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Travelers with roller bags walk and look at departure screens
Environment
‘Flight shame’ in Sweden prompts rail-only travel movement
Crowds holding candles and rosaries pray in the week following the Easter Sunday suicide bombings in Sri Lanka. 
Conflict & Justice
Sri Lanka remains wary of more attacks, but churches begin to rebuild
A group of young Haitians are shown sitting around a table in a room without glass in the windows.
Protest
Meet the Petrochallengers: A new generation wants to bring accountability to Haiti. Can they succeed?
A painter works on a mural of a school building
Education
No Spanish allowed: Texas school museum revisits history of segregation
A man walks by a large banner that reads "Muslims condemn the senseless killings of innocent Christians at worship in their churches and celebrating Easter Sunday. There's no place in Islam for extremists."
Extremism
Muslims in Sri Lanka say they feel targeted after bombings
Young woman on a green gown smiles while sitting on a sofa.
How a high school student’s hand-painted graduation dress went viral
Damaged vehicles are seen after a flash flooding in Shiraz, Iran, March 26, 2019.
Environment
Iran wasn’t ready for these huge floods. But they should get ready for more in the future.
Macron is at the front of a room and hands of journalists are in the air
Macron vows to cut taxes but activists want more
Men in protective gear stand on a street with guns
How the Sri Lanka attacks relate to broader terrorism patterns
Amal Clooney
Conflict & Justice
A UN resolution condemning sexual violence against women should’ve been uncontroversial
A woman stands in front of a banner reading "End Family Detention"
Immigration
As Trump eyes more family detention, experts say it puts kids at risk
a barn in vermont
Business, Economics and Jobs
After Trump says America is ‘full,’ Vermont says ‘not us’
A coffee farmer is shown walking through a nursery with a rake in his hand.
Climate Change
In El Salvador, climate change means less coffee, and more migrants
A man sits in a chair with text next to him: "But Prime Minister The question was did you disclose to the ethics commissioner about your Star Wars collection?"
Arts, Culture & Media
YouTube impersonator to fill in for Trudeau on ‘The Simpsons’
Satellite view of the Kharg Island oil export terminal in Iran. Very Large Crude Carriers  — "supertankers" — can be seen loading on the sides.
Conflict
Iran may sail around US sanctions with ‘cloaked’ tankers
A man waves a backhoe as it lifts dirt to drop onto four caskets laid out in a row
Sri Lanka mourns with mass funerals
Food
Meet Nigeria’s small but growing vegetarian and vegan community
A man claps in the foreground as confetti floats through the air
Global Politics
Ukraine voters reject status quo in vote for ‘absolutely unprepared’ president
Protesters hold large black and white cardboard cutouts with women's names across them
Trial for Saudi activists who’ve served a year in prison has been delayed
Alice directing
Arts, Culture & Media
Ready for her close-up, Guy-Blaché was a film pioneer lost to history
Four rows of 8 small pages of the Mueller report are displayed in a grid. Several are redacted — one is completely redacted.
Arts, Culture & Media
How to make music out of the Mueller report redactions
US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One as he travesl to Florida for Easter weekend, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, April 18, 2019.
Politics
Mueller Report: Did Trump commit conspiracy? No. But collusion? Maybe.
newspapers in peru
Arts, Culture & Media
Competition for readers among Peru’s tabloids leads to more fake news
Thando Hopa stands on a red carpet.
Media
South African lawyer is first woman with albinism on Vogue cover: ‘The way I look is enough’
Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain range covered in snow, seen from above.
Sports
Can this duo blaze the first new route up Everest in 10 years?
A crowd of young men in military clothes raise their fists in the air. Some have weapons on their shoulders.
Conflict & Justice
With veto, Trump keeps the US in Yemen. Did he ‘greenlight a failed strategy?’
family
Health & Medicine
As hurricane season nears in Puerto Rico, a doctor tries to help pregnant women prepare themselves
Turkish
Leaders
How women who’ve left Turkey are helping those left behind
A photo of the document written by Attorney General Barr about the submission of the Special Counsel's report.
Politics
‘Secrecy is subjective’ when government censors redact documents
A painted portrait of Christopher Columbus' son, Hernando Colón,
Books
Christopher Columbus’ son’s universal library is newly rediscovered in this lost tome
Three people smile in identical photos, part of a family tradition to recreate a WWII-era photo in front of Notre-Dame cathedral
Culture
Notre-Dame remembered as a gathering point for The World
whaling
Food
In Japan, few people eat whale meat anymore, but whaling remains popular
A closeup photo of Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Politics
‘Outraged’ Yemeni American deli owners boycott New York Post over Ilhan Omar cover
A green military truck drives on a road.
US Diplomacy
State Dept. list of corrupt Central American government officials is a ‘sham,’ rep. says
Coffee beans swirl in a large roaster
Food
Is coffee essential? Switzerland says no.
A woman stands on the porch of a house
Conflict & Justice
Is Airbnb’s no-profit return to the West Bank ‘whitewashing’ human rights violations?
Rwanda
Health
Abortion pardons in Rwanda leave rights activists hopeful
Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor in chief of Wikileaks, and barrister Jennifer Robinson talk to the media outside the Westminster Magistrates Court after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London, Britain, April 11, 2019.
Global Politics
What does Assange’s arrest mean for press freedom?
A thick crowd of people wave Sudanese flags and celebrate. A man in military fatigues is being carried through the crowd.
Global Politics
Bashir is out in Sudan, but ‘protesters are not satisfied’ with military rule
Assange
Justice
A decade of WikiLeaks’ Assange, from allegations to arrest
US border patrol apprehending migrants
Immigration
As judge halts US ‘remain in Mexico’ policy, returned migrants wonder what’s next
Downtown Atlanta
Environment
How Atlanta plans to get to 100% green energy by 2035
A beluga whale surfaces out of the water near a yellow net
Environment
Russia agrees to free whales held in ‘whale jail’
A woman stands atop a car and speaks to a crowd
Global Politics
Here’s the story behind the iconic image of the Sudanese woman in white
Afro Colombian man wearing glasses and green jacket stands in front of a wall
Conflict & Justice
Social activists risk their lives as Colombia’s peace process falters
A bishop sprinkles holy water on a coffin covered in the Polish flag
Health & Medicine
Was this Polish American war hero intersex?
A group of Latina women in front of white boards pose for the camera
Arts, Culture & Media
Latina Rebels turn to memes, humor to rethink media on hot-button issues
A woman is shown walking down a cement staircase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Immigration
A family split between the US and Haiti dreads looming loss of legal status
A block of soldiers marches in uniform
Calling the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a ‘terrorist organization’ is risky, but nothing new
wedding dress
Culture
For this Turkish filmmaker, wedding dresses are a metaphor to discuss femicide
A man holds a poster of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar
Conflict & Justice
Libyan warlord took a twisted path to Tripoli
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a crowd during a visit to the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem one day ahead of Israeli national elections on April 8, 2019.
Global Politics
Politics in Israel moves to the right
A woman stands near the corner of a house next to a flooded field.
Climate Change
In Idai’s wake, aid groups worry about ‘double tragedy’ of cholera
A woman in an orange hoodie has her back to the camera and is pointing to the left. Behind is a blurred collection of faces.
Global Politics
‘Hold the line’: Journalist Maria Ressa says democracies are fragile
Syrian refugee, Malik Alarmash, left, speaks with Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry, right, at the Refuge Coffee Shop in Clarkston, Georgia. Stephanie Steinbrecher with the Sierra Club, center, listens.
Climate Change
Legally, ‘climate refugees’ don’t exist. But in Georgia, they say they’re already here.
Jeroen Nijland
Business, Economics and Jobs
In wake of Brexit, British companies head to Amsterdam
Women protest with transgender flags
Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts
A hand holds a cell phone that is playing a facebook live video and angry faces are showing up in the bottom right corner
Technology
Australia’s new rapid-removal law for violent videos may be a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction
A framed photo of a black man is held by a crowd with balloons.
Music
For Eritrean Americans, Nipsey Hussle’s death is like losing a family member
parents
San Diego school district and parents reach settlement over Muslim civil rights program