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Night view of Hong Kong skyline with brightly lit skyscrapers and their reflections shimmering on the water, including a ferris wheel on the right side.
Economics
Inside China’s plan to create a new super-metropolis
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A traditional café interior with several men seated around wooden tables, surrounded by walls adorned with framed photographs and cultural decorations.
Culture
An afternoon at the iconic Martyrs’ Café in Baghdad
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Immigration
As El Salvador courts its exiles, some begin to return
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Arts, Culture & Media
Germany’s culture war over animal welfare 
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Israel-Hamas war
University students across the globe protest the Israel-Hamas war 
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In front of a floor-to-ceiling glass door in the living room of Najannguac Dalgård Christensen, necklaces with amulets carved out of bone and seal claws dangle from a coat hanger.
Lifestyle & Belief
Healing old wounds: The revival of Greenlandic Inuit tattoos in Denmark
rubble pile
Ukraine
The environmental cost of war in Ukraine
man showing picture
Conflict & Justice
Palestinians celebrate a new generation of West Bank militants 
a girl in a classroom
Afghanistan
‘We are erased’: The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
busy market
West African countries adopt new strategies to encourage COVID-19 vaccination  
woman walking through courtroom hallway
Justice
WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to 9 years in prison in Russia. How likely is a prisoner swap?
a soldier in front of a prison
Military
Turkey eyes a new military operation in northern Syria, leaving people in the area on edge
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as French President Emmanuel Macron, looks on before a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
Many Germans fear ‘active participation in war’ as country increases military aid to Ukraine
Internally displaced people form a line at a food distribution center at a camp for displaced people in Juba, South Sudan.
Displacement
Amid calls for reconciliation in South Sudan, displaced people remain in limbo
man and sheep
Ukraine
In southern Romania, villagers are uneasy about a NATO missile defense system in its backyard
Ngong Hills, Ngong, Kenya
Kenyan environmentalists protest proposed forest bill amendments
People pay tribute in front of a portrait of Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer placed on a decorated podium in Kolkata, India, Feb. 7, 2022. 
Music
‘She had an aura’: The world mourns late Indian songstress Lata Mangeshkar
In this photo provided by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, greets US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry during the Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 25, 2021.
Climate Change
Oil giant Saudi Arabia says it wants to get to net-zero emissions by 2060. But critics question its roadmap.
A medical worker administers a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination center in Gostinny Dvor, a huge exhibition place in Moscow, Russia.
COVID-19
Russia tests vaccine science by combining Sputnik and Astrazeneca in new trial
A crowd of people are shown being pushed back by a row of black helmet-clad police officials.
Top of The World
Tunisia’s president fires PM and suspends parliament
Several tall lamp posts are shown with an arched stone gate with fencing and barbed wire.
Top of The World
US pulls out of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan
Four caskets are covered with the Canadian flag of red and white as mourners look on.
Extremism
For the first time, Canada applies terrorism charges to acts of Islamophobia
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Filipinos hesitant about getting COVID jab after dengue fever vaccine debacle
A sole woman waits in an empty movie theater-turned vaccination hub for her vaccine at a mall
COVID-19
Vaccine hesitancy: A nationwide challenge in the Philippines
Huge green pipes on sandy ground against a dark blue sky
The Big Fix
Latin American and Caribbean countries use volcanic landscapes to tap geothermal energy
US Black Hawk military helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2021.
Refugees
Afghans who fled to Turkey are worried — and hopeful — about the prospect of peace at home
A 91-year-old white woman with gray hair, wearing glasses and a pink top, sits on a sofa and reads a newsletter.
COVID-19
A toddler’s newsletter inspires joy for isolated seniors in Toronto
Army captain in scrubs administers COVID-19 vaccine to man in black shirt
Medicine
The quest for a universal coronavirus vaccine
Women look out of a crowded bus traveling from the outskirts of Beijing.
Violence
Putting China’s domestic violence law into practice is an uphill battle
A man in a yellow shirt helps fix the bike of an elder leaning over bike wearing casual clothes and cap
Community
Oakland’s Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes
A man wearing a blue shirt and black cap gets a vaccine shot by a health care worker.
COVID-19
Grassroots organizations tackle vaccine misinformation in farmworker communities
A medical worker gives a shot of the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine to a woman during the vaccination in Belgrade, Serbia, Feb. 17, 2021. 
