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Large screen show grainy footage of woman in sari, man in turban. A silhouette of a man standing in front.
Music
Why this musician wants to understand xenophobia today by remembering the past
Rio
Conflict
Residents of a crisis-ridden Rio caution future Olympic hosts
Tibetan Buddhists believe that during lunar and solar eclipses, the effects of one's good or bad deeds are multiplied several-fold. Here, a Tibetan Buddhist monk releases crabs into the sea ahead of a total lunar eclipse in Singapore on October 8, 2014. O
Belief
A total solar eclipse was once all about fear, but it’s still an awe-inspiring event
Sujatha Gidla, author of 'Ants Among Elephants. An Untouchable Family And The Making Of Modern India.'
Culture
In India, she was ‘untouchable.’ In New York City, she became an author.
A security guard speaks to a group of men at the Olympic Stadium, which is being used for temporary housing for asylum seekers in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 2, 2017.
Global Politics
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium turns into a welcome center for refugees from the US
Cheong-Suk Ryang, 36, a defector from North Korea hoping to reach South Korea via Thailand, sits in her cell at the Chiang Saen police station in Thailand, after she and four other North Korean women were arrested on the Thai-Lao border. Photo taken May 9
Justice
More North Koreans are escaping to Thailand via an ‘underground railroad’
Usain Bolt at the Olympic Games 200 meter final
Music
The World’s music features this week: Redil Cuarteto and musical tributes to Usain Bolt