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A week in the heat

Can they stay safe
and still eat?

Choose one of ten countries and follow one worker’s money through a heatwave. Build them a package of protection, then try to break it. Protection only counts when the person can actually use it.

Watch: A week in the heat · 0:16 · narrated, with captions
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Can they stay safe and still eat?

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Follow one worker’s money through a heatwave week in ten Asian countries, build a package of protection, then try to break it.

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