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The drug misoprostol sits on a gynecological table at Casa Fusa, a health center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

Instagram and Facebook begin removing posts offering abortion pills

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect last Friday.

Saju Talukdar had worked at the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory before it collapsed. "Having a job is important for a person and his family," he says. "Our condition will never be as great as it was before. Previously my wife and I both worked and earned 18-20,000 takas per month. But now my income has decreased to only 6,000 per month."

The Powerful Photos That Rocked Getty Images' First Instagram Grant

For many photojournalists, Instagram has become a "modern-day Polaroid camera" used to take quick snapshots of important issues — and visual media giants have taken notice.

Chechnya's leader Ramzan Kadyrov posted on Instagram that he has "completely lost" his cat.

Chechen Strongman Takes To Instagram To Search For His Lost Cat

"We have begun to seriously worry," leader Ramzan Kadyrov tells his 1.8 million Instagram followers. He's known for ruling the Russian republic with an iron fist and stiffing dissent.

Amazing Photos From National Geographic's Instagram Account In This New Collection

One of the most popular Instagram accounts belongs to National Geographic , with submissions from the best nature and wildlife photographers on the planet.

Nirma, 16, plays with her friends. She is married but still lives with her parents and talks to her husband on the phone sometimes. She is nervous about the duties she'll have to take on when she does move in with her husband. At the moment, she hopes to graduate high school and eventually become a doctor.

Prize-Winning Photos Show A Different Side Of Instagram

Getty has given grants to photographers who focused on child brides in India, family members who have been out of touch and youth who have been incarcerated.

Growing up, Gabriella Lascano says she was told she should model. But all she could think was, "I'm fat. Like, models aren't fat." Now, she's an Instagram model for Fashion Nova.

This Fashion Brand Grew On Instagram With Help Of Celebs, Relatable Models

Fashion Nova was among the top-trending fashion brands online in 2017. How did a retailer with only five stores get so popular? Associating its brand with Cardi B and Kylie Jenner didn't hurt.

Instagram has increasingly become a home for hate speech and extremist content, according to Taylor Lorenz, a reporter for <em>The Atlantic</em>.

Instagram Has A Problem With Hate Speech And Extremism, 'Atlantic' Reporter Says

While Facebook and Twitter have come under criticism for the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories, Instagram has flown relatively under the radar, says Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic.

Instagram reel roundup: School for dads, COVID conundrum, skateboarders in skirts

The most popular Instagram reels from our Goats and Soda team: Bolivia's bold women skateboarders, ponytail-making lessons, a perplexing COVID situation, fog harvesting.

One social media misstep from Snoop Dogg; inadvertent fame for a tiny Romanian village.

Snoop Dogg Makes Romanian Village Famous With Instagram Mistake

The rapper presumably meant to tag his location as Bogotá, Colombia, but instead checked in at Bogata, Romania, a small village that had some fun with the mistake.

An Egg Surpassed Kylie Jenner's Record For Most-Liked Instagram Post

A picture of an egg is now the most-liked image on Instagram. With more than 32 million likes, it dethroned last year's Kylie Jenner photo that garnered over 18 million likes.

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