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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, walk in the Bajed Kadal refugee camp southwest of Dohuk province on August 15, 2014.
Belief
Yazidis in America are consumed by the fate of their relatives in Iraq
An immigration officer wears a face mask at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja August 11, 2014.
Health
Ebola’s spread to Nigeria presents a whole new level of risk
Jiyayi Suleyman, 26, is Nashville’s first Kurdish American police officer. “I took this job to bridge the gap between not only the Kurdish community but the Muslim community with the police department,” Suleyman says. “I wanted to be that one guy that mak
Culture
Take a ride-along with Nashville’s first Kurdish American cop
French youth take part in a protest against the government's handling of recent urban unrest in France, at Place Saint Michel in Paris, November 16, 2005.
Justice
In France, Ferguson protests stir memories of suburban riots
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for August 15, 2014
Palestinian negotiators
Conflict
In Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, no one wants to be seen taking the first step
A police officer aims his weapon while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, in Ferguson, on Wednesday.
Justice
US veteran says police response in Ferguson ‘isn’t the country we fought to protect’
A teacher in Kolkata conducts a lesson during a particularly bad power outage that swept across India in July, 2012.
Development
In India, reliable electricity is no guarantee
An Instagram photo of a great white shark by Michael Muller.
Environment
Shark photographer Michael Muller goes uncaged to capture the best photos
Justice
More and more migrants are being tried as criminals in American courts