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Saudi activists have shared an image of Abdul Rahim al-Hwaiti's bullet-ridden home.
Saudi activists allege a tribesman was killed over glitzy megacity plans
Migrants are seen at temporary shelter in the village of La Penita, Panama, on August 23, 2019.
Migration
‘We’re dead here’: Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus
A painting of a woman
Coronavirus Art
During social distancing, artists collaborate on ‘Long Distance Art’
A woman is shown through glass with her arm inside a lab testing area and holding a medical dropper.
Top of The World
Where is the world in the race to combat coronavirus? ‘Only renewables’ holding up in global energy slump; As the coronavirus drags on, Mexico’s food prices soar
Harjot Singh Khalsa (left) and Rajkaranbir Singh are hosts of Punjabi Radio USA, which provides valuable information to immigrant workers.
Immigrant ‘digital first responders’ provide vital services. They’re in a financial crisis. 
Customers wait while a fuel dispenser machine is fixed at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela, April 23, 2020.
COVID-19
Doctors wait hours to fill tanks as Venezuela faces fuel shortages
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Nevada, on Feb. 19, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren’t sure.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reacts while addressing the media during a news conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2020.
COVID-19
Bolsonaro’s ‘so what’ response to coronavirus deaths is the latest in his spiraling political crisis
A woman stands by a display of fruit
Food
As the coronavirus drags on, Mexico’s food prices soar
Dr. Maud Braun-Reys, left, a dental surgeon in Obernai, France, posted an image on Facebook of herself naked in her office along with her father, Dr. Daniel Reys, also a dentist, to protest the lack of PPE.
Coronavirus Art
French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear
A general view of an empty high street
Top of The World
1.5 billion could lose livelihoods; International students caught in limbo; Ghana’s dancing pallbearers go ‘viral’
A screenshot of two men in suits
Culture
‘Stay home or dance with us’: Ghana’s dancing pallbearers urge social distancing
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. 
COVID-19
Fires, orchestras, parachutes. Some other ways to describe coronavirus — besides war.
Man sits on bench with mask and bird flies overhead
COVID-19
Chile’s ‘COVID-19 card’ sparks controversy over ‘uncertainty of evidence’ about immunity
A student carries her bags in front of a sign for the University of Dayton
Global Nation Education
COVID-19 shakes up international student life — and university budgets
Three people wear face masks with soldiers standing behind them
COVID-19
Some Americans feel safer in Lebanon when it comes to COVID-19 response
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is shown buttoning his suit jacket and walking with security detail on either side.
Top of The World
Brazilian Supreme Court orders probe into Bolsonaro; El Salvador prison crackdown risks coronavirus spread; Harvard student creates PPE supply chain from China to Boston
Personal protective equipment brought to the US through an operation run by Harvard Business School student Sophie Bai.
COVID-19
Harvard grad student creates a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston
A man in the middle of a smog-filled street
Environment
Shutdowns have led to cleaner air quality. Is it sustainable?
A woman is shown wearing a medical mask and carrying a bag while standing in front of doors with graffiti painted on them
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Pandemic exposes health inequities in vulnerable communities
Kirsty Duncan and her husband, Adam, on their wedding day.
COVID-19
COVID-19 interrupts fertility plans for hopeful couples in the United Kingdom
José Valdes takes his twin daughters out for a walk in Madrid on the day Spain lifts restrictions on children outdoors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19
Kids in Spain venture outside for the first time in weeks as lockdown gradually eases up
A map of Europe and North Africa with blue pins designating where recordings.
COVID-19
Corona Diaries: Open-source project chronicles pandemic life via voice notes
A midshot of a woman speaking at a podium
Top of The World
New Zealand’s coronavirus win; Advocates urge collecting patients’ racial data; Animal Crossing gives gamers sense of normalcy
A woman opens the door to a person in a wheelchair at Pinecrest Nursing Home after several residents died and dozens of staff were sickened due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bobcaygeon, Ontario, Canada, on March 30, 2020.
COVID-19
‘It felt like a war zone’: Coronavirus tears through Canada nursing homes
A worker disinfects the streets of the Vidigal slum, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 24, 2020.
COVID-19
Advocates raise alarm as countries fail to collect racial data of coronavirus patients
A midshot of a woman in front of a bookshelf
Language
The Netherlands to immigrants: Speak Dutch
A scene from the video game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Arts, Culture & Media
Amid pandemic, Animal Crossing gamers create dreamy ‘islands,’ travel and mingle with friendly (and really cute) animal neighbors
Protesters stand respecting social distancing norms.
Top of The World
China crackdowns on Hong Kong; Libyans caught between coronavirus and conflict; Ghana uses drones to speed up testing
A small drone drops a red package
In fight against coronavirus, Ghana uses drones to speed up testing
Libyan boys check a damaged car after a shell fell on a residential area at Hadba al-Badri district, in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 28, 2020.
