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We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2023

Sonia Guajajara wearing a blue Indigenous headdress
‘It took a long time’: Sonia Guajajara, Brazil’s first minister of Indigenous peoples, 523 years after the Portuguese arrived in the country. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

The forensic pathologist helping victims of Philippines’ ‘war on drugs’

Raquel Fortun is one of only two forensic pathologists in the Philippines. Earlier this year, I interviewed her about her mission to discover the truth, and hopefully win justice, for the victims of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs”.

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