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A narrow paved path lined with lush greenery, leading to thatched-roof huts surrounded by trees and people walking.
Lifestyle
Asia’s ‘cleanest village’ tries to find a balance between tourists and calm
7:38
Various pastries and sandwiches displayed on trays, including croissants, filled pastries, and seeded bread rolls with cheese.
Lifestyle
In Sweden, ‘fika’ is making time for coffee, sweets and the people you care about
5:15
A bakery display case featuring various cakes: a walnut cake with icing, a chocolate almond cake with a decorative edge, and a rectangular cake with white frosting and colorful sprinkles. Labels with descriptions are placed in front of the cakes.
Community
From pensions to pastries: Vienna café supports elderly workers
6:05
A cozy room with an open door and window, featuring a wooden chair with patterned cushions, a table covered with a white cloth, a painting on the wall, and a potted plant on the windowsill.
Lifestyle
Housing affordability around the world
5:41
A child's room shelf with pink patent leather shoes, a pink plaid tissue box, and a framed illustration. The illustration depicts teddy bears holding balloons with letters forming a name. In the foreground, there is a pale blue container and a white ceramic item, possibly a toy or decoration. The setting is playful and colorful, suggesting a nursery or child's room.
Lifestyle
International adoptions face hurdles, leaving little hope for many orphaned children
6:47
Colorful mural in an art gallery featuring a stylized crocodile with geometric patterns and vibrant colors, with additional artworks displayed in the background.
Arts, Culture & Media
How a Brazilian Indigenous group uses art to fight for survival
7:24
A lively scene in a dimly lit room with a smiling woman in a patterned dress dancing among a group of people. There are several people seated at tables, some of whom are smoking hookahs. The atmosphere is warm and social.
Culture
Turkey has become a growing hub for Iranian businesses and cultural spaces
7:45
Urban skyline with modern high-rise buildings and a tranquil body of water in the foreground.
DW
Finnish city of Oulu is European Capital of Culture for 2026
5:57
A waterway scene in a densely populated area with people in wooden canoes navigating between makeshift structures on stilts. The canoes carry various goods, and several people are visible standing or sitting around the area.
Development
Protests in Nigeria over demolition of Makoko — the ‘Venice of Africa’
7:15
An indoor market hall with American and Somali flags hanging from the ceiling. There's a banner for "Queen M&M Beauty Salon & Makeup Artist" featuring various hairstyle images. Mannequins dressed in traditional clothing and people are sitting at a table in the foreground.
Conflict & Justice
Somali community remains on edge in the Twin Cities amid ICE raids
7:06
A woman with curly hair working on a laptop at a table in a bright, open bakery setting.
DW
Skin For All website addresses various issues for different skin types
3:42
A female climber with braided hair is scaling a bouldering wall with colorful holds, wearing a black sleeveless top and shorts.
Sports
Pan-American climbing competition is a Latin American milestone
6:46
A group of people standing outside a building labeled 'Extra Space Storage,' with police presence and emergency lights illuminating the scene at night.
Violence
People in Portugal react to the shootings at MIT and Brown University
5:30
A display of intricately embroidered dresses, with a prominent red dress featuring detailed patterns, surrounded by other lighter-colored embroidered gowns, under the exhibit title 'The Red Dress.'
Arts, Culture & Media
Hundreds of people across dozens of countries worked on this single dress
4:40
A group of ambulances parked in a lot during twilight, with a few people standing nearby under streetlights.
Ukraine
A road race relay where hope is the baton
7:50
Illustration of a large hand holding a pencil and erasing part of a drawing depicting a crowd of people protesting.
Cybersecurity
The disappearance of Ekpar Asat
17:50
Cybersecurity
The curious case of UyghurEdit++
13:44
A small, remote settlement with a blue house and a red building on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by icy waters and mountains in the background, with icebergs floating in the sea.