COVID-19
Serbia lets people choose their COVID-19 vaccine. Some call it a ‘political ballot.’
A delivery driver wearing a mask organizes food packages outside.
COVID-19
Wary of coronavirus vaccines, some Chinese citizens are ‘opting out’ 
On the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of Germany's largest publications, 185 actors have come out as LGBTQ. 
LGBTQ
Germany’s LGBTQ actors come out publicly en masse to fight discrimination 
Wuhan Prison is a dive bar that holds about 200 people in Wuhan, China.
Music
Wuhan — China’s punk capital — slowly returns to its indie music scene
This forest in a region of Austria known as the wood quarter is managed according to “close-to-nature” practices, or Pro Silva standards.
Austria’s ‘close-to-nature’ forests may hold secrets to fire prevention
For the last year, construction workers have passed by Darby Wells en route to the border to build the Trump administration’s 30-foot, steel bollard wall. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to stop the wall’s construction, but there are still big questio
Borders
Under a Biden presidency, what will become of Trump’s border wall? 
The harbor of Nuuk, Greenland's capital.
China’s Arctic ambitions have revived US interest in the region
A large, beige building
Foreign policy
US Embassy closure in Iraq would hand Tehran a ‘strategic victory,’ says former Iraqi amb to UN
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
Kazakhs protest what they see as excessive expansion of Chinese influence in Kazakhstan, including new Silk Road investments, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dec. 2019.
On China's New Silk Road
China’s new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence.
"Ífé" film features two women in love in Nigeria. 
LGBTQ
Nigeria’s ‘Ìfé’ film reclaims love at the center of LGBTQ stories
People walk past a Wechat Pay sign at the Tencent company headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug. 7, 2020.
US-China relations
WeChat users in the US rankled by potential ban on the app
People attend a bilingual health care town hall sponsored by local organizations that work in Latino voter outreach, disability advocacy and community health at the Ability360 Center in Phoenix, July 5, 2017. Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake were invit
Every 30 Seconds
As Election Day nears, it’s not just about winning the ‘Latino vote.’ It’s about making a real connection.
Black Lives Matter protest
Identity
A global push for racial justice in the climate movement
A screenshot from Liberian Italian artist Karima 2G's 2014 music video, "Bunga Bunga," in which she raps about racism and objectification of women.
Protest
This Liberian Italian beatmaker uses music to tackle racism in Italy
A group walks under a large rainbow flag.
LGBTQ
Can a star-studded, global Pride parade online replace the real thing?
A woman wearing yellow blouse looks at images of men on a computer screen
Justice
A 26-year manhunt for Rwandan genocide fugitive ends
Joe Biden y Bernie Sanders speak at a debate.
Every 30 Seconds
¿Podrá Biden lograr que los latinos voten? Los defensores de la migración no están seguros.
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Nevada, on Feb. 19, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren’t sure.
US President Donald Trump is shown hiolding a paper in his hand and covering his face.
Top of The World
California coronavirus patient wasn’t tested for days; Sectarian violence in India; Duck, duck, bio weapon?
People in athletic clothes warm up together on a sidewalk.
Sports
This Palestinian running group in Jerusalem fights for the ‘right to movement’ 
A large bus is shown with people sitting and wearing face masks.
COVID-19
What we know about the new coronavirus outbreak and how to respond
Pink exterior of a building
Culture
Beloved Beijing bookstore closes as part of urban renewal campaign 
Okyeame Ampadu, an 80-year-old farmer in the Volta Region of Ghana
Growing Food, Sowing Trouble
Africa’s producing more fertilizer, but it’s still not getting to all farmers
A view of Murmansk with a smoke stack and other buildings as the sun rises.
Polar
The sun sometimes rises: How one Russian city makes it through the polar night
US Capitol police officers are shown in shadow standing in front of a brightly lit TV monitor displaying several sentences of text related to US President Donald Trump's alleged impeachable offenses.
How do you define impeachable behavior?
Full Episode
Women hold a coffin prop during a demonstration to protest femicide and violence against women in Paris.
Women & Gender
The ‘forgotten victims’ of femicide in France: Women over 65
Congolese man in blue suit holds a basketball
Health & Medicine
Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is on a mission to beat Ebola in DR Congo
A woman is shown standing behind three cats in cages below a wooden sign that says, "Woof fest."
Generation Putin
Russia’s volunteers take on the state — and its workload