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The Best Episodes of ARTE Reportage Season 28

Every episode of ARTE Reportage Season 28 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of ARTE Reportage Season 28!

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    ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 1 - Venezuela: Pro-Maduro and now Trump? / Somalia: ISIS continues to kill
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    #1 - Venezuela: Pro-Maduro and now Trump? / Somalia: ISIS continues to kill

    S28:E1

    (1) Venezuela: Following the arrest of Nicolás Maduro by the US military and his indictment on charges of "narco-terrorism," the report shows his supporters and their reactions. (2) Somalia: After its failures in Iraq and Syria, the terrorist group Islamic State strengthened its forces on other continents, especially in Africa. Somalia is its stronghold.

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  2. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 2 - USA: The Anti-Vaccine Fever / Mexico-USA: When the Money Runs Out
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    #2 - USA: The Anti-Vaccine Fever / Mexico-USA: When the Money Runs Out

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    (1) Donald Trump's Health Secretary and vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. sealed his alliance with him during the 2024 election campaign with the founding of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement. (2) Since taking office a year ago, Donald Trump has deported over 100,000 Mexicans. This has had economic repercussions for many Mexican villages.

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  3. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 3 - Mariupol, the stolen identity / Gaza: In search of the missing
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    #3 - Mariupol, the stolen identity / Gaza: In search of the missing

    S28:E3

    (1) Russia-Ukraine: The city of Mariupol in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Donbas is being Russified by the occupiers. The Ukrainian heritage is to be eradicated. (2) Gaza: Desperate relatives are searching for their missing family members. Since October 7, 2023, the fate of more than 11,000 people remains uncertain.

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  4. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 4 - Iran Special
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    #4 - Iran Special

    S28:E4

    (1) Ten Days of Resistance: Journalist Kajin Azadi traveled to Iran in early January and returned with exclusive photos. His travelogue is a chronicle from the heart of the revolt, from Tehran to the north of the country. (2) No More Silence: Since the end of 2025, the population has once again been rising up against the rule of the mullahs. The authorities are responding with countless arrests, enforced disappearances, and summary trials.

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  5. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 5 - Sudan: A narrow escape from death / Russia: Generation Z
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    #5 - Sudan: A narrow escape from death / Russia: Generation Z

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    (1) Sudan: In El Fasher in Darfur, FSR militias killed 60,000 inhabitants in three days. The world's worst humanitarian crisis is simmering, triggered by a forgotten conflict. (2) Russia: Networked and under the yoke of propaganda, Russian youth wavers between patriotism and apathy.

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  6. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 6 - China - Philippines: The Battle for the Sea / Japan: Yakuza Gangsters in Retirement
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    #6 - China - Philippines: The Battle for the Sea / Japan: Yakuza Gangsters in Retirement

    S28:E6

    (1) China - Philippines: A bitter struggle is underway at sea for every island and reef in the South China Sea, with warships on a collision course, shipwrecks, and likely soon, fatalities. (2) Japan: In Tokyo, a 74-year-old retired Yakuza founded a softball team to help young criminals leave organized crime.

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  7. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 7 - Ukraine: Survival in a shelter / India: Recruits for Putin's war
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    #7 - Ukraine: Survival in a shelter / India: Recruits for Putin's war

    S28:E7

    (1) Ukraine: February 24, 2026, marks four years since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin had not anticipated the fierce resistance from Ukraine. (2) India: They wanted to find well-paid work, but ended up in war: Around 20,000 foreigners fought under the Russian flag in Ukraine.

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  8. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 8 - USA: Minneapolis in resistance / Gaza: The horror of Israeli prisons
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    #8 - USA: Minneapolis in resistance / Gaza: The horror of Israeli prisons

    S28:E8

    (1) USA: The killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by ICE officers acted as a brutal wake-up call for many people in Minneapolis. (2) Gaza: The report provides insight into Israeli prisons where Palestinians are held in inhumane conditions.

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  9. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 9 - Iran: The First Days of This War / India - China: Revenge for Girls
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    #9 - Iran: The First Days of This War / India - China: Revenge for Girls

    S28:E9

    (1) Iran: In the first days of this war, many Iranians cheered, some even openly in the streets. Those loyal to the mullah regime, however, protested against the attack by the US and Israel. (2) India - China: For decades, parents in India and China only wanted sons; girls were aborted, abandoned, or sold. This has been changing for some time now.

