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Trump and Putin shake hands.
Global Politics
10 defining global security questions of 2018
Francis Fukuyama standing outside with his arms crossed.
Global Politics
Francis Fukuyama on 2018, a year in identity politics
Marco Werman in the studio on the right-hand side facing Ai Weiwei
Host Marco Werman’s favorite interviews of 2018
Close up of cannabis plants seen in a greenhouse at the headquarters of AGES agency in Vienna, Austria.
Health & Medicine
Thailand approves medical pot in small step away from US-backed drug war
Favorite albums of 2018
Global Hit
The World’s favorite albums of 2018
Woman with short hair wearing a black and white top raises her right arm while reading in front of a microphone.
Arts, Culture & Media
A formerly anti-gay reggae star returns to Jamaica. This lesbian poet calls it ‘complicated.’
A group of men wearing yellow and green jerseys pose for a team photo.
Spain’s Alma de África soccer team is like ‘family’ for immigrant players
Dominique Moceanu
Women & Gender
Our most-read stories about women in 2018
An pen and ink illustration shows a chaotic scene of women holding children in a crowded area
Immigration
Illustrator’s sketches from a border bus station show a ‘miserable, degrading and demeaning’ experience
A woman poses for a photo surrounded by red Christmas ornaments in Bangkok, Thailand.
Religion
Photos: The world celebrates Christmas
A book is sitting in torn Christmas paper. The title of the book is "Christmas Eve at the Mellops" and a photo caption underneath says "We opened one. We couldn't resist."
How a neighbor bearing gifts turned into a family’s ‘most unexpectedly magical week’
A man wearing a Santa Claus costume arrives in a pickup truck in El Paso, Texas.
Immigration
In this Texas border town, Santa patrols on Christmas
At a counter in a Latino market, customers wait to buy food while workers cook in the back. In the foreground are huge steel pots.
Food
In LA, unwrapping tamales is the heart of the holidays
Protesters hold signs that say "It's Mueller time" riffing of Miller Lite's "Miller time" advertisements.
There are at least 17 Trump investigations and they’re ‘bigger and broader’ than most realize
A group of school children hold signs that read "12 years left"
From the Amazon to the Arctic, The World’s biggest environmental stories of the year
An African American man sits on a stair step with a towel around his neck
Arts, Culture & Media
For black GIs in Saigon, ‘Soul Alley’ was an oasis of food and vice
a black and white photo of a woman looking out a car window
Yalitza Aparicio challenges stereotypes in debut role in ‘Roma’
A migrant from Honduras stands in front of the border wall with the sun shining behind him
Immigration
After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
Two adults sit at the front of an elementary school classroom as children's heads fill the bottom of the frame.
These fourth graders penned climate change poetry inspired by our coverage
Yasmeen Mjalli
10 global #MeToo stories you might’ve missed in 2018
The company Oneida Limited had been making flatware in Sherrill, New York since 1880, but the factory was shut down in 2005 and work was shifted to Asia. Today, 53 people are working at a new company, Liberty Tabletop, the only manufacturer of flatware in
Jobs
Trump hypes jobs relocating back to the US. Are they?
An exhibition of Soviet ornaments and toys at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton, Massachusetts
Cosmonauts and corncobs: A peek at some Soviet-era holiday ornaments
a closeup of farofa
Food
The Brazilian Christmas dinner is incomplete without this dish
US Defense Secretary Mattis stands on a tarmac in front of a US airplane and talks with military men in uniform
Mattis letter points to ‘weakest aspects’ of Trump’s foreign policy
Secretary of Defense Gen. Mattis looks at President Donald Trump
Schiff: ‘Gravely worried’ about national security after Mattis’ resignation
women stand in a row, chanting and clapping their hands
Syrian Kurds left behind as Trump pulls out US troops
Children's book cover
What you’re reading: Children’s books for a Global Nation
Two leaders sit at a desk signing a document.
How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race
A protest crowd holds up signs with black outlines of people and names of people
Global Politics
As families are lost to China’s ‘re-education camps,’ US Uighurs are split
serena williams
Finally, more than ‘love’ for Serena Williams: Tennis star inspires new rules
An 1882 cartoon print shows an Irishman confronting Uncle Sam in a boarding house filled with laborers.
