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The Mexican polka-influenced band, Polka Madre.
Geo Quiz
The music of this European region is unexpectedly popular in Mexico
Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' rights to education, and Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
Global Politics
Meet the Nobel Peace Prize winner you don’t know
US Marines have their temperatures taken upon arrival at Roberts International airport outside Monrovia, Liberia, on October 9, 2014.
Health
America’s ambassador in Liberia says progress must be quicker on Ebola
Palestinian residents in front of the Baydoun home recently occupied by Israelis.
Conflict
Who really owns the Israeli-occupied homes in East Jerusalem?
The US Coast Guard intercepted a vessel carrying Cuban migrants en route to Florida this summer. New York Times reporter Frances Robles recently reported a story that highlights a slow but steady increase in the number of Cubans trying to enter the US.
Justice
Long, dangerous journeys aren’t stopping Cubans from trying to come to the US
Yeonmi Park with her family in North Korea
Justice
She risked her life to defect from North Korea — now she wants the world to hear her story
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for October 10, 2014
Many protesters say their pro-democracy campaign is neither a revolution nor about "defeating" Beijing. But for Hong Kongers, issues of national identity and their relationship with China are still complicated.
Hong Kongers battle for their identity as well as their political rights
The Igorrotes sitting around a campfire, and playing up for the camera, at Coney Island in the summer of 1905.
Books
A tale of sex, greed and Filipinos on Coney Island
Competitors try to get their birds to sing by playing bird calls on their phones. They compete for the bird with the longest song.
Culture
Turks flout the law to compete in birdsong competitions
Julius Kacinskis outside of “Peacemaker,” the pop-up shop on East 20th Street in Manhattan where he sells Vladimir Putin t-shirts that he designed. “People portray Putin as a mean guy,” Kacinskis says, “so we gotta educate people."
Lifestyle
Even if you don’t like Vladimir Putin, you’re welcome at the store where he’s Superman
Indian cartoonist Kanika Mishra next to her cartoon creation, Karnika Kahen.
Global Politics
India’s first cartoon everywoman is the product of a female cartoonist who stood up to her own critics