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  10. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 10 - Colombia: The return of the child killers / Argentina: Milei and the river on borrowed time
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    #10 - Colombia: The return of the child killers / Argentina: Milei and the river on borrowed time

    S28:E10

    (1) Colombia: Drug cartels are increasingly recruiting minors as contract killers. In 2024, more than 200 minors stood trial for murder in Colombia. (2) Argentina: Budget cuts and staff reductions under President Milei are jeopardizing the rescue of the Riachuelo River in Buenos Aires.

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  11. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 11 - Iran: In the shadow of war / Lebanon: The end of Hezbollah?
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    #11 - Iran: In the shadow of war / Lebanon: The end of Hezbollah?

    S28:E11

    (1) Iran: ARTE reporters secretly film the daily lives of people in war: In Tehran, a young woman reflects on her future and that of her country. (2) Lebanon: Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Shiite movement felt like "orphans" when their leader Nasrallah was killed in Israeli airstrikes.

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  12. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 12 - Ukraine: Chernobyl at war / Chile: Drought due to data centers
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    #12 - Ukraine: Chernobyl at war / Chile: Drought due to data centers

    S28:E12

    (1) Ukraine: Since 1986, the name Chernobyl has been a reminder of the nuclear reactor explosion. Today, it stands beneath a concrete sarcophagus – threatened by Russian drones. (2) Chile: The cooling systems of data centers are extracting so much water that the swamps near Santiago are drying up, the groundwater level is dropping, and farmers are being forced to emigrate.

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  13. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 13 - Venezuela: Maduro was followed by a deal / Lebanon: Fleeing the bombs again / Lebanon: Back to the ruins
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    #13 - Venezuela: Maduro was followed by a deal / Lebanon: Fleeing the bombs again / Lebanon: Back to the ruins

    S28:E13

    (1) Venezuela: The population finds hope under Maduro's successor, Delcy Rodriguez, tolerated by the US. (2) Lebanon: Since the start of the war on March 2, 2026, a quarter of the Lebanese population has fled. (3) Lebanon: Nahida Choobi and her family lived as displaced persons for a year and a half. When the family returned, their village lay in ruins.

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  14. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 14 - Russia: Putin wants children / Syria: The stolen children
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    #14 - Russia: Putin wants children / Syria: The stolen children

    S28:E14

    (1) Russia: A central tenet of Putin's domestic policy is to defend traditional values ​​against the corrupt West. This includes promoting families and striving for high birth rates. (2) Syria: For years, the Assad regime's secret service systematically made thousands of opposition children disappear.

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  15. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 15 - Brazil: Mothers against police violence / Iraq: Are Christians returning home to Mosul?
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    #15 - Brazil: Mothers against police violence / Iraq: Are Christians returning home to Mosul?

    S28:E15

    (1) Brazil: Across Brazil, 6,000 people die every year during police operations; most are young Black men from the slums. (2) Iraq: In Mosul, the church bells are ringing again. The Al-Tahira and Mar Toma churches, icons of Eastern Christianity that had been destroyed by ISIS, have been restored and reopened.

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  16. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 16 - Cuba: Island in Shock / Argentina: Save the Condor
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    #16 - Cuba: Island in Shock / Argentina: Save the Condor

    S28:E16

    (1) Cuba: With the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro by the US, Cuba lost an ally and thus also the supply of Venezuelan oil, which covered half of its needs. (2) Argentina: The Andean condor has been on the Red List of Threatened Species since 2020. Argentine biologist Luis Jácome is trying to save it.

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  17. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 17 - Japan: Toxic Water from Fukushima / Bhutan: Danger in the Green Kingdom
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    #17 - Japan: Toxic Water from Fukushima / Bhutan: Danger in the Green Kingdom

    S28:E17

    (1) Japan: A tsunami warning was enough to revive the trauma of March 11, 2011, and the fear of another meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (2) Bhutan: Along with Panama and Suriname, it is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon balance. But now, its glacial lakes are threatening to overflow as a consequence of climate change.

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  18. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 18 - Ukraine: Homecoming from Russian Captivity / Russia: The Returnees
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    #18 - Ukraine: Homecoming from Russian Captivity / Russia: The Returnees

    S28:E18

    (1) Ukraine: Anastasia’s father, Oleksandr, spent nearly three years as a prisoner of war in Russia. Thanks to a prisoner exchange, he finally returns home in 2025. Eight months later, he dies of a heart attack. (2) Russia: Hundreds of thousands of Russians have been fighting in Ukraine since February 2022. People who have spent a long time at war are changed forever.

