and isolated, prompting a new way of coping to go viral (metaphorically): the coronavirus blues

The Coronavirus Blues

As Europe comes out of lockdown, blinking in the sunlight, life is almost back to normal. But will this normality last?

Coronavirus: Is This the End?

It's impossible to say for sure how many people have been infected with coronavirus in Brazil due to lack of testing, but estimates suggest well over a million cases. The number of deaths has skyrocketed, exacerbating tensions in a nation of extreme inequality.

Brazil: How a Virus Divided a Nation

The red cloth in Colombia that hang out of people's windows are silent cries for help. In lockdown, the nation's poor are starving, and the red flag lets others know that this is a household that is going hungry. Claudia Lopez, Bogota's first female mayor, launched an appeal for donations, and neighbours are banding together to bring help to those who need it the most.

The red cloth in Colombia that hang out of people's windows are silent cries for help

Colombia: The Red Rags of Hunger

In several countries around the world, there are signs that the pandemic may be waning. Small victories against the virus - like being able to leave home without a permission slip - gives many hope. While life is not back to normal and may not be for some time yet, a new normal is emerging. 

In several countries around the world, there are signs that the pandemic may be waning

COVID-19: The Worst is Behind Us?

2.4 million farm workers work in the US, and many are undocumented, without health insurance. While doctors and nurses are cheered on daily, these workers are crucial to the American society, but these farm workers have been forgotten. 

The 2.4 million undocumented farm workers in the US are the forgotten heros of the pandemic

Covid-19 in the USA: A Sickness of the Poor

The global lock down in response to the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a massive spike in food insecurity. Those who were already on the breadline are now desperate, with no way of making money and left dependent on hand outs. While the world's doctors fight the virus, people at home are fighting hunger.

While the world's doctors fight the virus, people at home are fighting hunger

Hungry in Lock Down

Since the appearance of Covid-19 in Lebanon, Hezbollah has mobilised its military and civic sectors, a veritable state within a state, to fight the spread of the virus.

Lebanon: Hezbollah verus Coronavirus

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, different figures have been pouring in. The number of patients, of deaths, the modes of transmission or the incubation period: what does the data tell us? And what do the numbers really mean for us and our families? We decode the story behind the numbers.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, different figures have been pouring in. But what do they actually mean?

COVID-19 in Numbers

Taiwan is not far from China, where COVID-19 came from, but unlike its giant neighbour, it has had only a handful of deaths, and low numbers of detected cases. How were they able to escape the clutches of the disease and succeed where so many other countries failed? It learnt hard lessons from the 2003 SARS epidemic and wasted no time putting measures into place.

Despite being so close to China, Taiwan succeeded in containing the virus when so many other countries were unable to do so. How did they do it? 

Taiwan: A Role Model?

After weeks of confinement to protect the Chinese capital from COVID-19, Beijing begins to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel as its residents begin to venture outside again. 

After weeks of confinement to protect the Chinese capital from COVID-19, Beijing begins to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel 

China: Life After Coronavirus

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Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents. With the city authorities considering measures to push sex workers out of the area, does this spell the end for the historic trade in the city centre?

Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents.

Re: Mass Tourism in Amsterdam's Red Light District

Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. Condemned to a non-life, these ghost children do not officially exist according to the Chinese state. ARTE Reportage goes in search of these ‘Haihaizi’,  those children who should not have been born.

Arte Reportage

Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. 

China's Ghost Children

From India, Pakistan and Thailand, thousands of Asian workers toil in the plantations of southwestern Portugal. They do hard, poorly paid work, far from their families and their country, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality. It's their passport to a better life, elsewhere in Europe.

Hoping for an EU passport

Thousands of Asian workers toil in plantations in Portugal, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality

Re: Asian Workers in Portugal

For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! Their motto: "less is more". They are making a radical change in the fashion world by using timeless designs to produce clothing that is sustainable, and fair trade.

For a new generation of designers, "fast fashion" and disposable clothing is over! 

Fashion Rebels

Every year Russia celebrates Victory day on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War with great pomp and ceremony. The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

 The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

Russia: Putin's World View

In 1991 with the fall of the dictator Siad Barré, the North-West of Somalia proclaimed its independence and became Somaliland. But the country is unrecognised by the international community. Despite this, the nation-that-is-not-a-nation has enjoyed relative peace and stability over the last three decades. 

Somaliland is unrecognised by the international community, but despite this, it is peaceful and stable

Somaliland, the Country That Does Not Exist

In the state of Michoacan, in central-western Mexico, one of the regions hardest hit by violence linked to drug trafficking, Patricia, Teresa and Indalecio, are on a heartbroken search for their loved ones.

Patricia, Teresa, and Indalecio are on a heartbroken search for their loved ones

Mexico: The Lost Children

284 Russian soldiers are still missing in Afghanistan from the Soviet-Afghan War, a conflict that ended in 1989. ARTE Reportage goes in search of these lost red army soldiers. 

