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ALT Titled “The Atlas subscribes to…”. The page explains how reader donations fund subscriptions to independent news outlets. Two featured organisations are The Republic, a Nigerian magazine, illustrated with its colourful cover, and Egab, a network supporting local journalists reporting from underrepresented regions. The lower section highlights existing subscriptions to Himal Southasian and HumAngle, with accompanying publication covers and summaries of their investigative reporting.
ALT Illustrated magazine cover featuring a black-and-white portrait of a pope against a golden circular background, surrounded by ornate blue and gold flourishes and colourful circuit-board patterns. A large blue circle containing “AI” appears above the headline, “Is AI conscious? The Vatican wants to know.”
ALT Three-column magazine article by Isobel Cockerell in Rome about the Vatican’s engagement with artificial intelligence and debates over whether AI can become conscious. A photograph shows Pope Leo XIV greeting Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah. A smaller photograph below shows a nighttime drone display over St Peter’s Basilica.
ALT Continuation of an article about AI consciousness, religion and the Vatican’s relationship with Silicon Valley. The page features a large photograph of a conference in an ornate Vatican hall, where attendees sit around long tables beneath painted walls and a decorated ceiling, discussing the future of artificial intelligence.
ALT Final page of a three-column magazine feature examining the Catholic Church’s response to AI consciousness and the ethical implications of machine sentience. Bold pull-quote text highlights concerns about the Church legitimising big tech. The article discusses disagreements among Vatican officials, researchers and technology leaders over AI, human responsibility and the meaning of life.
ALT A vintage-style world map illustrated on a parchment background, with Africa positioned at the centre. Below it, an article titled “The world was not enough” explores how the Equal Earth map projection challenges the Mercator projection and changes perceptions of Africa’s size and place in the world.
ALT Titled “Sleepless September in Yemen,” featuring an eyewitness account of life in Taiz amid renewed Houthi attacks. The page includes three columns of text and a photograph of a passenger minibus carrying belongings past a war-damaged building in Taiz, Yemen.
ALT Page 8 of The Atlas, featuring an article titled “The roof of the world is melting,” by Ishan Tankha in Dharamshala. The article explores the impact of glacier melt and devastating flash floods on Tibetans in exile. A photograph at the top right shows Buddhist monks walking through a busy street in Dharamshala, India. The large photograph across the bottom shows a wall covered with framed portraits of Tibetans who died by self-immolation, displayed near the Dalai Lama’s official residence.
ALT Page 9 of The Atlas, continuing the article about Tibetans in exile and the impact of devastating floods. The upper photograph shows a woman standing in the doorway of a small shop displaying colourful textiles and handmade goods in Dharamshala, India. The lower photograph shows Buddhist monks walking past a brightly painted mural featuring Tibetan independence imagery and the Snow Lion flag. The article discusses restricted access to information about disasters in Tibet, Chinese censorship, and concerns over a major dam under construction near the Tibetan border.
ALT Page 10 of The Atlas. A large photograph shows dozens of colourful, ornate birdcages suspended from tall metal poles against a clear blue sky in Narathiwat, southern Thailand. The cages house zebra doves participating in the city’s annual birdsong competition, where handlers compete for a Royal Trophy awarded by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. The caption notes that birds compete in four categories: alto, tenor, soprano and “rising star.”
ALT Page 6 of The Atlas. The “Currents” section features stories about a UK by-election, Kyrgyzstan’s World Nomad Games, and Delhi’s air pollution measures ahead of the BRICS summit. Photographs show a mist machine spraying water on a Delhi street and a rider competing on horseback in a grassy mountain landscape.
ALT Page 7 of The Atlas. A photograph taken in Havana, Cuba, shows a man wearing a white captain’s cap and a red-striped shirt playing a trumpet on a city street, accompanied by other musicians. Pedestrians pass weathered building façades in the background. The caption describes summer carnivals continuing despite rolling blackouts and a US-imposed economic blockade.
ALT Page 4 of The Atlas, featuring a Currents section about the potential impacts of a powerful El Niño. The headline reads “A jaw-dropping, super-sized, mind-blowing, monster Godzilla.” An aerial photograph shows a flooded village in Lebak, Indonesia, with buildings and a mosque surrounded by water. Articles below report on disruptions to fisheries in Peru, reduced rainfall affecting the Panama Canal, rising commodity prices, wildlife threats in the Galápagos, and preparations for possible emergencies in Nairobi and California. A highlighted box explains how Coda Story’s early-warning system connects global reporting to identify emerging patterns.
ALT Page 5 of The Atlas, featuring a photograph from Shanghai of a person holding an umbrella-shaped lantern amid dramatic golden lights and smoke during a light show. The caption explains that China celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month with mooncakes, lanterns and light displays. The festival honours the legend of Chang’e, the immortal moon goddess, and notes that the Chang’e 7 spacecraft is scheduled to attempt a landing near the Moon’s south pole the following year.
ALT Promotional graphic for The Atlas featuring a photograph of a person playing football in shallow seawater. Text reads “The photographers behind The Atlas” and “Curious about how the newspaper comes together? Come join us on October 28.” The photograph is credited to Mario Heller.
ALT Black-and-white photograph by Aryan Pramudito showing a close-up of a person’s face overlaid with a cityscape and railway tracks, creating a layered double-exposure effect.
ALT Night-time photograph by Daniel Desormais showing two people outside a building on a narrow street, illuminated by a bright exterior light. One person sits in a chair while another stands nearby.
ALT Promotional graphic for The Atlas online launch, featuring the newspaper’s logo and overlapping covers from previous issues. Large text reads “ONLINE LAUNCH” and “October 28, 1PM ET/6PM CET.”
ALT Page 2 of The Atlas, announcing a virtual launch event on Wednesday, 28 October. The page features a colourful illustration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina overlooking the Mediterranean, with an airplane flying overhead and the text “We live in the same world. Let’s read from the same page.” The page also includes event registration details and publication information.
ALT A world map with numbered markers showing where The Atlas has reported from, above an introduction to the newspaper and a table of contents. The introduction describes The Atlas as a newspaper about the planet and its people, with no paywalls or logins. The contents list stories from cities and countries including Shanghai, London, Delhi, Cholpon-Ata, Havana, Johannesburg and Tehran, as well as features on the Dalai Lama, the Pope, drones, AI and global events.
ALT Cover of The Atlas, a newspaper, dated 24 September 2026, Issue 5. The headline reads “Soul Searching: Silicon Valley, the Vatican and the fight over the meaning of life.” The cover features a vintage-style illustration of a person praying in front of a church confessional, overlaid on red computer code, symbolising the intersection of technology, religion and spirituality.