COVID-19
Libyans are caught between coronavirus and conflict 
An aerial Muslims attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of a housing estate next to the small BBC community center and mosque in east London, Britain, July 10, 2015.
Religion
How coronavirus is changing the way Muslims celebrate Ramadan
Arash Hampay and a group of volunteers pack and distribute "hope bags."
In Greece, refugees and migrants turn to each other to get through coronavirus pandemic
A woman speaks at a microphone in front of world flags
Global Politics
Pandemic security must be ‘top line concern’ says former Amb. Power
A man is shown sitting and bent over while pulling his hood over his head and another man sitting next to him pointing.
Top of The World
High-profile Syrian war crimes trial opens; Countries debate rescue packages, billionaires ask for bailouts; Missouri sues China over economic coronavirus losses
Syrian defendant Eyad A. hides himself under his hood prior to the first trial of suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, April 23, 2020.
Conflict & Justice
Syrian officials on trial for war crimes in Germany
A woman in a mask and gloves holds a sign reading "immigrants are essential NWDC is not"
Immigration
Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration
Prickles the sheep with a massive coat of fleece
The incredible journey: Prickles the Australian sheep returns home after 7 years
A young man stands in front of media surrounded by other men
Sexual violence
South Korea reels from latest high-tech, online sex trafficking case
Women carry baskets in a field
Top of The World
Earth Day during a pandemic; First US COVID-19 cases earlier than thought; Holocaust survivor shares her story
Two novels translated into English this spring show the broad landscape of Mexican literature today.
Books
From Mexico, tales of a Russian socialite and a small-town witch
An older woman speaks on the phone
History
From Auschwitz to Jerusalem, Holocaust survivor Giselle Cycowicz shares her story
Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school senior in Fort Worth, Texas, poses for a photo while walking down steps wearing a navy blue Ralph Lauren polo.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latino teen voter worries about prom, graduation — and the economy
A woman wears a bright yellow blouse and sits in a radio studio
COVID-19
Mexico’s community radio network shares critical COVID-19 info in Indigenous languages
Soldiers from the United Wa State Army are pictured in surgical masks. 
COVID-19
Can Asia’s largest armed group fend off coronavirus?
A man is shown wearing a white protective face mask while holding his young grandson.
Top of The World
Trump to halt immigration to the US; Oil prices drop to sub-zero territory for the first time; China works to undermine Hong Kong’s democracy movement
Nasim Almuntaser stands inside his packed bodega filled with products.
COVID-19
Without protective gear, NYC bodega workers risk their lives
A close-up of the blue-gloved hand of a toilet paper packer who is boxing rolls of individually wrapped toilet paper to be shipped in Bangor, Maine, on April 7, 2020.
COVID-19
‘Sewage surveillance’ may be early warning tool in fight against COVID-19, says one study
a man with a cellphone and a face mask walks in front of a sign in Vietnamese discouraging the spread of misinformation.
COVID-19
How do you stop the spread of misinformation?
A man poses behind taps at the bar
COVID-19
UK lockdown could see beer flowing down the drain
A man speaks to a crowd
Top of The World
Protesters rally against protective measures; preventing economic collapse in Africa; Canadian nurses in Detroit
A health worker checks a man's temperature during door to door screening in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, April 16, 2020.
Economics
Policymakers rush to stave off economic collapse on the African continent
A woman walks inside a medical center that deals with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Idlib, Syria, April 13, 2020.
COVID-19
ISIS families held in Syrian camps face uncertain futures. Now, the coronavirus also looms.
"So" is a 1,000-year-old Japanese cheese that recently became popular among people stuck at home due to the coronavirus.
Food
In Japan, a 1,000-year-old cheese recipe makes its comeback
A screenshot of a livestream
Indians stranded in the US due to coronavirus face poverty, eviction
a woman in black gym clothes throws a high kick to a makeshift sparing partner
Pro athletes find creative ways to train from home during coronavirus
A healthcare worker walks outside the DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital
COVID-19
Detroit needs Canadian nurses. But coronavirus threatens their cross-border travel.
A man wearing a face mask is seen under a bridge of Yangtze river
Top of The World
China raises coronavirus death toll; political shakeups in Brazil; restoring Notre Dame’s soundscape
Retired British Army Captain Tom Moore, 99, walks to raise money for health workers, by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday this month as the spread of coronavirus disease continues, April 15, 2020.
Health
99-year-old’s fundraiser for Britain’s NHS nets nearly $20 million
Corals grow in the shallow waters around a small island in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. 
The Big Fix
This researcher finds hope in ‘bright spots’ among coral reefs