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Two players from Boston bruins and Montreal Canadiens hockey teams talk to each other on the ice
Montreal Canadiens superfans brace for historic record to be smashed
Album covers of some of the allbums from artists included in the end-of-year music playlist with recommendations from The World staff. Clockwise, startiing from the top left corner: Adrian Quesada's "Boleros Psicodélicos," Sillvana Estrada's "Marchita," V
Music
A musical journey around the globe 2022, a playlist
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
The Endurance, trapped in sea ice along the Weddell Sea.
Books
‘Pathways to possibility’: New book argues optimism is key to endurance through tough times
Venice’s Grand Canal was for centuries a thoroughfare for the global shipping trade on the ancient Silk Road.
On China's New Silk Road
Italy is caught in the middle of the EU’s tussle with its ‘systemic rival,’ China
A child wears a face mask
COVID-19
Semi-quarantined: Living with the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong
A black and white image of a newspaper titled "La Amérika"
Immigration Rewind
I’m an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.
Three men in suits stand with their heads bowed.
Commentary
Analysis: Trump’s reversal in Syria was a play to keep his base intact
A black and white photo of people going through immigration queues
Immigration
Cuccinelli’s ‘bootstraps’ line reflects historical amnesia of ‘public charge’
A Mayan temple is seen on a foggy morning.
Commentary
Mexico wants to run a tourist train through its Mayan heartland — should it?
a woman working in a factory in sri lanka
Conflict
Modern Slavery Act is having unintended consequences for women’s freedom in Sri Lanka
a migrant camp in the 1930s in the US
Immigration
The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly
Protesters stand outside court with sign that reads "Every person counts"
US politics
Why the Supreme Court asked for an explanation of the 2020 census citizenship question
Marco Werman walks across Red Square in Moscow. Behind him is the iconic St. Basil's Cathedral.
Generation Putin
Marco Werman: A Cold War baby visits Putin’s Russia
A flag announcing the IPO of Facebook flies next to the American flag outside the offices of JP Morgan in New York City, New York May 4, 2012.
Internet
With cryptocurrency launch, Facebook sets its path toward becoming an independent nation
Alex Morgan of the US celebrates scoring their twelfth goal with Megan Rapinoe and teammates.
Sports
‘I still get tweets to go back in the kitchen’ – the enduring power of sexism in sports media
A young woman writing on a notepad
Global Nation Education
I am from Hong Kong, not China
Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.
Identity
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
Protesters wa;l through the streets of a city carrying Russian flags and large signs written in Russian.
Global Politics
Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world
A woman's pregnant silhouette
The US adoption system discriminates against darker-skinned children
Donald Trump stands with his hands raised at the front of the House of Representatives. Behind him, Nancy Pelosi looks on.
Commentary: Trump’s immigration blame game
Screenshots of Facebook posts
Why I can’t quit Facebook: I want to click ‘love’ when I see refugees’ big milestones
A young woman in a hijab shows her phone screen to another young woman whose back is turned to the camera. On the phone is Donald Trump.
Immigration
Washington just spent a month in gridlock over the wall. Will Trump’s State of the Union speech change anything?
A huge banner of Bashar al-Assad.
Global Politics
Garbage collection in Syria is crucial to fighting ISIS
Two adults sit at the front of an elementary school classroom as children's heads fill the bottom of the frame.
These fourth graders penned climate change poetry inspired by our coverage
Police in riot gear lift a red tape to enter a crime scene
Commentary
Only a few terrorist groups achieve their goals, study finds
A room full of mostly elderly Asian residents of San Francisco's sit in a large room as they attend a talk on protecting themselves from immigration enforcement.
Commentary
What it’s like being a lawyer for Cambodian deportees
Several women sit outside a polling center against a wall wearing colorful textiles with a policewoman standing guard in front of them.
Commentary
Conflict in Cameroon is extracting a heavy toll on ordinary people
An illustration of small pieces of DNA at precise areas along a DNA strand
Commentary
The first genome edited babies are here. What happens next?
A large group of male migrants from Central America stand in line for food donations
Commentary
Why does the migrant ‘caravan’ exist? And how did it come to be?
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wears traditional red and white checkered scarf headdress.
Commentary
Saudi Arabia’s gathering storm over its erratic crown prince
brazilian supporters of president-elect jair bolsonaro
Commentary
Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers
A man throws a plastic water bottle into a dark gray sea
Commentary
This group uses the tide to send bottles of rice and contraband to North Korea
cows on a dairy farm in wisconsin
Commentary
How is ‘new NAFTA’ different? A trade expert explains
Trump meets with Jinping in China
Commentary
The next cold war? US-China trade war risks something worse
a boy scouts of america uniform
Commentary
Why the Russians might hack the Boy Scouts next
children in a classroom in Russia
Commentary
Russia is cracking down on minority languages — but a resistance movement is growing
A woman rides on the back of a motorbike, part of the GrabBike ride-hailing service, on a busy street in central Jakarta, Indonesia
Commentary
People with disabilities bear the brunt of turf wars between conventional and online taxis
ex president barack obama gives a eulogy at john mccain's funeral
Commentary
Honoring Annan, McCain and others: Why eulogies have blind spots
a screenshot of the BBC's pidgin language site
Commentary
Why West Africa’s pidgins deserve full recognition as official languages
Michael Cohen outside of court, looking stressed out
Commentary
How Donald Trump can survive Michael Cohen’s decision to turn on him
an "I voted" sticker
Commentary
Citizenship through the eyes of those who have lost the right to vote
a woman driver in saudi arabia
Commentary
Saudi women can drive, but are their voices being heard?
vinyl records lined up at a record shop
Commentary
Listen to some of the songs that topped the charts around the world in 1968
conspiracy theorist alex jones
Commentary
Audiences love the anger: Alex Jones, or someone like him, will be back
dogs at sunset in the surf
Commentary
The time of day when I used to think a dog could turn into a wolf
a 3D printed gun
Commentary
From gun kits to 3D printable guns, a short history of rogue gun-makers
a podium at the epa with nobody at it
Commentary
When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story
Mexicos president elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Commentary
Why Mexico’s historic elections may bring about big change
protesters march in washington, dc, to protest Trump's immigration policies
Commentary
Americans are not as divided or conservative on immigration as you might think
A group of Chiracahua Apaches on their first day at Carlisle Indian school, 1886.
Commentary
Indian Country remembers the trauma of children taken from their parents
a colorful mural of a man's face
Commentary
At the World Cup, Mo Salah is a force on the field — and for his Muslim faith
Devastation form Hurricane Irma in Sint Maarten.
Commentary
How corruption slows disaster recovery
Shoes at Puerto Rico's capitol building represent the more 4,645 deaths attributed to Hurricane Maria
Commentary
Why Puerto Rico’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
Nominee to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel arrives for meetings with Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 7, 2018.
Commentary
Haspel is Trump’s chance to reset his bad start with the CIA
a woman holds a child in front of destroyed building
Commentary
This Puerto Rican writer depicts the trauma Hurricane Maria left behind
A boy stands next to the remains of a missile as people line up for aid in the city of Douma in Damascus, Syria, on April 16, 2018.
Commentary
Syria, chemical weapons and the limits of international law
Arts, Culture & Media
Commentary: Politics and Entertainment
Arts, Culture & Media
Commentary: War Memorials
Arts, Culture & Media
Commentary: 2000 Election