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Cost of living: a global crisis

A series of stories examining how sharp increases in the cost of living and related problems around inflation and national debt are playing out around the world.

  • People run away during an anti-government protest in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 10 August.

    ‘Explosion of violence’: Sierra Leone picks up the pieces after protests

    At least 21 protesters and six officers have been killed as anger over the soaring cost of living spins out of control
  • People queue to buy petrol in Wellington, New Zealand, this year

    National’s plan for New Zealand’s inflation crisis is merely tax cuts for the wealthy

    Morgan Godfery
    Under Chris Luxon’s leadership, the best idea the National party can summon is welfare for the wealthiest New Zealanders
  • Felicia Appiah, Rita Oboh and two other yam traders at Kaneshie market in Accra

    Lean times for Ghana’s yam traders as cost of living crisis bites

    People are buying less, costs are up, and profits are dwindling for traders at Kaneshi market in Accra
  • Fruit and vegetables in Auckland supermarket

    Missed meals and constant stress: New Zealand’s cost-of-living crisis hits home

    Study finds food insecurity causing ‘significant and enduring hardship’ as costs outstrip income for some sole parents
  • A 100-yen store in Tokyo, Japan.

    Japan’s famed 100-yen shops fall victim to cost-of-living squeeze

    Prices at discount stores double or more as cost pressures become critical issue ahead of upper house elections next month
  • A shopper in a suburban supermarket in Adelaide in Australia.

    From New Zealand to Nigeria: the global toll of the cost of living crisis

    Unsparing inflation across basics from food and energy to housing is pushing millions into poverty, as our correspondents report
  • Unleaded and diesel are more than £2 a litre at Burton-in-Kendal services on the M6 on Friday

    Drive slowly, change gear and read the road: how to make your petrol go further

    With pump prices breaking £2 a litre around the UK, here are some simple tips for more fuel-efficient driving
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