Kenny Sokan

Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.

Kenny Sokan was co-op student at PRI's The World for the winter 2016 semester.

The feet of a Tarahumara girl are seen in Guachochi November 30, 2011.

Mexico's indigenous Raramuri have been suffering at the hands of narcos for decades

"They're not all ultra-marathon runners. They're exceptionally strong and in great physical condition, but that doesn't mean they're physically ready to put on a 100-lb. pack and hike across extreme desert that they've never seen before in their life, facing unknown dangers."

Mexico's indigenous Raramuri have been suffering at the hands of narcos for decades
Icelandic band Kaleo.

Icelandic band Kaleo is taking the music world by storm

Icelandic band Kaleo is taking the music world by storm
John Cho attends the premiere of "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" in Los Angeles April 17, 2008.

#StarringJohnCho: Fed up with Hollywood's whitewashing, one photoshop guru is recreating movie posters

#StarringJohnCho: Fed up with Hollywood's whitewashing, one photoshop guru is recreating movie posters
BBC World Service presenter Nkem Ifejika.

Nkem Ifejika explains why he stopped anglicizing his name

Nkem Ifejika explains why he stopped anglicizing his name
Grande Ronde River in Oregon.

How trade shaped an Amerindian Creole in the Pacific Northwest

How trade shaped an Amerindian Creole in the Pacific Northwest
Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman is seen in a picture from the Library of Congress taken photographer H.B. Lindsley between 1860 and 1870.

Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario

After the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed the capture and return of slaves from states and territories in the US even where slavery was outlawed, Tubman began bringing slaves to Canada. On many occasions, Tubman brought runaway slaves to a church called Salem Chapel in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Harriet Tubman and her connection to a small church in Ontario
Mokoomba performing at 2016 Africa Now showcase in Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Mathias Muzaza is the lead singer.

Zimbabwean band Mokoomba gives a historical performance at the Apollo Theatre

The band’s music incorporates rap, ska, soukous and Afro-Cuban tunes with their own traditional music. They sing in the Tonga language, which a majority of Zimbabweans don’t understand because they belong to the dominant Shoba ethnic group or Ndebele minority.

Zimbabwean band Mokoomba gives a historical performance at the Apollo Theatre
"Out the Box," done for Red Bull's One Upon A Town project, Kachelhoffer, Western Cape, South Africa 2015.

Here are three African street artists you should know

These three artists are working to get the continent's graffiti community more visibility.

Here are three African street artists you should know
In 1888 Katz's Deli was the first Jewish American delicatessen to open in New York.

Pastrami on rye: A full-length history of the Jewish deli

“If you think about 'Fiddler on the Roof' for example, there’s no scene where Tevye and his family are sitting around eating pastrami sandwiches,” says Merwin. “This was like the caviar of eastern European Jewish life.”

Pastrami on rye: A full-length history of the Jewish deli
Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad flash victory signs and carry a Syrian national flag on the edge of the historic city of Palmyra in Homs Governorate, in this handout picture provided by SANA on March 26, 2016.

Syria recaptures the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS

Some of the city's archaeological gems suffered serious damage under ISIS's 10-month grip.

Syria recaptures the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS
"The exhibit is a metaphor: By donating your flash drive and plugging it into Kim Jong-un’s face, you are helping to silence his propaganda machine by giving the North Korean people a window to the outside world."

Fighting North Korea's dictatorship through flash drives

“Our goals are two things. Number one to get more information into North Korea. Number two, to raise awareness to the fact that there’s not going to be a military solution to the North Korean dictatorship, and there’s not going to be a systematic one. It’s going to be a people power one. It's going to be information and education."

Fighting North Korea's dictatorship through flash drives
Keystone Marker in Intercourse, Pennsylvania

Wait, you're from where? 11 towns and cities with suggestive names.

America is full of suggestive and dirty-sounding place names, some of which were created before certain words had sexual connotations behind them. And some sound funny because of a difference in language.

Wait, you're from where? 11 towns and cities with suggestive names.
Girl drenched in water

This isn't a photo. It's an oil painting by a Nigerian artist who hopes his works will draw attention to African arts.

Olumide Oresegun says his enchanting, life-like work has been shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media since he posted some photos of it, and he wants people to know there is realism in Africa.

This isn't a photo. It's an oil painting by a Nigerian artist who hopes his works will draw attention to African arts.
Shazia Mirza

They say laughter is the best medicine. Shazia Mirza is using it as a weapon against ISIS.

“I do talk about the repression and the repressive culture and how, you know, when teenagers rebel, they do crazy things. And I talk about, in particular, women going over to join ISIS and why they’re going. And I say it has nothing to do with religion, and I say it has nothing to do with politics.”

They say laughter is the best medicine. Shazia Mirza is using it as a weapon against ISIS.
Image from 'Sarah: The Suppressed Anger of the Pakistani Obedient Daughter'

An obedient daughter? Pakistani author acts out frustrations in graphic novel.

Through colorful illustrations and humor, in a story that transcends oceans and borders, Tariq entertainingly comments on the grievances and struggles of young girls and women facing patriarhal suppression.

An obedient daughter? Pakistani author acts out frustrations in graphic novel.