Sarah Cahlan
@sarahcahlan.bsky.social
Visual Investigations Editor at Reuters Former: Visual Forensics at The Washington Post
Journalists lean heavily on the power of the written word, but some stories are best told visually. This investigative documentary -- a Reuters first -- is a powerful reconstruction of the violent takeover of the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary RSF. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Death in Darfur: 3 days of horror caught on camera
Sudanese paramilitary forces recorded themselves killing civilians while conquering the city of al-Fashir – as their commanders stood by.
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Reuters sent a team to Chad to see how humanitarian aid cuts are playing out there. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Refugees feeding refugees: Sudanese families fleeing violence find little aid at Chad border
At a transit camp here on the Chad-Sudan border, Najwa Isa Adam, 32, hands out bowls of pasta and meat to orphaned Sudanese children from al-Fashir, the site of a recent violent takeover by paramilita...
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This bracing story connects witness accounts from Sudan and data on violence against healthcare workers worldwide. www.reuters.com/world/sudan-...
Hospital massacre caps a long series of attacks on healthcare in war-torn Sudan
Almost 500 patients, their relatives and others were killed at al-Fashir's last functioning hospital during the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces' recent takeover of the Sudanese city, the World Healt...
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Yesterday we published a visual investigation about civilian ships in China that are training to invade Taiwan. This thread is about how we did it. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA... #OSINT
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
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Our story about China's shadow navy is featured on the Reuters World News podcast today. www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Reuters@reuters.com · 11mo ago🔊 ‘Part of this meeting, which Mamdani himself asked for, is to ensure that New Yorkers aren't punished essentially for who they've voted for as mayor.’ Listen to correspondent Jonathan Allen on Reuters World News as Mamdani heads to Washington reut.rs/3K7GnWM
New visual investigation: China's shadow navy trains to take Taiwan www.reuters.com/graphics/USA... #OSINT
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
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It’s known that China is using ferries and other civilian vessels to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan. Reuters reporters wondered: Could we track vessels from the sky and learn more about China’s military strategy? The answer is yes. Here's how we did it: www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
Shadow navy: How China's civilian fleet could be a potent weapon in a Taiwan invasion
A Reuters visual investigation of China's annual naval exercises off the Chinese coast opposite Taiwan shows how Beijing's
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Trump’s global funding cuts leave a void in Africa for China and Russia to exploit // @khoureld.bsky.social and @robyndixon.bsky.social report with @sarahcahlan.bsky.social Cate Cadell and @ilyushina.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump’s global funding cuts leave a void in Africa for rivals to exploit
America’s vanishing presence in Africa has upended critical programs, severed relationships and left a vacuum that Russia and China will look to capitalize on.
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A page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag at Iwo Jima in 1945. The page, along with many others about minority service members, has now been erased.
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
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In today’s @washingtonpost.com my random encounter w/a man running from a Mexican cartel leads us to ask deep questions about asylum just as our nation is rethinking its decades-long commitment to offering refuge to the world: wapo.st/4ieCQBP
“Mali was really a black box,” said Lou Osborn, the founder of All Eyes on Wagner. “The images we saw of Wagner in the country were not from Russians. Now Russians are communicating.” Latest from @rchason.bsky.social & I www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Russia’s Wagner mercenaries are leading a campaign of terror in Mali
Fighting alongside Malian soldiers, Wagner mercenaries have massacred civilians and burned their villages in northern Mali, fueling a fast-growing refugee crisis.
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New from WashPost Visual Forensics: 3D investigation of the DCA crash @imogenpiper.bsky.social @evanhill.bsky.social @alexhorton.bsky.social @megkelly.bsky.social Frank Hulley-Jones, Irfan Uraizee, @abtran.bsky.social @samueloakford.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
From the perspective of the helicopter cockpit, the lights of the incoming American Airlines jet could have also been obscured by the glow of the city skyline, pilots said.
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Another relevant GTMO observation: Since Trump's inauguration, the notorious Camp Delta has had it's Camp 2 completely deconstructed Built in 2002 for detainees from the War on Terror, it's unclear when/why the decision was made to demolish
Very emotional and excited to share a little preview of FOR THE SUN AFTER LONG NIGHTS -- A book I've been cowriting for the past year. It's a look at the 2022 #WomenLifeFreedom movement in #Iran 🧿💛 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741909...
For the Sun After Long Nights by Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy: 9780593701447 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A moving exploration of the 2022 women-led protests in Iran, as told through the interwoven stories of two Iranian journalists In 2022, in response to the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old K...
