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Men in white suits wearing tanks on their backs hold wands over pens with large pigs in them
Pork prices soar as millions of pigs die due to African swine fever
Former National Security Advisor and USS Ambassador to UN Susan Rice, speaks on stage at the Women In The World Summit in New York on April 11, 2019. 
Trump impeachment
Susan Rice: US is ‘exporting instability and unpredictability’
A tall white man and a shorter white woman walking
Trump impeachment
Morrison’s testimony shows ‘how irregular things have gotten’ in DC
Kerma: Statue of Lady Sennuwy emerging, Dec. 16, 1913
Arts, Culture & Media
How ‘the father of American Egyptology’ underestimated what some call the real-life Wakanda
People wait in line to get water in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on September 29, 2019.
Conflict & Justice
From the ashes, a Haitian business owner wonders, ‘How long can we continue?’
A four-piece punk band is shown playing to a crowd and bathed in red lights.
Music
Rage against the crisis: Venezuela’s punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá
Piura Street in Ayabaca, Peru, is shown filled with people the entire length of the photo with buildings on either side.
Photography
PHOTOS: The long spiritual journey to reach the Land of the Captive
Nancy Pelosi in blue in front of American flags
Trump impeachment
Key moments in the impeachment inquiry
People hold bright yellow signs reading "Defend TPS" in front of the White House in Washington, DC.
The Trump administration extended TPS for Salvadorans. But this activist says the fight is not over.
A man in a military uniform is walking with other people around him
Gen. Zwack: Calling Vindman a ‘double agent’ ahead of testimony is ‘reprehensible’
A black and white image of a newspaper titled "La Amérika"
Immigration Rewind
I’m an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently.
A Syrian refugee man works at a bakery in Gaziantep, Turkey, May 16, 2016.
Displacement
The world closed its doors to Syrian refugees. Now Turkey wants to send them back. 
Three men in suits stand with their heads bowed.
Commentary
Analysis: Trump’s reversal in Syria was a play to keep his base intact
Maria Manrique is shown seated with her hands crossed and a deck of Tarot cards in front of her.
Coming out of the ‘bruja closet:’ Miami coven honors Latin American occult practices
protest
Protest
Is Evo Morales leading Bolivia toward dictatorship?
Demonstrators wearing masks hold their cell phones, with the flashlights on, over their heads as they are crowded together in a street
Hong Kong politics
Tiananmen leader on Hong Kong protesters: ‘They are ready to burn together’
impeachment testimony
Trump impeachment
Amid Trump impeachment inquiry, future diplomats consider their own ‘red lines’
A sign reading "Future Investment Initiative" is visible between the heads of two men
Business, Economics and Jobs
Saudi ‘Davos’ turnout underscores costs of Khashoggi murder
President Trump sits next to Mike Pompeo
Trump impeachment
The president’s action in Ukraine ‘was wrong,’ experts say
Argentina's presidential candidate Alberto Fernández and his running mate former President Cristina Kirchner embrace each other during a closing campaign rally in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Oct. 24, 2019.
Economic crisis unites Argentina’s fractured Peronist movement
Iraqi policemen stand in front of demonstrators during a protest over corruption, lack of jobs, and poor services, in Kerbala, Iraq, on October 25, 2019.
Politics
Iraq protests are about ‘justice and dignity,’ says Iraqi writer Sinan Antoon
An anti-Brexit demonstrator is seen wearing an EU flag cap and a t-shirt with "Cancel Brexit" protesting outside the Houses of Parliament.
Fashion
Statement pieces: Fashion designers worry over Brexit’s cost to UK industry
A military truck drives down a road with an American flag blowing in the wind on top of the truck
‘ISIS is going to come back’ says former defense secretary
A birds-eye-view of protests in Lebanon.
How Lebanon’s ‘WhatsApp tax’ unleashed a flood of anger
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Culture
South Korea has a burgeoning tattoo scene. But most tattoo parlors are illegal.
Undocumented migrants are escorted into a transport van after being apprehended by US Border Patrol agents following an illegal crossing of the Rio Grande in Mission, Texas, on Oct. 8, 2019.
Immigration
Immigration expert: Trump administration DNA collection plan is a ‘waste of time’
A woman surrounded by US and Ukrainian flags
Trump impeachment
In Ukraine, US support no longer taken ‘at face value’
Three men walk into a court room, one is wearing a black mask, the other is holding a brown cardboard box.
Conflict & Justice
Paul Whelan’s twin brother calls Russia espionage accusations ‘balderdash’
A portrait of Norma Ramirez.
