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Which cold foods do people across the globe enjoy during sweltering summer months?

August 2, 2024Food

Our reporters serve up samples of the food and drink people enjoy across the globe when the weather heats up.

Makaa or charcoal is often used in cooking methods in Kenya and other countries in Africa.

The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide

May 16, 2024Energy

Lungs of stone: How Silica has sickened a generation of quartz cutters

April 9, 2024Health & Medicine

The back of a group of students in black gowns and graduation caps.

The World’s 2024 education special: The price of higher ed

March 26, 2024The price of higher ed

Image from a poster depicting a toucan at the new exhibition, "Imaginary Amazon," at the University of San Diego, featuring works by contemporary artists, many of them Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon.

‘Imaginary Amazon’ exhibition counters negative stereotypes through contemporary art

March 22, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

Haiti's annual PapJazz Festival brings together local and international audiences for rich and diverse musical experiences.

‘It’s an act of resistance’: Haiti’s jazz festival opens in Port-au-Prince despite security challenges

January 25, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

This week, jazz fans in Haiti will once again gather for the 17th annual PapJazz Festival. The event draws enthusiasts from across the island, as well as international jazz aficionados. Festival organizer Milena Sandler says the gathering in Port-au-Prince is “an act of resistance” amid security and economic challenges in Haiti.

Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler, co-hosts, "The World."

The World adds co-host to public radio’s longest-running global news program

January 12, 2024Media

Carolyn Beeler joins Marco Werman at the helm of the daily global news program from GBH and PRX.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are seen in tents in town of Khan Younis, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

LISTEN: Voices from across the globe as the Israel-Hamas war continues to unfold

December 8, 2023Israel-Hamas war

The Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7 with deadly attacks by Hamas militants who targeted towns, farming communities and a music festival near the Gaza border. The World has been in conversation with people on the ground, experts and other observers since the conflict began. Read and listen to their responses below.

A food writer celebrates the tastes of her hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

November 16, 2023Food

New York Times food writer Yewande Komolafe grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. When she moved to the US in her late teens, she recreated her favorite dishes by memory. Now she celebrates her home town’s cuisine in her new book: “My Everyday Lagos: Nigerian Cooking at Home and in the Diaspora.” Host Marco Werman speaks to Komolafe about what inspired her book.

A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

October 20, 2023Israel-Hamas war

The Middle East has seen decades of unrest, much of it stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The current Israel-Hamas war is the latest outbreak of violence that threatens lasting peace across the region and the globe. The World has compiled a timeline of key events in the conflict.