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“These elections are like a military operation… Lukashenko wants them to be as sterile and as silent as possible.” Explainer from Minsk today, where Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko is set to get a 7th term after 31 years in power www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
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Twenty teams of immigration officers & federal agents are in NYC today as part of a “targeted enforcement” campaign. The city, where 1 in 3 residents are foreign born, has sanctuary policies that limit cooperation w/ICE, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Here’s the story we published about what unfolded today: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Family waiting to cross border learns their CBP One appointment is canceled
Migrants who waited months to cross the U.S. border with Mexico learned their CBP One appointments had been canceled moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.
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Arelis R. Hernández@arelisrhdz.bsky.social · 2y agoAbout 20 minutes ago, migrants who had CBP One appointments for 1 pm today learned their chances of entering legally through this program have evaporated.
Today US Govt has released imagery and mapping showing destroyed structures in West Darfur in 2023. They say the RSF almost certainly destroyed or damaged approximately 10% of non-Arab settlements in West Darfur between April 2023 & November 2023. Satellite imagery below 👇
Trump's team has promised to start deporting folks as soon as he puts his hand on the bible so we wanted to know who was most at risk. Here's what we found.
Deportation at ‘light speed’: How Trump’s crackdown could unfold
Trump has said he would like to deport everyone living illegally in the United States, though he has not set a specific numerical target. Who is most at risk?
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Our year-long investigation found that more than 3,100 children died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 and that more than 800 of those students are buried in cemeteries at or near the schools they attended. wapo.st/3DnIr9q Here’s how we found our evidence.
More than 3,100 students died at schools built to crush Native American cultures
The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.
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Revealing reporting from my Visual Forensic colleagues @joyceshlee.bsky.social and @imogenpiper.bsky.social and Brianna Sacks and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social.
Imogen Piper@imogenpiper.bsky.social · 2y agoOur new investigation uses visual evidence and radio coms to show how the burn scar from a New Year's Eve fire may have started the Palisades blaze 6 days later. wapo.st/3Ci3ASa
The Post’s analysis of photos, videos, satellite imagery and radio communications, as well as interviews with witnesses, offers new evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
What caused the Palisades blaze? Visual evidence points to a recent fire nearby.
The Post’s analysis offers evidence that the Palisades Fire started in the area where firefighters had spent hours using helicopters to knock down a blaze six days earlier.
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I've noticed quite a few people resharing my tutorial on how to find and see fires from space, especially in relation to the devastating fires in Los Angeles. For those that want to learn how to do this, the YouTube link is below youtu.be/rxxgRZptt-c?...
OSINT At Home #14 – How to find fires from space
YouTube video by Bendobrown
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Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third term as president without having produced evidence he won the July 28 election. A Post analysis of precinct-level tally sheets showed that opposition challenger Edmundo González received more than twice as many votes wapo.st/42393a9
Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela’s opposition show
Edmundo González likely beat President Nicolás Maduro in the July 28 election by millions of votes, a review of data from election receipts shows.
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My @washingtonpost.com colleague Brianna Sacks, who's been reporting from the L.A. fires, says, "I just had to call and tell my dad his house is gone." www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
I've reported on the fact that there's no scientific evidence to support claims that you should block blue light w/ glasses. But a source did pose a theory to me once: That glasses create a greenhouse effect around your eyeballs, keeping the surface warm and moist, potentially reducing irritation.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago"My eyes never hurt while I’m wearing these glasses and working on my laptop. If I take them off for even a few minutes, I start noticing my eyes straining, as if an invisible hand were lightly tugging at the backs of my eyeballs." nyti.ms/423CUPP
For nearly two years, a shadowy paramilitary group – the Rapid Support Forces – has been terrorising Sudan. We spent months collecting evidence that identified commanders and revealed potential war crimes happening under their watch. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan
Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...
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“Documents are often the last line of defense against denial and revisionism. In the hands of families searching for closure, these records provide answers. In the hands of future prosecutors, they deliver justice.” foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/17/s... by the inimitable @rawanssa18.bsky.social.
Syria’s Paper Trail of Atrocity Must Be Preserved
Amid the chaos of Assad’s fall, vital documents may be lost.
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Throughout regime controlled areas, massive deforestation took place in the last 13 years in #Syria . We did a full report in 2023 on general tree-cover loss. Will occasionally post an example in this thread of smaller areas.🧵1/x. First up, Al Harra maps.app.goo.gl/7u7PMyEg5voC...
