The Washington Post Magazine - USA (2021-11-28)

18 19 ‘He Gave A Cuban single mother reflects on isolation with her son 18 Me Life’ TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY NATALIA FAVRE ...

S ingle mother Ara Santana Romero, 30, and her 11-year-old son, Camilo, have spent the past year and a half practically isolated ...

S ingle mother Ara Santana Romero, 30, and her 11-year-old son, Camilo, have spent the past year and a half practically isolated ...

Clockwise from top left: Ara at home. She migrated to Havana from Cienfuegos in 2014 in search of better opportunities. She left ...

Clockwise from top left: Ara at home. She migrated to Havana from Cienfuegos in 2014 in search of better opportunities. She left ...

C amilo plays the piano at his teacher’s house in Ha vana in August. Twice a week, he has private piano and percussion lessons. ...

C amilo plays the piano at his teacher’s house in Ha vana in August. Twice a week, he has private piano and percussion lessons. ...

Clockwise from top left: Ara holds money to pay for their cab ride to Camilo’s percussion class. They usually walk back home aft ...

Clockwise from top left: Ara holds money to pay for their cab ride to Camilo’s percussion class. They usually walk back home aft ...

28 Life After war A healing period of picnics, weddings and vaccinations in gaza TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY SALWAN GEORGES ...

28 Life After war A healing period of picnics, weddings and vaccinations in gaza TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY SALWAN GEORGES ...

came after thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, where at least 16 people died. Workers were still cleaning up ...

came after thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, where at least 16 people died. Workers were still cleaning up ...

Left: Hassan Abu al-Nil, center right, at the funeral for his son Omar Abu al-Nil, who d ied after being wounded by the Israeli ...

Left: Hassan Abu al-Nil, center right, at the funeral for his son Omar Abu al-Nil, who d ied after being wounded by the Israeli ...

Clockwise from top left: Hussam Salah accompanies his aunt Ibtisam Abdall to sign up for a c oronavirus vaccine with nurse Raghd ...

Clockwise from top left: Hussam Salah accompanies his aunt Ibtisam Abdall to sign up for a c oronavirus vaccine with nurse Raghd ...

Families gather to picnic and swim at a beach on the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City in August. 36 NOVEMBER 28, 2021 ...

Families gather to picnic and swim at a beach on the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City in August. 36 NOVEMBER 28, 2021 ...

the Numbers At home, I constructed a photo diary to show the pandemic’s human toll 38 TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS B Y B ETH GALTON Beyo ...