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  19. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 19 - Greenland: Proud to be Inuit / Cambodia: Blood stains their bricks
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    #19 - Greenland: Proud to be Inuit / Cambodia: Blood stains their bricks

    S28:E19

    (1) Greenland: Donald Trump wants to annex Greenland for the USA, but they are resisting: The peaceful struggle of Inuit women for their identity. (2) Cambodia: Brick factories fuel Cambodia's construction boom. As a result, workers held in debt bondage toil day and night in these brick factories.

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  20. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 20 - Kyrgyzstan: Authoritarianism instead of democracy / Colombia: Children as contract killers
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    #20 - Kyrgyzstan: Authoritarianism instead of democracy / Colombia: Children as contract killers

    S28:E20

    (1) Kyrgyzstan: Driven by fear, Jama Bekten organized what may be the last demonstration – only a few women gathered to defend their rights in a state undergoing an authoritarian transformation. (2) Colombia: Drug cartels are increasingly recruiting minors as contract killers. In 2024, more than 200 minors stood trial for murder in Colombia.

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  21. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 21 - Ukraine: Civilians in Drone Hell / Kazakhstan: Greetings from Baikonur
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    #21 - Ukraine: Civilians in Drone Hell / Kazakhstan: Greetings from Baikonur

    S28:E21

    (1) Ukraine: In April 2026, reporter Edward Kaprov lived for two weeks with the remaining residents of Kherson – under daily attack from Russian drones. (2) Kazakhstan: In the vast halls of the cosmodrome, old Soviet rockets and spacecraft serve as reminders of the race to the moon between the USA and the Soviet Union.

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  22. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 22 - Lebanon: The Children, the War and Me
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    #22 - Lebanon: The Children, the War and Me

    S28:E22

    "As a journalist, I tell other people's stories. For the first time, I tell my own." Beirut, March 2026: As Israel launches a new military campaign in Lebanon, Lebanese filmmaker and journalist Wissam Charaf reflects on how decades of conflict shaped his childhood, family and life in this powerful first-person account.

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  23. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 23 - Mexico’s Cartels: An End to Impunity? / Libya: The Trap for Migrants
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    #23 - Mexico’s Cartels: An End to Impunity? / Libya: The Trap for Migrants

    S28:E23

    (1) Mexico’s Cartels: An End to Impunity?: On February 22, 2026, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes died during a Mexican Army operation supported by the US. Mexico and the US aim to break the power of the cartels. (2) Libya: The Trap for Migrants: EU countries pay large sums of money to Libya so that its security forces intercept as many migrants heading toward the EU as possible, even though the methods used are controversial.

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  24. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 24 - West Bank: They are shooting at children / Lebanon: Fleeing the bombs once again
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    #24 - West Bank: They are shooting at children / Lebanon: Fleeing the bombs once again

    S28:E24

    (1) West Bank: Violence escalated in 2025: 58 minors were killed, a sad record. The Israeli army as well as the Israeli police do not wish to comment on the tragedies. (2) Lebanon: Nahida Choobi, Ahmad, and their children fled Naqoura once again. After bombardment and destruction, they fear they may never be able to return home.

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  25. ARTE Reportage Season 28 Episode 25 - Côte d’Ivoire: Healthcare System Under Pressure from Trump / Lebanon: Drug Users on the Front Line
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    #25 - Côte d’Ivoire: Healthcare System Under Pressure from Trump / Lebanon: Drug Users on the Front Line

    S28:E25

    (1) Côte d’Ivoire: Healthcare System Under Pressure from Trump – Since the Trump administration halted USAID funding, many NGOs in Côte d’Ivoire are no longer able to provide aid. (2) Lebanon: Drug Users on the Front Line – Massive airstrikes by the Israeli army rocked Beirut on April 8, 2026. Reporter Charbel Chérif filmed the aftermath of these attacks.

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Season 28 Ratings Summary

"Venezuela: Pro-Maduro and now Trump? / Somalia: ISIS continues to kill" is the best rated episode of "ARTE Reportage" season 28. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/10/2026. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "USA: The Anti-Vaccine Fever / Mexico-USA: When the Money Runs Out".