Community
‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life
7:25
An illustration depicting a protest with people holding signs, including one that reads 'Millions of Uyghurs in' and another in a different script. A large hand erases part of the scene, symbolizing censorship or suppression.
Education
Silencing a kindergarten
17:44
Books
People are ‘open books’ at Copenhagen’s Human Library
6:45
Community
The favela couriers who put their community on the map in Brazil
4:04
Global Politics
Greenlanders largely want independence, but think it’ll be a long road to get there
8:20
Business, Economics and Jobs
Amid influx of tourists, Greenland’s capital sees strained infrastructure
6:41
Economics
A place where they haven’t raised the rent in 500 years
5:17
Diaspora
What happened to Chicago’s Japanese neighborhood?
9:55
Climate science and solutions
From car-free streets to cooling centers, locals confront Milan’s rising heat
6:27
DW
How a small community in Italy turned its home into a ‘bear smart’ town
5:01
Arts, Culture & Media
Deciphering ancient artifacts with a lost language used by women in Zambia
6:09
Sacred Nation
Evangelical churches flourish among Indigenous communities in Ecuador
6:20
Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: Finding privacy and solitude on a long journey across the globe
8:22
Sacred Nation
A rapper finds peace and a channel for his activism through hip-hop and Islam
7:31
Health & Medicine
Cuban medical missions face scrutiny amid allegations of forced labor
7:26
Conflict & Justice
After the bombs, Iranians struggle to rebuild and recover
5:39
Immigration
As El Salvador courts its exiles, some begin to return
4:56
Conflict & Justice
Iranians come together to help one another amid war
5:33
Culture
Once marginalized, Mexico City’s sonidero parties draw crowds across social divides
5:33
Syria
In Damascus, stand-up comedians test the limits under a new government
6:08
Sacred Spaces
The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past
8:56
Climate Change
Community, conversation, music: How people are tackling eco-anxiety around the world
7:31
Refugees
Bhutanese refugees stuck in Nepal remain in limbo
6:03
Arts, Culture & Media
Astropical band fuses electronic music with Caribbean rhythms in an ‘optimistic’ album that ‘takes you to beach’
7:42
Conflict & Justice
‘Nowhere is safe’: The teenage guitarists who fled Afghanistan — and are now in limbo
6:06
Obituary
The life and legacy of Pope Francis
8:59
Sports
Canadian runner to retrace impressive family history at Boston Marathon
5:27
Sacred Spaces
For more than a century, a synagogue known as the ‘Carnegie Hall of Brooklyn’ has been home to the US’ greatest cantors
5:35
Borders
In Mexican border cities, the migrants are gone
4:00
Environment
Chemical stench, green in color: Urban runoff is not just rain, Tijuana community says
11:41
Development
Bringing history back to life: How Iranians are reviving old homes into cultural gems
5:35
Health & Medicine
Ghana battles deadly meningitis outbreak amid shrinking foreign aid and health system struggles
8:16
Global Politics
Why this minority group in Moldova is so resistant to the country’s shift toward the EU
5:22
Sacred Nation
Crimean Tatars mark Ramadan while in exile from the Crimean Peninsula
5:50
Japan in Focus
Japan’s aging population is pushing shrinking cities to grapple with a new reality
4:17
Immigration
San Diego residents keep watch for ICE agents
4:50
Business, Economics and Jobs
A tiny Himalayan nation’s big crypto gamble
5:25
Arts, Culture & Media
A father-daughter duo brings an ancient art form to Instagram
5:29
Immigration
Deportations create tensions between the US and Latin America, with China possibly benefiting from the situation
4:49
Sacred Nation
New discoveries shed light on some of the earliest humans to settle in Taiwan
8:11
Israel-Hamas war
Many Palestinians in Gaza have no homes left to return to
5:39
Conflict & Justice
They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down.
6:56
Business, Finance & Economics
Traders in Ghana face uncertain future after world’s largest secondhand clothing hub razed in fire
7:54