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Lorenz Huber is a freelance videographer based in Istanbul and Zurich. Over the last ten years, he has developed himself from a corporate shooter in Switzerland to an international news and documentary cameraman and editor working with a range of different networks and newspapers like CNN International, the New York Times or Eurosport. 

While constantly working as a freelancer he also did a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communications at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. After finishing his studies in 2017 he spent half a year in Tajikistan to shoot reports for the Swiss Caritas and then relocated to China where he stayed from 2018 to 2021. In his three years in East Asia, he intensively covered topics like the suppression of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, the massive protests in Hong Kong, and of course the coronavirus. During this time Lorenz started to diversify from news coverage into documentaries, working together with the BBC's Panorama or with Arte on various projects.

In late 2021 Lorenz Huber returned to Europe and then after a quick stop in Buenos Aires set his focus on the Middle East. In the spring of 2022, he relocated to Istanbul where he started to work closely together with the CNN International Bureau, shooting news, features, and business for the network. This included the intense monthlong coverage of the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake, which struck in early 2023 and was the most deadly quake to hit the region in modern history. Together with the CNN team, Lorenz was also among the first foreign reporters to get access to the opposition-held region of Northwest Syria, where they reported on the impact of the disaster on the already war-torn Idlib province and its people.

After Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th of that same year and Israel started its devastating military campaign Lorenz joined the CNN operation that covered the war. The four months-long assignment included embedded trips into the Gaza Strip where he was reporting alongside correspondent Jeremy Diamond.

Our Report from Khan Yunis in the South of Gaza where the cemetery Bani Shuheila once was. It is one of many cemeteries that the Israel Defense Forces destroyed amid their military campaign in Gaza. This one, they claim, because of Hamas tunnels underneath. While we did see and enter tunnels in the vicinity the idf couldn’t show us any proof that there were tunnel shafts on the actual cemetery ground.

On assignment with the great Jeremy Diamond

If there is a place like hell it probably looks like Antakya after the earthquake. It was devastation. Pure destruction everywhere. Even the buildings still standing looked like an atomic bomb had just exploded there. A constant buzz of heavy machinery, sirens, and helicopters filled the air. Accompanied by a smell of dust and death. Diggers plowing through rubble. With a second man in a Hazzard suit sitting on the side. He is the one looking out for corpses. They carried bodybag after bodybag down the huge piles of rubble, reminding you of all the other thousands of corpses that were buried under the debris surrounding you wherever you went in this ghost town. Men, women, and children buried alive in their sleep.

On assignment with the amazing Jomana Karadsheh

Right after the earthquake hit in February 2023 aid started to pour into Turkey. But south of the border in Syria, the political situation made it nearly impossible for foreign search and rescue teams to reach the region, especially in the rebel-held northern part. The people there were in urgent need of heavy machinery to dig through the rubble but their cries for help weren't heard. When we visited Idlib province we found children digging for their parents with their bare hands.

On assignment with the amazing Jomana Karadsheh 

The Turkish border town of Kilis is home to many Syrian refugees who fled over the border when the war broke out. To help the often traumatized children cope with what they have lived through a group of Turkish Judoka started the initiative Judo for Peace in 2014. It doesn't only offer a distraction through sport but also teaches the way of Judo. For many children, it is a pillar to lean on in their uncertain lives. When the same region was hit by a devastating earthquake in February 2023 many of the members of Judo for Peace fell victim to it. Now they try to use Judo to cope with their own traumata and losses.

Munich's Streetboys football club is the first queer club to play in a regular German League. While constantly advocating for members of the LGBT community in sports they have overcome prejudice and animosity. Their stated goal is to reach a point where something like a queer football club is not needed anymore as it shouldn't matter if you are straight or queer when joining a club.

Kyrgyzstan has the highest concentration of cleft children. Children born with a cleft between the lip and throat. This leads to a number of health and social problems. The Confidence Foundation tries to alleviate the suffering caused by this disease and to give these children a smile again.

Our report from Al Bureij in Central Gaza where the Israel Defense Forces claim to have found an underground missile factory embedded within civilian structures. Since the IDF has taken control all civilian life has ceased in this area. Its population has fled South, and most buildings were either damaged or completely flattened.

On assignment with the great Jeremy Diamond

Yevgeny Savin is the current president of independent Russian football club Krasava. Savin has openly spoken out against Russia and the war in Ukraine, standing in solidarity with Ukranians. In this episode of The Power of Sport, he speaks about the importance of standing up for what you believe in.

India isn't necessarily famous for its success on the football pitch. The national sport is cricket. But on the backstreets and sandy pitches of Mumbai, something is simmering that could give new hope to India's football fanatics. Archi Patil is the face of India's street football movement. In his late teenage years, he quit his career as a professional footballer only to start a new one as a street footballer. His tricks brought him several world records and a win in "India's got Talent". A success that didn't stay unnoticed by big brands like Red Bull, Qatar Airways, or Manchester city who used the young trickster for advertising. Just like this Archi was flown into Qatar to perform his tricks in one of the country's new stadiums. A journey on which he would have never embarked if he stayed a regular football player in India.

Story by Antoine Védeilhé 

Edit by Thomas Blanc

The province of Xinjiang is home to the Uyghurs, a minority suppressed by the Chinese government. Experts estimate that more than a million Uyghurs have been detained in so-called reeducation camps where they are meant to become more "Chinese". It is said to be the biggest mass detention since World War II. Human rights groups have repeatedly warned of systematic torture and even sterilization of women in these camps. I've accompanied Sophia Yan, East Asia correspondent for the Telegraph on her trip to the region. During nine days we travelled to the sandy province to report on the current state of the crackdown. This is episode one of three: How the Chinese government systematically destroys the rich cultural and religious heritage of the Uyghurs. 

Episode two focuses on the internment camps and the new phase in China's crackdown on the Uyghurs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3_A2vRGqE&t=11s

And in episode three Sophia Yan speaks about what it's like to report from the region as a foreign journalist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLMSzh4ZZI&t=333

Photos of the vast protests in Hong Kong that erupted in 2019 after the announcement of an extradition bill with China. The protest soon became much more: A last and desperate cry for democracy from a city that was about to be swallowed by the power-hungry Chinese regime. 

In early 2020 COVID-19 kept most Shanghainese from leaving their houses. During the day the streets were nearly empty but at night the city turned into a ghost town.