Global Nation Education
Trump ended DACA. This woman is suing to keep the program alive.
A person wearing a pink cap sits at a table near three large, black, plastic rats.
Arts
‘Colonialism is scary as hell’: Puerto Rican activists in Chicago stage a haunted house
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during their joint news conference following Russian-Turkish talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, on October 22, 2019.
Conflict & Justice
Turkish diplomat: Syria deal ‘huge step’ for Turkish national security
Displaced Kurds stuck at a border after a Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria, wait to try cross to the Iraqi side, at the Semalka crossing, next Derik city, Syria, on Oct. 21, 2019.
Civilians in northern Syria prepare for the worst
A demonstrator flashes a V sign during an anti-government protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon October 21, 2019.
Global Politics
What makes a protest effective? 
An up close image of an ant in sand
Science
Meet the fastest ants in the world: Saharan silver ants
protest
Can Spain and Catalonia find ‘peaceful coexistence’?
A mother and daughter sit together on a couch. They are both part of the Saturday Mothers group.
Justice
Who are Turkey’s Saturday Mothers?
A child receives free polio vaccine during a government-led mass vaccination program in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 14, 2019.
Health & Medicine
Massive vaccine campaign underway in the Philippines after polio’s return
Portrait of foreign correspondent and author Sam Dagher.
Conflict
How Syria’s Assad regime clings to power
A crowd of people carry flags. One holds a sign that says "J'[HEART] Papa.
Reproductive rights
France moves to make reproductive technology legal for all
A man behind a desk with the American flag on it
Foreign policy
Trump’s ad hoc diplomacy makes him look ‘extremely weak,’ says Amb McFaul
picture of four brown spiders on a white background.
Science
Brazilian biologist discovers 4 new spider species and names them after heavy metal icons
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren stand behind podiums
Conflict & Justice
Biden said ISIS is ‘going to come here.’ Is he right?
Wooden barrels of Scotch sit on a shelf in a storage area
How much will a 25% tariff hurt sales of Scotch?
Workers wash and dry chopped lettuce at a Taylor Farms processing plant in Salinas, California on September 10, 2019. In recent years, the company has started incorporating automation in its facility.
Global Nation Education
How immigrant workers are preparing for automation in agriculture
fire
Conflict & Justice
Does the chaos in Syria help ISIS?
Sheep stand on rocks in front of mountains looking at the camera
Fashion
You’re not being fleeced: This carbon-negative sweater comes with sheep included
Syrian displaced families who fled violence after the Turkish offensive against Syria, sit in a bus on their way to camps on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, on October 16, 2019.
Conflict
Syrian civilians plea for ‘no-fly’ zone
Sweetened juices and sports drinks in bottles are lined up in a row
Half of the world’s children aren’t getting enough nutrients
smoke
For many US military vets, the offensive against the Kurds is personal
People crossing the street.
Brexit
With Brexit looming, calls for Scottish independence grow
People stand on the sand of a beach. Below them, the sand is covered in a dark, black substance.
Scientists rush to rescue sea turtles threatened by mysterious Brazil oil spill
A woman with a baby sits at the back of a truck as they flee Ras al-Ain town, Syria, on Oct. 9, 2019.
Conflict
‘We feel helpless,’ says Kurdish woman forced to flee north Syria
theremin
Happy 100th birthday, theremin!
A female protester raises her fist as she takes part in a march to protest against the decision of Guatemala President Jimmy Morales to end the mandate of the UN-backed anti-graft commission, the CICIG, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, January 12, 2019.
Justice
Guatemala shut down its anti-corruption commission. Now its people worry about impunity.
Grain buyers from Japan check out the corn on Rod Pierce's farm near Woodward, Iowa.
Will Iowa farmers benefit from Trump’s newest deals with China and Japan?
Two men sit at a table
This ex-MP wants to help untangle Giuliani’s business dealings in Ukraine
Pnina Tomano-Shata spoke at a town hall meeting for Ethiopian Israeli voters in the town of Or Yehuda ahead of Israel's national election on September 17, 2019.
‘They need to stop killing our kids’: Ethiopian Israeli lawmakers tackle police brutality
Syria
Can Turkey resettle 1 million Syrians in an 18-mile wide ‘safe zone’?
Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighters walk together in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, on Oct. 11, 2019.
Turkey’s invasion of Syria has left thousands fleeing their homes
A group of people holding signs gather in front of a courthouse building
Immigration
Legal status for thousands of Liberians in US hangs on court decision