Immigration
Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ provision has roots in colonial US
a person wearing a costume of horns, fangs and fur, carries a woman over their shoulder
Is Christmas demon Krampus losing his edge?
A woman's face looks out from behind a red protest banner that says "aborto"
Women & Gender
Abortion is legal in Italy, but most doctors refuse to perform them
A man holds a phone with a picture of his granddaughter.
Immigration
US officials reject blame for migrant girl’s death. Advocates point to Trump’s asylum policies.
A man wearing googles holds up a sign that says "stop fossil fuel! there is no border in the sky!"
Climate Change
The world struck a major climate deal in Poland. So, what’s in it?
Two hands hold a beige booklet.
Conflict & Justice
Has Kazakhstan forgotten about its Polygon test survivors?
Canadian Prime Minister stands at a table surrounded by others.
Technology
A Google affiliate is planning a ‘smart’ neighborhood in Toronto. Local opposition is growing.
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Health & Medicine
As access to abortion gets harder in the US, women turn to an online service in the Netherlands
The keyboard of a computer is pictured at a computer shop, Oct. 19, 2017.
British Parliament wants to shut down extremist content online — at what cost?
Police officers on patrol during the Notting Hill Carnival in London. Photo taken on August 27, 2018.
An American newspaper asked Brits for petty crime stories. They got classic snark back.
sara mardini and sean binder
Syrian refugee ‘hero swimmer’ Sara Mardini is out of prison. She plans to keep helping refugees.
At the Wellesley recycling center, just west of Boston, residents drop their recyclables into 43 different sorting stations.
Environment
New Chinese policy is forcing people to think: Is there a better way to recycle?
a female prisoner holds her baby in a room with laundry hanging
Women & Gender
Salvadoran women bond serving long sentences for the ‘crime’ of miscarriage
conference
Environment
US a wild card as climate negotiators race to meet Friday deadline
The white gated entrance to the Am'ari camp.
Global Politics
US cuts funds to Palestinian refugees, leaving many without essential services
President Donald Trump answers questions during an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington,  DC on December 11, 2018. Asked about his past business connections with Russia, Trump said, "The stuff yo
Trump’s business history with Russia is a long and colorful one
abandonded house with encroaching seawater
Climate Change
UN compact recognizes climate change as driver of migration for first time
The tops of buildings are barely visible through a thick layer of smog.
Climate Change
Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal
A closeup of Maria Ressa with her hand up in front of her face.
Media
Maria Ressa says journalism is democracy’s ‘first line of defense’ and Rappler won’t back down
An adult emerald ash borer nestles into a tan-colored tree trunk.
Economics
Insects slipping into the US are causing billions of dollars in damage
Indian women stand in a line for food.
Conflict & Justice
At 70, is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights doing its job?
Syrian refugees look at the camera as they stand in front of their homes at Azraq refugee camp
Limits on refugee resettlement lead to agency closures in Los Angeles
A man wearing a hard hat is silhouetted against old heavy windowpanes in a factory.
Climate Change
Poland is a coal country. But for how long?
Heather Nauert and Mike Pompeo wear navy blue suits and speak with reporters inside a plane.
Trump's state department
Trump names former news anchor as new UN ambassador
delegates sit across each other in a large room with a wood floor
Former Yemeni war detainee praises UN-brokered prisoner swap
Nargis Azizshahy is the owner of ICafe in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Conflict & Justice
Some Afghans seek peace with the Taliban, but fear the return of ‘male-dominant society’
a closeup of an older man with a bald head and glasses
This Holocaust survivor convinced a Dutch rail firm to make reparations
a doctor shining a light into a young girl's mouth
Health & Medicine
Venezuelan American doctors ‘come back to our people’ on US Navy hospital ship
Meng Wanzhou, wearing all black, is shown seated with a pen and notepad at a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia, 2014.
Justice
A top Huawei executive has been arrested on a US request, clouding the China trade truce
Rohingya refugees crew on a fishing boat
Rohingya survivors face a new indignity: Banishment to a half-sunken island