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Cup Island trash
Environment
Not many fish are left to bite in Rio’s trash-lined bay
Hadassah Mount Scopus used to be a model of co-existence for Jews and Palestinians. But increasingly Jewish and Palestinian women say they're afraid to give birth there.
Conflict
Mothers fear having babies at hospital once hailed for promoting Israeli, Palestinian coexistence
Brazilians embrace at Piscinão de Ramos, an artifical lake next to Guanabara Bay.
Culture
Banned from the beach for pollution, these Brazilians brought beach culture to a lake
Kenya protest
Global Politics
As America’s presidential race rages, Africans look on and wonder
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Arts
Lindy Hopping down memory lane in Rio
A screenshot from the website of the International Order of St.Hubertus
Lifestyle
Scalia’s ties with secretive aristocratic hunting society
Pallett Band in Iran.
Music
Iranians love their klezmer
Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, an Afghan Lionel Messi fan, wears a shirt signed by Barcelona star Lionel Messi as he plays football at the open area in Kabul, Afghanistan February 26, 2016.
Sports
Afghan boy finally got the Lionel Messi jersey he always wanted
Gleide Guimarães
Environment
The bigger problems behind Brazil’s recent disease outbreaks
Isabel Swan
Environment
Olympic sailor Isabel Swan wants a clean bay in Brazil for the Olympics