South Asia has the pieces of a regional disaster-response system, but no reliable mechanism that makes those pieces work together. Nepal’s recent floods show how quickly that gap can turn a cross-border hazard into a regional crisis.
Five days after the devastating floods that swept through Nepal, images of the disaster continue to circulate on social media. Many are generated by artificial intelligence, while others present videos taken out of context. Why are some internet users exaggerating the situation when the real images are already so striking? Jules Boiteau explains in Info Intox.