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Seven year old Teija's father is stuck in Iran due to the travel ban. She holds a sign during a protest at Los Angeles International Airport.
Conflict
Two brothers, one in Iran and another in California, say the US travel ban has thrown their family for a loop
The State Department Building in Washington
Global Politics
An ex-ambassador explains the ‘dissent channel’ that US diplomats are using to protest Trump’s travel ban
Comedian Hari Kondabolu grabs audiences with sketches on race, identity and politics.
Arts
How to crack a joke in Trump’s America
People gather around the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill during a vigil following a deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 30, 2017.
Conflict
A shocked Quebec City rallies around its Muslim community
Iraqi soldiers inspect the remains of the Tomb of Prophet Yunus, destroyed by Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq, January 28, 2017.
Media
What’s the battle to retake Mosul like? This documentary takes you there.
Fuad Sharef Suleman and his family push their belongings after returning to Iraq from Egypt
Global Politics
Americans fought for an Iraqi family turned back by Trump’s order — and won
SalmaAndSamar
Global Politics
Trump’s immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants
British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that she disagrees with President Trump's executive order banning citizens of seven Muslim majority countries from entering the US.
Conflict
A worried British politician’s take on Trump’s travel ban
Muslim immigration ban
Global Politics
Why this think tank director supports Trump’s immigration ban
JFK
Global Politics
This green card holder is trying not to panic, but she’s making back-up plans
A demonstrator holds a "resist" sign during anti-Donald Trump travel ban protests outside Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 29, 2017.
Justice
Family and travel plans fall into disarray after Trump’s travel ban
White House senior adviser Steve Bannon attends as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 28, 2017.
Global Politics
Steve Bannon gets permanent seat on Trump’s National Security Council
​Women walk by a team of volunteer lawyers in their makeshift office working to assist travelers detained as part of Donald Trump's travel ban in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens.
Global Politics
Volunteer lawyers come forward to assist travelers detained under Trump travel ban
Protestors gather at San Francisco International Airport to oppose Donald Trump's "Muslim Ban."
Conflict
Donald Trump’s ‘disruptive’ leadership style presents huge problems for Homeland Security
Man in sweatshirt with public defenders logo holds sign in Arabic
Justice
Federal judges have temporarily blocked parts of Trump’s immigration restrictions, but agents are still detaining people
Niki Rahmati, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from Iran, is greeted by immigration attorney Susan Church (R) at Logan Airport in Boston, MA.
Conflict
The number of international students coming to the US has steadily risen. Will Trump reverse the trend?
Demonstrators shut down the traffic loops at LAX International Airport and yell slogans during a protest against the travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump's executive order.
Culture
Photos: Thousands converge on US international airports to protest Trump’s travel ban
Hospital
Culture
Borders or bans can’t stop me from being a Muslim doctor
Two men in suits walking down New York steet
Justice
Mr. Trump, I would be dead today if this country had not let me in
People hugging in front of airport arrival and departure signs
Justice
Attorneys in Michigan’s Arab American communities have a short window to prepare for Trump’s immigration plan
Protesters with signs, one reads Salaam
Conflict
Federal judge deals Trump administration its first defeat — perhaps temporary — over its immigration restrictions
Woman with large green card poster yells
Global Politics
#7. @realdonaldtrump: In addition to undocumented immigrants, are you prioritizing deportation of lawful US residents? #100Days100Qs
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Culture
On journalism, Trump and International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Palestinian students supporting the militant group Hamas, an organization that's ideologically linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, hold a poster depicting Hassan Al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood founder, during an election campaign for students' council at
Justice
Should the Muslim Brotherhood be designated a terrorist group?
Thousands of protesters gathered for the annual March for Life rally in Washington, DC.
Conflict
A Latina explains why she backs the March for Life
Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay
Conflict
An American who interrogated al-Qaeda suspects says it’s about talk — not torture
Singer Manu Chao performs during a free concert in Caracas, Venezuela on March 23, 2012.
Music
The World’s music features this week: Manu Chao, Sinkane and David Krakauer
Servers
Science
People around the world are helping the US save its climate data
Woman sitting at desk while on phone, with computer screen behind
Justice
Black and Muslim, some African immigrants feel the brunt of Trump’s immigration plans
Trump
Conflict
President Donald Trump isn’t the only world leader denying climate change
A U.S. flag hangs over fake palm trees inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in 2011.
