A group of Afghan teenage girls once found hope through music. They were then forced to escape Taliban rule and take refuge in Pakistan. Now, Pakistan wants to send them back.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, owners have been training their dogs to “tell” them what they want by mashing buttons with their paws to express words in various human languages. A UCSD study began to explore the practice further and now includes participants in dozens of countries around the world.

This year’s Canadian election takes place on Monday, and advance turnout has already broken records: More than 7 million people lined up to cast their ballots over the weekend. Just about every issue the candidates are focused on — from cost of living to quality health care — is shaped by Trump’s trade war and his threats to Canadian nationhood. 

As part of The World’s ongoing series The Big Fix, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Susanna Lidström, a researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, about the tension between the swell of interest in marine geoengineering and the lack of scientific consensus about its role as a climate solution.

How does one gauge public opinion in an authoritarian country, especially during war? This has been an ongoing debate among journalists, sociologists, researchers, and experts who study Russia. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports on their findings.