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Ocean waves hit perilously close to a house in Majuro. Marshall Islands.
Environment
‘I’m fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change’
Echa wears the hijab because it's the law for women in Aceh. Echa is transgender, and when she wears the headscarf, she says no one calls her names.
Justice
A transgender woman in Aceh, Indonesia gathers strength as new anti-gay sex laws roll out
Women wave flags outside the AKP headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the outcome of a general election which swept his AKP back to a parliamentary majority on Sunday as a victory for democracy.
Global Politics
Update: Ruling AKP regains majority in Turkey. Here’s what that means.
Residents observe as policemen take up position near an area where two men were found dead on top of the Sao Carlos slums complex in Rio de Janeiro May 15, 2015.
Justice
Rio de Janeiro’s pacification program slips back to tactics from its bloody ‘War on Drugs’
Sports
60-foot waves — and daredevil surfers — hit this beach in Portugal
Bloodstained shoes are pictured after Syrian government forces fired missiles on a busy marketplace in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, October 30, 2015.
Conflict
US troops ordered to Syria, as peace talks take place in Vienna
John Sweeney and Azam
Conflict
How we found Azam — the ‘lost’ Syrian refugee boy
Ali Rezaian, brother of imprisoned Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, pauses as he talks about the recent announcement of a verdict in his brother's case by Iran's judiciary during a television interview with Reuters in Washington October 13, 2015.
Justice
An Iranian-American businessman’s arrest in Iran has the business community worried
P.J. Goodwin, in Boston, in front of his 2010 diesel Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, a car sold to him as "clean diesel."
Environment
Volkswagen’s deception will cause 59 premature deaths in the US
adopted baby
Lifestyle
My daughter is my daughter due to China’s One-Child policy
Yamila Pastorino and Joana Dos Santos
Education
A community college that found a way not to charge these DREAMers extra for school
Boat
Conflict
Lethal farce in Aegean Sea continues as another refugee boat sinks off Lesbos