Conflict
Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away
Kelly Wong is one of the lion dance instructors at the New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club. Originally founded as a fraternal society, the Freemasons were among the first troupes in Chinatown to train women to lion dance.
Culture
In New York’s Lunar New Year parade, women are breaking barriers as lion dancers
Capt. Khatoon Khider, left, commander of the all-female Yazidi Sun Brigade, with her sister, Aliya, in a home near the city of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on Sept. 24.
Conflict
These Yazidi sisters took up arms to take revenge against ISIS
​Construction on the area around the port of entry from Mexico to the United States continues next to the border wall in San Ysidro, California, U.S., January 25, 2017
Global Politics
Trump’s plan to build a bigger border wall has plenty of critics
Wall
Conflict
Trump just signed an executive order to start building a wall at the border
For two years, Ismail al-Kanon and his mother, Jandar Nasi, were captives of ISIS. More than most living under the terror group’s rule, they had reason to expect that they would never escape — because they were Iraqi Christians.
Conflict
How an Iraqi Christian teenager survived two years in the heart of the ISIS ‘caliphate’
Protest
Economics
Unsure of the future, Mexican immigrants scramble to send money back home
Robert M. Gates
Global Politics
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates calls on Trump administration to stand up to all of Russia’s ‘meddling and bullying’
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up his executive order on the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy.
Development
What the Mexico City rule means to women around the world
Riyad al-Jaboury, an Iraqi English teacher, with his birds in his yard in Hamam al-Alil, northern Iraq.
Conflict
ISIS forced this Iraqi teacher to change all his lessons — ‘it became all about death’
A vast array of curved mirrors at the Noor Concentrated Solar Power plant near Ouarzazate, Morocco. The massive facility is part of an agressive effort to develop renewable power in Morocco.
Environment
Now blooming in the desert: Morocco’s grand dream of energy independence
The Sealed Air Corporation was looking ways to reduce its greenhouse gasses — it started shipping bubble wrap that wasn’t’ yet inflated. Now one truck can deliver what up to 36 trucks used to haul.
Business
Companies remind Trump: What’s good for the planet can be good for business
Autonama
Arts
Germany has a soccer team made up entirely of writers
Linda Sarsour
Global Politics
What’s next for the Women’s March? Organizer Linda Sarsour explains.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump calls on reporters during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017.
Media
A Russian journalist has a little advice for his American counterparts
A protester holding a placard during the Women's March in Washington DC.
Culture
PHOTOS: Here are some of our favorite signs from the Women’s March on Washington
The sun lights the Statue of Liberty in New York, November 2016
Global Politics
No matter whether DACA survives, this activist is fighting for her rights
women's march
Global Politics
Portraits of the march: Illustrating the Women’s March on Washington
Lead image Trump inauguration crowd comparison with Women's March
Election 2016
Photos: Compare the crowd at Women’s March and Trump’s inauguration
Cartoon of Trump with hair forming Nazi salute
Culture
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz on satire in a time of Donald Trump
Hundreds of thousands march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Women's March in Washington, DC, January 21, 2017.
Global Politics
PHOTOS: From DC to New York, Chicago to LA, nearly 2 million rally for women
Marchers in DC
Justice
Young women made their voices heard at the Women’s March in Washington
Global Politics
Watch live: 500,000 expected to attend Women’s March on Washington
Protesters carrying banners and placards take part in a Women's March in Stockholm, Sweden
Global Politics
PHOTOS: It’s official. The Women’s March has swept the globe
Jen Marley was at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration protesting against abuses of Native American resources.
Conflict
Native activists focus on protests — not so much the ballot box
President Donald Trump delivers his speech at the inauguration ceremonies as the 45th president of the United States.
Global Politics
Trump just delivered the most ‘America’-filled inaugural speech of all time
Crowd photos
Election 2016
Photos: Compare the crowd at Trump’s inauguration with Obama’s
women's march
Global Politics
The Women’s March on Washington will have sister marches in over 75 countries
US President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the CIA headquarters
Global Politics
Mr. President, we have some questions. Welcome to #100Days100Qs.
Inauguration
Culture
Reactions to a Trump presidency — from around the globe