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Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Homes (L) and Martin Freeman as John Watson.
Arts, Culture & Media
Why is China obsessed with ‘Sherlock’?
People and relatives stand next to the coffin of a murdered Mexican reporter named Victor Baez, during his funeral in Mexico's Veracruz state on June 15, 2012.
Conflict & Justice
Mexican journalists lose a ‘formidable advocate’ with death of Mike O’Connor
The MV Akademik Shokalskiy stranded in ice off Antarctica on December 29. After a blizzard finally cleared the Russian ship's 52 passengers were airlifted to a nearby icebreaker.
Environment
Icebound Antarctic passengers airlifted to safety
Environment
The snow leopard, a Sochi Olympics symbol, is near extinction
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel "The Bulldozer" Sharon in Jerusalem August 9, 2005.
Global Politics
Controversial Israeli leader and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died
West Bromwich Albion's French striker Nicolas Anelka gestures as he celebrates scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match.
Sports
Two high-profile French athletes are in the spotlight for using an anti-semitic gesture
Author Jalal Al-e Ahmad
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Iran’s Hemingway’ visited Israel in 1963, and wrote about it
Children practice tae kwon do at an after school program in Cuidad Juárez, funded by the Merida Initiative.
Business, Economics and Jobs
How do you fight organized crime in Mexico? With small business loans and after-school programs
Displaced people gather inside a mosquito net tent as they flee from fighting between the South Sudanese army and rebels in Bor.
Conflict & Justice
The White Nile river is becoming a death-trap for people fleeing the killing in South Sudan
A Rwandan woman carries an umbrella for shade north of the capital Kigali.
Conflict & Justice
Who’s to blame when Rwanda’s exiled spy chief is found dead in South Africa?