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Small-business owner Marie Diouf, known as the "queen of iodized salt," oversees the iodization process at her salt flat in Fatick, Senegal, on December 2, 2018.

The 'Salt Queen' working to transform the health of a nation

Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
Senegal is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, but it still struggles with public health issues like iodine deficiency — the leading cause of preventable mental impairment globally. Marie Diouf, known as Senegal's "Queen of Salt," is striving to ensure members of her community and other Senegalse have access to one basic solution.
An unregistered sex worker is photographed at her home in Dakar, Senegal

Sex work is legal here. But only if you register with the police

Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
Senegal is the only African country where sex work is legal and regulated by public health policy. The program has been applauded for helping control the nation's HIV rate, but it's come at a steep cost for these women.
Dr Venkat Chandra, 46, receives the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as operations for the UK vaccination rollout get underway at a health center in Cardiff, Wales, on Tuesday, December 8. The UK became the first Western country to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine on December 2. CNN agreed not to name the specific location of the facility in Wales, due to the government's approach with administering the vaccines to a priority/high-risk population by invitation only, first. Sarah Tilotta/CNN

'We're injecting hope'

By Ivana Kottasová and Sarah Tilotta, CNN
Inside a UK Covid-19 vaccination center as the UK's historic rollout gets underway
Jermaine Freeman poses for a photo at a primary school in north London, where Manhood Academy sessions are held.

Knives and gangs: What's driving Britain's broken boys to crime?

Story by Zahid Mahmood; Photos by Sarah Tilotta,
A sister's tragic loss of her teenage brother. Another young man's salvation from gangs through a grassroots youth program. CNN takes a deeper look at what's behind a rising trend in knife crime violence and gang culture among London's boys.

UK fruit farmers feel the squeeze as Brexit looms

Story by Laura Smith-Spark; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
Across the European Union, seasonal agricultural workers are at a premium. But as economic conditions in their home countries improve, the number willing to travel elsewhere in Europe for short-term manual work is dwindling.

Branded cheats, they're fighting back

Video by Sarah Tilotta
The UK Home Office is under fire for revoking the visas of tens of thousands of foreigners after it accused them of cheating in an English language test.
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London protests send clear message to Trump: You're not welcome

Story by Laura Smith-Spark; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
As US President Donald Trump took tea with the Queen in the exalted halls of Windsor Castle on Friday, tens of thousands of people thronged the streets of central London, in a huge and colorful demonstration against a visit that aroused deep opposition in the UK.
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Unity at memorial mass for Barcelona victims

Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
At Barcelona's Sagrada Familia cathedral, locals, tourists, officials and royals came together for a mass in memory of attack victims.
Only for story on Finsbury Park attack Muslim community reaction

Finsbury Park's Muslims feared reprisals, but not here

Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
A series of deadly terror attacks in Britain in recent weeks had left Muslims in north London fearing reprisals, but they never thought that violence would happen on their doorstep.
A woman in the crowd listens as London Mayor Sadiq Khan addresses those gathered for a candlelight vigil in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday, March 23, following the attack on Parliament.

London unites against terror in defiant vigil

Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
A day after Londoners were confronted with a cruel and ruthless attack, crowds gathered in the heart of the city to pay tribute to the victims.
An orthodox Jewish community is leaving their overcrowded, north London neighborhood to put down new roots in rural, flood-prone Canvey Island, where the Thames River meets the sea.

London's ultra-Orthodox Jews find surprising new home

Story by Richard Allen Greene; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
A community of ultra-Orthodox Jewish families struggling to afford property in London are opting to plaint roots in the small, 97% white coastal British town of Canvey Island.
Tanja Bueltmann poses for a photo on July 13, 2016 in central London. Photos by Sarah Tilotta for CNN.

Exit before Brexit: The 'unwelcome' EU citizens eying their escape

Story by Bryony Jones; Photos by Sarah Tilotta; Illustrations by Kouzou Sakai
The Britain that Samuele Marcora fell in love with still exists: He can ride his motorbike along winding mountain roads and past unspoilt sandy beaches, laugh at stand-up comedy nights, enjoy live music at rock gigs, or meet his PhD students for coffee.

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