๐จ From London to Nairobi to New Delhi, nations everywhere have been hit by rising food and energy costs.
๐บ๐ฆ Triggered by the #UkraineCrisis and COVID-19, the cost of living crisis is devastating ordinary people.
Here's how it's reaching breaking point in 6 countries. ๐งต
๐ฌ๐ง UK
๐ Inflation is running at the highest rate for 40 years.
๐ธ Debt is spiralling fast with research showing there's now a 38% increase in households saying they were a heavy financial burden in 2021. tmsnrt.rs/3PfjM8b
๐ฌ๐ง 62-year-old Lenny Poynton lost his job as a removal man in early 2021.
๐ฝ He now has to skip meals to stretch his benefit income of about ยฃ250 per month.
๐ Rising bills weigh heavily on his mind and he just about survives with support from friends and family.
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
๐ Inflation is running at a five-year high of nearly 8% this year.
๐ข It's driven by jumps in the price of staples such as wheat flour, cooking oil and petrol.
๐ก Kenya is also facing the worst drought in more than 40 years which is hitting households hard.
๐ฐ๐ช Florence Kageha sells tomatoes, onions and sweet potatoes.
๐ They used to be snapped up by lunchtime each day.
๐ฐ Now, she tries to dispose of them at dusk, losing half her weekly earnings of 2,000 Kenyan Shillings ($17) in the process. tmsnrt.rs/3ATEZAd
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
The cost of meals for one average household rose by more than 13% in the year to June.
โก๏ธThe country has also been experiencing rolling electricity blackouts.
About 11% of South Africa's 60 million people are hungry and lack access to food, says @borgenproject.
๐ฟ๐ฆ The desperate economic situation has led to a spike in violent crime on the streets, says security guard Obed Mukwebo.
๐จ He and his neighbours try to walk in groups to avoid being targeted by thieves. tmsnrt.rs/3aJIDlp
๐ฎ๐ณ India
โฝ๏ธ Food and fuel are the two main sources of inflation.
โ Erratic weather is also threatening lower crop yields.
โญ๏ธ The government recently restricted wheat and sugar exports and announced tax cuts to essential goods to help protect citizens. tmsnrt.rs/3yGyPAw
๐ฎ๐ณ Shoe shiner and cobbler Babu Lal was earning up to 15,000 rupees ($192) a month in March.
๐ He's now making about half of that.
โญ๏ธ This has left him stretched to provide for his wife, two daughters and five grandchildren - despite the extra income from his two working sons.
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
๐ 3.6 million unemployed people are being hard hit by inflation that has ticked up to an eight-year high.
โญ๏ธ Authorities say they expect the economy to grow, but many poorer Bangladeshis are struggling. tmsnrt.rs/3yOda9J
๐ง๐ฉGraduate Abdus Salam is one of them. Heโs been looking for a government job for the last nine years.
๐ฅ He used to start each day with a hearty breakfast of boiled eggs.
โญ๏ธ Now, as food prices soar, he has to make do with chickpeas and a few nuts. tmsnrt.rs/3yOda9J
๐ญ๐น Haiti
โญ๏ธ Roughly a third of Haiti's 11.4 million people live in extreme poverty. They barely survive on less than $2.15 a day.
๐ฅ About 4 million struggle to eat two meals daily.
๐จ That means even tiny price hikes can push people to the brink. tmsnrt.rs/3zdWBp9
๐ฅ Like a lot of Haitians, domestic worker Rose Marie spends more than 60% of her income on food.
With inflation rising, many families have been forced to choose between meals or sending their children to school.
๐ Her two daughters aged 13 and 15 have been forced to drop out.
๐ฐ We are looking at how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting 18 countries.
โ๏ธ More countries are now issuing digital nomad visas which allow people to stay and work for up to two years. tmsnrt.rs/3Q8k2FH
โญ๏ธ Tourist hot-spots have been quick to embrace digital nomads.
๐ Places like Aruba, Barbados, Cape Verde, Croatia, Estonia, Indonesia, Malta and Norway have created visas which allow people to stay put and work for up to two years. tmsnrt.rs/3Q8k2FH
๐บ๐ฆ "A new nation appeared in the world on Feb. 24... It was not born, but reborn,โ said @ZelenskyyUa in a speech to celebrate Ukraine's 31st independence day.
Today marks six months since the invasion by Russia. Here's how the crisis affected the lives of ordinary Ukrainians. ๐งต
๐บ๐ฆ The war triggered Europe's worst refugee crisis since the end of WWII, @UNmigration reported.
๐ช๐บ Most refugees have crossed to the EU.
In May, nearly 400 of them found a haven in France under a community project.
โญ๏ธ More than 1.5 million children have fled the war in Ukraine by March.
๐ From Ireland to Poland, countries expanded classes and fast-tracked the registration of Ukrainian teachers to ensure children do not lose out on education.
๐ฒ๐ฝ Many Mexicans can't afford to buy basic food...
๐ง๐ท Meat is becoming a luxury in Brazil...
๐ป๐ช And some Venezuelans can't even pay to bury their dead.
The cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc in countries worldwide.
Hereโs how three nations in the Americas are coping. ๐งต
๐ฒ๐ฝ In Mexico, the #UkraineCrisis has pushed the price of corn to a nine-year high.
Vegetable oil prices are also up by 23% over the last year. Inflation is at a 21-year high of nearly 8%.
๐ฎ Families are cutting back on staples like tacos and empanadas.