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A cargo ship in a dock.

Photo via Rawpixels. Public domain.

The Haves and the Have-Nots

By Kristian Lundberg

When you’re a kid, being poor is hell on earth.

Translated from Swedish by Helga Edström

Close-up of cucumber plant hanging from a green fence

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

The Greenhouse

By Fatema Haidari

I could see her white hands and long, thin fingers among the green stems and huge leaves of the cucumber plants.

Translated from Dari by Shekiba Habib

A pill casting a long shadow

Photo by Alexander Van Steenberge

A Bitter Pill

By Alia Trabucco Zerán

I would have ironed my own hands had I not needed them to iron.

Translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes