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A collage of four photos shows women from various travel pictures
Women travelers on why they go solo: ‘I never thought that I couldn’t’
Women in blue and white shirts dance and sing.
Immigration
Almost undocumented, Liberians in US get 11th hour reprieve
A black and white photo showing a man in a pilot's uniform with a mustache looking at a camera among a crowd of people.
Capt. Michel Bacos, Entebbe hijacking hero, dies at 95
A woman and a boy sit on a couch, a girl sits on the couch arm. Behind them, an American flag.
Arts, Culture & Media
Canceled by Netflix, ‘One Day at a Time’ represents an ‘American familia’
A poster with Theresa May is on a building upside down that reads "This way up"
The ‘glass cliff’ puts women in power during crisis — often without support
jazz group
‘It was a social revolution’: The Turkish Embassy’s surprising role in desegregating DC jazz
Margrethe Vestager
Environment
Europe is not afraid to regulate Big Tech. EU Competition Commissioner Vestager explains why.
A close-up photo of a mother and her daughter, who is wearing pink, at a bus station.
Immigration
Why are so many migrant families arriving at the southern US border?
Women Riders World Relay founder Hayley Bell arrives at a relay kick-off event in London on her motorcycle, March 9, 2019.
Women & Gender
Women motorcyclists stage global relay to fight for equality
TripAdvisor logo
Conflict & Justice
Are online travel platforms responsible for your safety?
A man holds a blackened piece of metal toward the camera
Saudi Arabia is buying more weapons than ever before
A man in a crowd wearing a white T-shirt holds up a sign saying 'Russia get out of Georgia."
Conflict
NATO agreed Georgia would join. Why hasn’t it happened?
Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar: Invest here, please. Don’t mind the insurgents.
Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White political party in Israel, speaks to the audience at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC on Monday, March 25, 2019.
Ahead of an election, Israeli politicians take their campaigns to AIPAC
Donald Trump sits and holds up a signed proclamation while flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jared Kushner
Trump’s Golan Heights decision is at odds with UN law
Lydie Maninchedda's daughter Julie is shown in a black and white portrait photograph of her when she was a child.
Conflict & Justice
Should France repatriate the children of ISIS fighters?
A protester holds up a sign in Arabic writing.
Global Politics
Young Algerians have only known one president. Many are hopeful that will soon change.
A young woman standing on campus.
Global Nation Education
A public college in California makes strides in recruiting, graduating Latino students
A woman holds a visibly distraught woman with her face in her hand.
Immigration
Arizona volunteers form ‘underground’ network to house migrants released by ICE
A person stolls between large pieces of ice in front of the Tate Modern in London
UK museums say no to Sackler family money
US President Donald Trump walks toward steps leading to an airplane
What does the end of the Mueller investigation mean for US-Russian relations?
Wigs hung on a wall.
Religion
This Orthodox Jewish wig shop in Brooklyn says covering hair doesn’t mean ‘you have to be ugly’ 
the back of a woman's head as she rifles through some British souvenir knick knacks
How do you market the UK in a time of Brexit?
A shadowy face of Michael Jackson
Arts, Culture & Media
How do you show a Michael Jackson exhibit after the ‘Neverland’ doc? Curate a new conversation.
Activists hold hands outside the National Congress in Argentina.
Health & Medicine
Legal abortions remain elusive in Argentina, especially for the most vulnerable
The front of the Nathaniel B. Palmer ship is shown at the bottom of the photo breaking through ice floes.
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica Dispatch 9: Thoughts on climate change and returning home
Gonzaga forward Rui Hachimura dunks the basketball against Saint Mary's during the first half in the finals of the WCC Basketball Championships in Las Vegas, March 12, 2019.
Say you watched him when: Can Japan’s best basketball player lead Gonzaga to a championship?
Thai elections
Global Politics
Fearful of losing power, Thailand’s army opts for democracy lite
several people are seen demonstrating and holding signs that read "Sea for Bolivia, Sea unit us."
Every year on ‘Día Del Mar,’ Bolivia celebrates the coastline they lost
Migrants sitting and laying on mats are shown spread across a high school gymnasium floor.
Global Politics
How Ciudad Juarez is bracing for more migrants under US ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
A woman with a microphone addresses the crowd surrounding her in the rain.
Immigration
This sweeping immigration bill won’t pass, but it’s still a ‘major win’
a knitted clitoris is held in front of the Camden Market sign
The world’s first Vagina Museum opens this fall in the UK
an aerial shot of the destruction of Idai
Tropical cyclone Idai: The storm that knew no boundaries
A woman sits at a desk flipping through books.
A Georgia college with historic ties to the KKK confronts its racist past
Lilly Singh poses in a magenta gown
Arts, Culture & Media
Indian Canadian YouTube star Lilly Singh will have her own late night show on NBC
A bird walks inside a commuter underground tube train
Why Luxembourg’s free transit may not fix its traffic problem
Flowers, cards and stuffed animals decorate a face as a tribute to victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings
New Zealand promises new gun laws within days. How can they move so fast?
Ana Silvera singing at the Manchester Jewish Museum
Becoming Portuguese: How Brexit and 500 years of Jewish history changed one British’s singer’s life
Rayben Tamayo stands in front of the ice cream counter for his summer employer, the Hot Chocolate Sparrow on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The owners put up a Philippine flag to honor their many seasonal summer employees.
US government to Filipino seasonal workers: No visas this year
Columns, foundations, and churches spread out around the city of Rome on a sunny day.
Is Trump the new Nero?
Hiroshima target map
Health
Seven decades after the bomb, children of Hiroshima victims still worry about hidden health effects
dedication
Conflict
The Choctaw of Oklahoma stepped up to help the Irish during the potato famine
A woman speaks to a crowd gathered around her.
Immigration
Statue of Liberty climber says she’s not done protesting ‘white supremacy’
Seattle Mariners' outfielder Ichiro Suzuki gives autographs to fans before an exhbition game in Tokyo against the Yomiuri Giants, March 17, 2019.
Is Japan’s greatest baseball player about to take his final bow?
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on a stage surrounded by others
As Ukraine’s presidential election approaches, the Kremlin is all the more comfortable in Crimea
Bolsonaro smiles and puts his hand out
Global Politics
Brazil’s Bolsonaro heads to White House amid scandals at home
Two men sit on a prison bunk bed, one wearing an orange jumpsuit and the other in plain grey clothes.
Immigration
‘The Infiltrators’ film aims to open Americans’ eyes to the reality of deportation
A group of people leave flowers outside a building with signs table to a column that say "#turntolove" and "#love will win terror will lose"
New Zealand shooting video was ‘made to make us watch it.’ This professor says don’t.
A photo taken overhead shows dozens of Muslims praying in a mosque
Conflict
‘It feels like it happened right here,’ says one American Muslim
Two women wearing black veils walk outside past a sign with Arabic text.
The women of ISIS are more than just brides
kids climate march
Climate Change
How European kids are schooling politicians on climate change
An illustration shows a man with the Japanese flag behind him holding a plutonium disc in his hands
Japan has plutonium, rockets and rivals. Will it ever build a nuke?
Marielle Franco speaks on a mic
Justice
One year after Marielle Franco’s death, Brazil’s human rights activists demand answers
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un look on while White House national security adviser John Bolton reacts during the extended bilateral meeting in the Metropole Hotel alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, North Korean Fo
Where’s the ‘swagger’ at the US State Department?
Grease ice dampens ripples in the water near a golden orange sunset.
Into the Thaw: Decoding Thwaites Glacier
Antarctica dispatch 8: Behold grease, shuga and pancake ice
Destroyed buildings, cars, and people and are seen from across the street in Aleppo's old town.
8 years after Syria’s first protests, one Syrian says ‘we really just wanted freedom’
a child's face is covered while holding a sign
Why some parents are afraid to vaccinate their kids
A collage of five screen grabs of The World's website since 1998.
Arts, Culture & Media
Happy 30th birthday, internet. Here is 21 years of The World’s website.
The coat of arms of Russia is reflected in a laptop screen in this picture illustration
The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter
Ugandan rapper Tshila
Music
This Ugandan rapper was ‘miseducated,’ Lauryn Hill-style