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A Pakistani executioner and his job
Justice
An interview with an executioner: ‘I don’t feel anything’
A Bagdad resident plunges into the Tigris river, sandals and all.
Environment
As Mideast temperatures soar, Iraqis lament the ‘fiery August, that burns the nails on the doors’
Faithful react as Pope Francis arrives to lead his weekly audience at Vatican City in Rome on August 5, 2015.
Belief
Pope Francis wants priests to ease up on Catholics who’ve been divorced and remarried
A man stands at a bus stop in front of campaign posters advertising Buenos Aires' province governor and presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, ahead of August 9 party primary elections
Global Politics
In Argentina, primary elections are mandatory for everyone
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Medicine
Does China own its women’s eggs?
President Obama speaking at American University, selling the nuclear deal with Iran
Global Politics
Obama invokes Kennedy legacy to sell nuclear deal with Iran
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan smiles during a news conference to promote her 2011 movie "The Dirty Picture" in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. "The Dirty Picture" is said to be based on the life of Silk Smitha, a south Indian actress who became a h
Culture
In India, the bustling virtual world of porn just crashed to a halt
Iranian worshippers chant "death to America" during Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran January 27, 2006.
Conflict
Iranian journalist: ‘Xenophobic chants don’t identify with me or with my generation’
Filmmaker Zhu Rikun in his home village, Huang Niu Tian, Guangdong province in January, 2014.
Arts
This year, films from the Beijing Independent Film Festival will be screened in New York
Aya Kano on board a ferry heading for the island of Ninoshima.
Conflict
How this granddaughter of A-bomb survivors learned to embrace her family history
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Education
At one Baltimore school, students are easing racial tensions by learning from each other