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Aerial shot of green trees in large forest.
The Big Fix
Global demand for carbon offsets to combat emissions is growing — but the supply is unreliable
Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Several women in colorful saris sit and stand with bright yellow drinking vessels in front of a blue and green painted building.
Jobs
Putting a price on women’s unpaid work in India
The silhouette of four people are show against the white panel of a tent.
Top of The World
More contagious virus variant in South Africa found in US
Roma musician Tcha Limberger, of Belgium, says “I Silenti,” which translates from Italian to “the silent ones,” is about giving a voice to the Roma people who died in the Holocaust. 
Music
‘I Silenti’ gives a voice to those who died in the Romani genocide
Leticia Arcila has voted in local and state elections. This is her first presidential election.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Latina calls health insurance ‘life-changing.’ She hopes Biden will help everyone get it.
On Jan. 14, 2020, Nadhira al-Harthy became the first Arab woman to reach the summit of Mount Ama Dablam — about 22,000 feet — according to mountain records.
Lifestyle
‘Married to the mountains’: Arab women mountaineers set records despite social restrictions, pandemic
Wuhan Prison is a dive bar that holds about 200 people in Wuhan, China.
Music
Wuhan — China’s punk capital — slowly returns to its indie music scene
A large group of rioting supporters of former President Donald Trump are show carrying Trump 2020 flags and climbing the stone wall of the US Capitol.
Top of The World
DHS issues warning on ‘violent domestic extremists’
In this file photo taken on Wed. June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia.
Nuclear
US and Russia extend key nuclear arms reduction treaty
Christian Koblinger, head of tourism in Radstadt, Austria, says the winter ski season is a major economic driver in his community.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Austria’s ski resorts remain open during pandemic — but now they’re ‘ghost towns’
Joe Biden is shown with his hand outstretched shaking the hand of Vladimir Putin.
Top of The World
Biden and Putin hold first call as counterparts; Sanofi to support rival vaccine production; Linda Thomas-Greenfield faces confirmation hearing
A plane flies over blue ocean waters and small island strips.
Business, Economics and Jobs
The pandemic wiped out tourism on Pacific island nations. Can they stay afloat?
A shellfish export truck with a protest sign written across the trailer "Incompetent Government Destroying Shellfish Industry" drives past the Palace of Westminster in London
Scottish fishermen say their industry is in crisis after Brexit  
Every 30 Seconds
Latino teen hopes the Republican Party can reform itself
Sikhs wave the Nishan Sahib, a Sikh religious flag, as they arrive at the historic Red Fort monument in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021.  
Business, Economics and Jobs
Indian farmers’ widespread protests are about ‘income inequality,’ activists say
Members of Ninety One, a Q-pop boy band.
Music
Kazakhstan’s ‘Qazaq-pop’ boy band Ninety One challenges gender norms
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks at the ruling party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Jan. 8, 2021, photo provided by the North Korean government. 
Global Politics
In crisis, North Korea is turning further inward
A group of men are shown on top of the redish-orange colored Red Fort monument with one man putting up an orange flag on top.
Top of The World
Farmers storm historic Red Fort monument in New Delhi; EU warns of blocking vaccine; Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna announce findings on new variants
President Joe Biden signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021. Six of Biden's 17 first-day executive orders dealt with immigration, such as halting work on a border wall in Mexico and lifting a t
Extremism
Civil rights groups oppose expanding laws to target domestic terrorists
A person walks past a closed restaurant in Paris wearing a face mask.
COVID-19
Happy hour canceled in France under strict coronavirus curfew
Demonstrators wearing masks with text written in Portuguese that read "Bolsonaro out," and a sign with the phrase "Oxygen, Breathe Brazil," protest against the government's response in combating COVID-19 and demanding the impeachment of Brazil's President
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Calls for Bolsonaro’s impeachment intensify  
A large crowd of people are shown with arms locked standing opposite a line of police wearing riot gear with black helmets.
Top of The World
Pro-Navalny protesters clash with Russian police; Dutch protests erupt over COVID-19 curfew; Mexican president tests positive for coronavirus
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, DC.
Biden administration
How Biden’s Keystone XL Pipeline cancellation could test US-Canada relations
The sun sets on Kamoka Pearl Farm, located on the Ahe Atoll, about 300 miles away from French Polynesia's main island, Tahiti. Owner Josh Humbert says that being environmentally has always been important at this small, family-run pearl production operatio
French Polynesia’s pearl farmers combat climate change with sustainable practices
A rocket is shown launching with the fire from boosters and smoke shown at the bottom with trees in the distance.
Top of The World
Biden seeks to extend US-Russia arms deal; Controversial tweet from Iran’s supreme leader; Honduras set for permanent abortion ban
Izcan Ordaz says Texas conservatism has influenced his politics.
Every 30 Seconds
After 2020 election, first-time Latino voter worries about a divided US
Kim Ju-won (left) and Park Sun-min (right) say same-sex couples are excluded from incentives to start families. 
Lifestyle & Belief
South Korea’s baby boost for married couples excludes nontraditional families
The COVID-19 Exhibition in Wuhan, China, pays tribute to soldiers. 
Revisiting Wuhan a year after the coronavirus hit the city 
US President Joe Biden is shown seated at a wooden desk with a tall stack of embossed folders next to him.
Top of The World
Biden tackles the coronavirus; Twin suicide bombings in Baghdad; Migrant shipwreck off Libyan coast
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the North Portico of the White House,  Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, DC.
