Death

Bosses are denying workers the space to grieve
Activism

Bosses are denying workers the space to grieve

Calling for compassion — There are currently no UK laws obliging employers to grant worker’s leave for a death in the family. But with the pandemic bringing grief to the fore, it’s sparked a renewed focus on the issue of allowing workers time to process death.

Written by: Anna Samson

Facing death: why young people are writing wills
Activism

Facing death: why young people are writing wills

Grave matters — Last year saw a significant increase in will writing among Gen Z and millennials. They explain to Huck what prompted them to confront mortality.

Written by: Daniel Reast

The women taking on France’s femicide problem
Activism

The women taking on France’s femicide problem

‘This is an emergency’ — The nameless movement has been plastering urgent messages on walls across the country, to draw attention to a rising tide of violence again women: ‘Our objective is simple: for the deaths to stop.’

Written by: Peter Yeung

The alternative death centre helping you go out in style
Activism

The alternative death centre helping you go out in style

Knocking them dead — From leopard print coffins to environmentally friendly ceremonies, Arka is the women-led funeral home changing the way we deal with the death process.

Written by: Niloufar Haidari

Shooting the strange, uncanny death rituals of the Torajans
Reportage

Shooting the strange, uncanny death rituals of the Torajans

Life beyond death — Photographer Claudio Sieber heads to Indonesia to capture ‘Ma’Nene’ – a soothing, spiritual ritual which sees cadavers get re-clothed, polished, and given a sunbathe.

Written by: Alex Robert Ross

The photographer obsessed with matters of life and death
Photography

The photographer obsessed with matters of life and death

Either Limits or Contradictions — In Either Limits or Contradictions, Nick Meyer uses photography to explore the cycle of existence and the anxiety of dying through a personal lens.

Written by: Biju Belinky

The Travel Diary: Getting lost in Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India
Photography

The Travel Diary: Getting lost in Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India

What you see along the way — Photographer Mark Leaver is captivated by Varanasi, where Hindu pilgrims flock to bathe in the sacred waters of the river Ganges and to die.

Written by: Rosie Leaver

The cycle of life and death in the Romanian countryside
Photography

The cycle of life and death in the Romanian countryside

A search for life without death — Using a Romanian folk tale to guide her, photographer Laura Pannack set off into the countryside to investigate questions on time and mortality.

Written by: Alex King

Video: Meet the Nightcrawlers of Phnom Penh
Culture

Video: Meet the Nightcrawlers of Phnom Penh

Life and death in the car-crash capital of the world — Visceral short profiles the freelance reporters who cover crime and grisly road accidents in Cambodia’s capital.

Written by: HUCK HQ

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