AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarIztapalapa: Mexico City's most densely populated suburb – in picturesverified_publisherThe GuardianMore than a third of people live in poverty in Iztapalapa, and many lack access to clean drinking water. Photographer Santiago Arau offers two very different views of this sprawling suburb
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarPrison players: 'Theatre gave me back my liberty, a job and a family I had lost'verified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterFor inmates at one of Mexico City’s notoriously overcrowded jails, performing drama is a way to regain self-dignity and break down the bars to the outside
AvatarThe GuardianAvatarAvatarUp in the air: Mexican pyramids as seen from a hot air balloon – in picturesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Megan Carpentier and Ben HicksFlying Pictures de México pilots hot air balloons over the ancient city of Teotihuacán, providing a new perspective of its pyramids
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarCan a slum built on a World Heritage Site in Mexico City have rights?verified_publisherThe Guardian - Megan CarpentierPoor urban planning prompted thousands of Mexico City residents to build their own neighbourhood ... on the ecologically protected Aztec heritage lands of Xochimilco. Now what?
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarMexico City on Instagram: from hidden heritage to traffic chaosverified_publisherThe Guardian - Francesca PerryFor our Mexico City live week, Instagrammers from the Mexican capital shared pictures of their favourite corners of the city – and our readers joined in. From DF’s food culture to its transport via the city’s walls, here are the highlights
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatar'We’ve become a mature city': residents' thoughts on Mexico's capitalverified_publisherThe Guardian - Francesca PerryFrom transport and gentrification to community initiatives, readers from Mexico City shared their stories and photos of life in the capital – and how it’s changing
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarThe best of Mexico City's photojournalism – in picturesverified_publisherThe GuardianThese images are taken from an exhibition of photojournalism at Mexico City’s new FotoMuseo Cuatro Caminos: all were all shot in the Mexican capital by some of the country’s leading photojournalists
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarMeet the architect who wants to return Mexico City to its ancient lakesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterAlberto Kalach explains why the solution to the capital’s future growth may lie with the pre-Hispanic civilisations who built with respect for the environment
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarFat city: the obesity crisis that threatens to overwhelm Mexico's capitalverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterA ‘sugar tax’ has been among strategies to tackle the issue nationwide, but the capital has a specific challenge: make residents less reluctant to exercise or risk a public health and economic catastrophe
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarA letter to Mexico City ... the home I rediscovered through the eyes of my sonverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterAt the end of our Mexico City live week, a reader has sent us a moving account of how her son helped her fall back in love with her home city, and country
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarThe Mexico City hackers using social gaming as a tool for goodverified_publisherThe Guardian - Guardian staff reporterA recent hackathon highlighted a quiet revolution taking place across the capital, where collaborative digital making may be a spur for social change
AvatarMike HerdAvatarAvatarMexico City's water crisis – from source to sewerverified_publisherThe Guardian - Jonathan WattsEach drop of water that passes through the Mexican capital tells a heroic, tragic, unfinished story of urban growth and human development. Over the course of a week, the Guardian follows this complex, costly trail