The World

In 2022, the Irish government launched a basic income scheme for artists. It randomly selected 2,000 artists and paid them around $1,500 a month, so they could concentrate on their creative work. Now the government is planning to make the program permanent.

When Venezuela’s economy collapsed, millions fled to neighboring countries — and Latin America responded with some of the world’s most ambitious, humane migration policies. But that era of openness is fading, and the region now faces a critical choice about the future of its migrants.

Known for its quaint and classy signage on storefronts and hotels, France is experiencing a renaissance of this hand-painted technique, which dates back to the early 19th century.

As Turkey looks ahead to its next presidential election in 2028, critics of the current leadership say political repression is getting worse.

In 2009, Swiss photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer set out to put faces to the environmental damage caused by rising global temperatures. Some 16 years later, the photographer-couple has followed up with “DISPLACED,” a portrait series examining the lives of those forced to move due to climate change. Host Marco Werman speaks to Braschler and Fischer about the people at the center of their project.