Illustration by The New York Times. Photograph by Getty Images. By Max Roser Graphics by Sara Chodosh Mr. Roser is the founder of Our World in Data and a professor at the University of Oxford’s ...

Kebita Naima was a month pregnant when men with guns burned her home and stole everything she had. Terrified, she fled her village in eastern Congo. With a dozen relatives she walked for a week, ...

Many were surprised when the Chief Minister of India’s Kerala state announced on 1 November 2025 that the state had eliminated extreme poverty. While debates over definition and measurement ensued, ...