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(Getty Images)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-29T14:32:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2018/07/23/confessions-of-an-unredeemed-fan/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-28T17:47:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2020/07/24/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-333/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/gettyimages-1195416281.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TOPSHOT-MEXICO-GUATEMALA-US-MIGRATION-CARAVAN</image:title><image:caption>Central American migrants heading in a caravan to the US- cross the Suchiate River from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, to Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, on January 23, 2020.  (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-24T13:57:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2018/11/09/when-you-carry-all-that-you-love-with-you/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/extra-bathing-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>extra bathing 1</image:title><image:caption>Photos by Alice Driver</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 10</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 9</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 8</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 7</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 5</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/image-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-23T16:54:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2019/03/25/the-american-way/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/juarez-shelter-lgbtq-migrants.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Juarez shelter LGBTQ migrants</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/drivercollage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DriverCollage</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/liu-xiaodong-valentine-tx.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liu Xiaodong Valentine, TX</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/nuevo-laredo-shelter-migrant-rabbit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nuevo Laredo shelter migrant rabbit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/piedras-negras-abandoned-factory-migrant-e1553179274496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Piedras negras abandoned factory migrant</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/piedras-negras-migrants-in-abandoned-factory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Piedras Negras migrants in abandoned factory</image:title><image:caption>All photos by Alice Driver</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-23T16:54:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2019/05/09/mothers-are-the-backbone-of-the-revolution/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/11-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>11 2</image:title><image:caption>A marcher raises his hands, and in the background one of the metal sculptures known as a "tree of life" is visible. The sculptures were installed at the orders of the Vice President of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, who is the President's wife. &lt;a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/28/nicaragua-daniel-ortega-trees-of-life-protests"&gt;Student protestors have cut down some of the sculptures as a form of protest against the Ortega government&lt;/a&gt;. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/30-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30 2</image:title><image:caption>A protestor at the march organized by the Mothers of April in September 2018 wears a mask made from the Nicaraguan flag. His shirt reads: "Here are all your plebs, but united together to liberate my Nicaragua."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/alicedrivermothersrevolution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>AliceDriverMothersRevolution</image:title><image:caption>First: Josefa Esterlina Meza holds a photo of her murdered son Jonathan, 21, in her hands. 

Second: at a march organized by the Mothers of April in Managua, in September 2018, pro-Ortega forces fired two shots into the air and marchers, including this woman, feared the worst and dove to the ground. Nobody was hurt and afterwards fellow protestors helped people get up. 

Third: Jaqueline del Socorro Valdivia Aguilar, the mother of Christopher Nahiroby, 19, a student illegally detained by President Daniel Ortega's forces. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/2-1-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2 (1) 2</image:title><image:caption>Lizeth Dávila, 39, holds a photo of her murdered son Álvaro, 15, in her hands. All photos by &lt;a href="https://jackymuniello.com/"&gt;Jacky Muniello&lt;/a&gt;. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-23T16:53:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2019/12/17/my-spoon-your-bullet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/paro_nacional_colombia_svillegas-30.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paro_Nacional_Colombia_SVillegas-30</image:title><image:caption>Sebastián Villegas</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/paro_nacional_colombia_svillegas-64-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paro_Nacional_Colombia_SVillegas-64-(1)</image:title><image:caption>[woman on left] Don't let your privilege lessen your sense of empathy [woman on right] We are also fighting for those who don't have a voice (Photo by Sebastián Villegas)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/paro_nacional_colombia_svillegas-50-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paro_Nacional_Colombia_SVillegas-50 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Only those who are forgotten die #WeAreAllDilan #MauroLivesAmongUs 11 months of impunity (Photo by Sebastián Villegas)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-23T16:52:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://longreads.com/2020/07/23/marmalade-a-very-british-obsession/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://longreadsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/gettyimages-502124497.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jar of marmalade</image:title><image:caption>Jar of homemade marmalade. 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