Emily Schmall, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A member of the Iranian army walks at a temporary hospital Thursday in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian Army set up a 2,000-bed temporary hospital for coronavirus patients atTehran’s International Fair Center in northern Tehran.

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Half-million infected worldwide as economic toll rises

by Colleen Long Associated Press, David Rising Associated Press, and Emily Schmall Associated PressMarch 26, 2020

The human and economic toll of the lockdowns against the coronavirus mounted Thursday as India struggled to feed the multitudes, Italy shut down most of its industry, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in…

Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol a street vandalized in Tuesday's violence in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. India accused a U.S. government commission of politicizing communal violence in New Delhi that killed at least 30 people and injured more than 200 as President Donald Trump was visiting the country. The violent clashes between Hindu and Muslim mobs were the capital's worst communal riots in decades and saw shops, Muslim shrines and public vehicles go up in...

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Scars of violence haunt India’s capital

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Sheikh Saaliq Associated PressFebruary 27, 2020

Morgue staff a push a trolley with a coffin at a morgue, Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020. Thai officials say a soldier who went on a shooting rampage and killed numerous people and injured dozens of others has been shot dead inside the mall in northeastern Thailand. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Shooting victims’ families wait for answers, bodies

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Preeyapa T. Khunsong Associated PressFebruary 10, 2020

A policeman fires a teargas shell during a protest against a new citizenship law at the Seelampur area of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Police fired tear gas to push back protesters who swarmed to barricades and threw stones. Protests were also reported in the states of West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka and elsewhere against the a new law that provides a path to citizenship for non-Muslim migrants who entered the country illegally from several neighboring countries. (AP...

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Protests grow in India over citizenship law

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Sheikh Saaliq Associated PressDecember 17, 2019

An Indian paramilitary soldier guards during security lockdown in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.6, 2019. India's lower house of Parliament was set to ratify a bill Tuesday that would downgrade the governance of India-administered, Muslim-majority Kashmir amid an indefinite security lockdown in the disputed Himalayan region. The Hindu nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi moved the "Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill" for a vote by the Lok Sahba a day after the...

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Troops lock down Kashmir as India strips it of statehood

by Emily Schmall Associated PressAugust 6, 2019

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah greet supporters on arrival at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Modi's Hindu nationalist party claimed it won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the head of the main opposition party conceded a personal defeat that signaled the end of an era for modern India's main political dynasty. (AP Photo)

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Modi surges to victory in India on Hindu-first platform

by Emily Schmall Associated PressMay 24, 2019

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard at the damaged St. Anthony's Church or Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 26, 2019. Priests have allowed journalists inside St. Anthony's Church in Sri Lanka for the first time since it was targeted in a series of Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings that killed over 250 people. Broken glass littered the sanctuary's damaged pews and blood stained the floor. Shoes left by panicked worshippers remained in the darkened church, and broken bottles...

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Sunday Mass canceled a week after bombings

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Bharatha Mallawarachi Associated PressApril 26, 2019

A priest conducts funeral service for a victim of Easter Sunday's bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church, in Negombo, Sri Lanka Thursday, April 25, 2019. The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka warned Thursday that places of worship could be targeted for militant attacks over the coming weekend, as police searched for more suspects in the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings that killed over 350 people. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Death toll lowered to 253, Sri Lanka braces for more attacks

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Bharatha Mallawarachi Associated PressApril 26, 2019

Nilanga Anthony, center, mourns the death of his 7-year-old nephew, Dhulodh Anthony, a victim of Easter Sunday bomb blast, during the burial at Methodist cemetery in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday.

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As Sri Lanka mourns, Islamic State says it carried out Easter bombings

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Krishan Francis Associated PressApril 23, 2019

A Bangladeshi Muslim woman asks for some help before casting her vote at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. Voting began Sunday in Bangladesh's contentious parliamentary elections, seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's increasingly authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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Bangladesh’s ruling alliance claims election win

by Julhas Alam Associated Press, and Emily Schmall Associated PressDecember 30, 2018