A post-America world: Biden’s challenges begin at home, former diplomat Richard Haass says
Lady Gaga performs the national anthem during the 59th presidential inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021.
Biden administration
Biden supporters across the political spectrum unified by outrage, heartbreak and hope
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021.
Biden administration
‘Even as we grieved, we grew’: Poet Amanda Gorman gives powerful performance at inauguration
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021.
Biden administration
5 major challenges facing Biden on Day One   
The US National Mall is shown covered in flags with the Washington Monument in the distance and the Marine One helicopter flying past.
Top of The World
Inauguration Day for Biden-Harris; Biden to sign 15 executive orders upending Trump-era policies; Trump’s flurry of pardons
Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken testifies during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Jan. 19, 2021.
McFaul: Blinken has a chance to ‘reinvigorate America’s place in the world’
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni attends the state funeral of Kenya's former president Daniel Arap Moi in Nairobi, Kenya. Despite failing to dislodge the long-time leader Museveni, opposition challenger Bobi Wine has emerged from Uganda's Jan. 14, 2021,
After Museveni wins presidency, Ugandans gradually return to preelection normal 
A Honduran migrant woman carries a child on her back as they travel with other migrants by foot along a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala,  Jan. 16, 2021, in hopes of reaching the U.S. border
How the Biden administration might undo some of Trump’s immigration policies
Erika Oliva, left, and her husband Benjamin Lopez's family gather inside their apartment in the southern neighborhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 15, 2020. 
Lifestyle & Belief
Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?
A Venezuelan migrant family walks away from the Venezuelan border in Pamplona, Colombia, Oct. 7, 2020. 
Critical State
Political science of the periphery: Part I
Tony Blinken is shown wearing a blue suit and tie while speaking with Joe Biden wearing a face mask in the distance.
Top of The World
Senate begins Biden cabinet hearings; Mexico urges US immigration policy reform; American woman allegedly steals Pelosi laptop for Russian intelligence
Supporters of a civil society organization hold a demonstration to protest against the killing of coal mine workers by gunmen near the Machh coal field, in Lahore, Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2021. Pakistan's prime minister Friday appealed to the protesting minorit
UN rapporteur emphasizes responsibility to protect ‘vulnerable’ Hazaras
Mourners demanded that Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan visit them in person in the aftermath of the brutal attack.
Hazara community demands justice for slain coal miners in Pakistan
Alexei Navalny and his wife Yuliastand are shown wearing face masks and standing next to each other with a mobile phone also showing them in the near ground.
Top of The World
Poisoned opposition leader Navalny arrested in Moscow; Migrants stopped in Guatemala; Bobi Wine’s opposition party rejects Museveni win
Zimbabwean American singer, poet and activist Shungudzo says she finds an outlet for her activism through music.
Music
Artist Shungudzo feels an urgency to ‘use her words’ to fight against racism
health worker and oxygen
Hospitals in Manaus run out of oxygen amid coronavirus surge in Brazil
A view of Shuafat refugee camp is seen behind section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem, June 19, 2020.
Why a leading Israeli rights group is calling Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours mother-and-baby Home, Tuam County Galway Republic of Ireland.
Sacred Nation
The Irish govt and Catholic Church apologized for abusive mother-and-baby homes. Survivors say it’s not enough.  
Sports
In Canada, Syrian refugee kids find belonging through hockey
A protester from the Uighur community living in Turkey, participates in a protest in Istanbul, Oct. 1, 2020, against what they allege is oppression by the Chinese government to Muslim Uighurs in far-western Xinjiang province. 
US bans cotton products from China’s Uighur region over forced labor concerns
Amazonas Federal University's workers carry empty oxygen tanks at the Getulio Vargas Hospital amid the new coronavirus pandemic, Manaus, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. Scores of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city will be transferr
Brazil weighs COVID-19 vaccines as its death toll climbs
In this Nov. 28, 2019, photo, a solar panel installation is seen in Ruicheng County in central China's Shanxi Province.
Environment
Green China: Where authoritarianism and environmentalism meet 
On the exterior of the building, the stencil of a stag created by the artist MAD stands solemnly, with pieces of women's underwear hanging from its horns. 
Arts
Temporary art exhibit pays homage to an Istanbul apartment building scheduled for demolition 
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gavels in the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump
Top of The World
Trump impeached for second time; WHO delegates arrive in Wuhan; Afghan intelligence foils ISIS plot to assassinate US diplomat
People wearing shirts with Proud Boys on them join supporters of President Donald Trump in a march Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington, DC.
Why Canada may designate the Proud Boys a terrorist group
An angry mob storms the US Capitol building.
Extremism
US Capitol attack exposes depth of America’s problem with white extremism
Adela Diaz says the coronavirus pandemic has brought new urgency to her college major in public health.
A young Latina voter in Arizona reflects on the contentious 2020 election
US President Donald Trump faces a black and white striped wall.
US House forges ahead with Trump impeachment; Ireland’s COVID-19 rates skyrocket; Italian ‘Nndrangheta mobsters on trial
A health worker gives an injection to a mock patient during a coronavirus vaccine drill in Bali, Indonesia.
COVID-19
China’s ‘vaccine diplomacy’ fills void in developing world left by US ‘vaccine nationalism’
n this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, most who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, receive bottles of water given by volunteers in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico.
Why Biden’s day one promise to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program may go unfilled