284 Russian soldiers are still missing in Afghanistan from the Soviet-Afghan War, a conflict that ended in 1989. ARTE Reportage goes in search of these lost red army soldiers

Afghanistan: Lost Soldiers of the Red Army

Report from a dogs’ home that specialises in unmanageable and dangerous hounds. Dog trainer Vanessa Bokr knows better than most how aggressive some breeds of dog can be. She works tirelessly to retrain unwanted dangerous dogs in the hope that they can find new homes rather than be put down.

Abused Dogs Learn to Love

Report from a dogs’ home that specialises in unmanageable and dangerous hounds.

Re: Hellhounds

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A century ago the Treaty of Trianon formally ended World War I between the Kingdom of Hungary and the allied powers. Hungary lost two-thirds of its territory at Trianon which is still a contentious subject in Hungarian politics and society.

Hungary's Trauma

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death. The veterinarian, whose specialty was caring for cattle, had found his vocation: he opened a hedgehog refuge, now a local institution partly run by volunteers.

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death

360° Geo: A Hedgehog Shelter in Italy

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life. Street-photography captured Parisians from all walks of life and conveyed the optimism and elegance of the period.

From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.

Paris in the Belle Epoque

In Myanmar the veneration of the Buddha is a popular practice which takes many forms. In the second city of Mandalay, craftspeople make thousands of statues of Buddha in the local white marble to satisfy the demand coming from temples and monasteries throughout Asia.

GEO Reportage

Mandalay's Buddha Statues

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism. Her high profile fans include Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Angelina Jolie.

Gymnastics

Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

Ayn Rand, Capitalism Guru

Glaciers contain essential data on the climate of previous eras. The melting ice is a major concern for scientists, who are racing against time. The presenters of Xenius survey a cave in the Stubai Alps, discover the working methods of glaciologists, and learn about the wealth of information hidden in the layers of ice.

Xenius

The melting of the glaciers is a major concern for scientists, who are racing against time

Glaciers in a Changing Climate

Millions of people worldwide suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), an extreme and persistent exhaustion for which there is no cure. An investigation into a little known illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

ME/CFS – A Misunderstood Illness

 An investigation into little understood illness focusing on the experiences of three individuals suffering from CFS: Ralf, Sonja and Aileen.

Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Pasta made from worm flour, grass-hopper salads or muesli bars with cricket… Insect food products could be appearing on our plates soon if Laetitia Giroud and Julien Foucher get their way. 360° Geo visited the couple at their insect farm in Spain.

Insect food products could be appearing on our plates soon if insect farmers Laetitia Giroud and Julien Foucher get their way.

360° Geo: Insects - the Food of the Future

As Daniel Hope has been awarded the distinguished Opus Klassik prize, we celebrate with highlights from his much-loved lockdown series, Hope@Home.

With Daniel Hope, Christoph Israel and Guests

The Best of Hope@Home

The Franco-Venezuelan singer’s performances are as emotional as they are upbeat, impressing audiences with her refreshing electro-pop blend of European and Latin American sounds

Nancy Jazz Pulsations

La Chica

Tortured, murdered, or kidnapped, migrants held in Libya go through hell. Shot on location, this poignant documentary reveals a system ruled by impunity and collusion between smugglers, militias and authorities, to which Europe turns a blind eye.

Tortured, murdered, or kidnapped, migrants held in Libya go through hell

Libya: Migrant Camps Scandal

From the late 1990s, Rødhåd laid the foundations for his DJ career. His perfectionist mixes of dub techno and percussive grooves earned him widespread recognition and since 2010, he has been a resident of Berlin's Berghain.
At the same time, Vril took the techno scene by storm, almost out of nowhere. As a producer, he pursues a timeless sound aesthetic that serves no trend in the genre. With his energetic live sets, he has impressed audiences across the world.
The techno giants perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum. 

Stone Techno X Zollverein

Techno giants Rødhåd and Vril perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum.

Vril & Rødhåd: "Out Of Place Artefacts"

Conductor Raphaël Pichon and director Cyril Teste team up to bring Beethoven’s Fidelio to the stage of the Opéra Comique.

Beethoven’s only opera conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

Beethoven's "Fidelio" at the Opéra Comique

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to just 300 people, mainly farmers and fishermen. They fish using sustainable, traditional methods that generates little profit, but empowers this small community to live outside of mainstream capitalism.

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to fishermen who live using sustainable, traditional methods

40 Days that Changed the World

COVID 19: The Crisis Continues

Tourism Post Covid

Israel: Secrets of the Vaccination Campaign

China: Covid-19 is Back

Re: Europe's Covid Winter

Romania: Health Service on the Brink

China: The Wuhan Paradox

The Homeless of the Pandemic

The Coronavirus Blues

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