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Anita Anand, Canada's Minister of Public Services and Procurement opens a box with some of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses that Canada has secured through a deal with the Serum Institute of India in partnership with Verity Pharma at a facility in M
COVID-19
A Canadian company challenges vaccine rules to increase access 
A man receives a shot from a health worker, both wear masks and protective gear.
COVID-19
In Zimbabwe, vaccine hesitancy among front-line workers stalls rollout 
A supporter of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro places his image on a car.
Global Politics
Bolsonaro’s Cabinet reshuffle triggers worst military crisis since the ’70s
An older woman is shown with a man behind her resting his hands on her shoulders while they wait in a line.
Top of The World
Brazil’s top military commanders quit amid worsening pandemic
A migrant stands outside his tent at Karatepe refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, March 29, 2021. The European Union's home affairs commissioner is visiting asylum-seeker facilities on the eastern Greek islands of Samos and
Refugees
Activists protest migrant facility plan in Greece: ‘Greek islands will not be turned to prisons’ 
La Francachela restaurant in Madrid, Spain.
Spain test-drives a nationwide 4-day workweek
People enjoy the warm weather at Ruislip Lido in London, March 30, 2021. Temperatures in parts of the UK are expected to be significantly warmer this week as families and friends are reunited and outdoor sporting activities are allowed to resume in Englan
Lifestyle
Swimmers relish their first dip in Britain’s outdoor ‘lidos’ as lockdown relaxes 
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is pictured in a close up photograph showing only his face covered by a medical face mask.
Top of The World
Brazil’s Bolsonaro under fire over minister shuffle, COVID-19 handling
People stand outside their submerged homes near Nhamatanda, about 80 miles from Beira, in Mozambique, on March 26, 2019.
Hundreds remain missing after Cabo Delgado attack
A cemetery is shown via an ariel view with several rows of empty new graves and exposed dirt.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: A deepening coronavirus crisis in Brazil
A man is shown wearing a medical mask while running past a large fire in the street behind him.
Top of The World
Violence against civilians in Myanmar escalates
Sabha Aminikia immigrated to the US as a refugee and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. But even as he launched his career in America, his music was often focused on Iran.
Movement
Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’
The British Embassy is shown in the distance through a closed metal gate with a Chinese paramilitary police officer standing guard.
China announces ban on British politicians, organizations
Ali ATH, rapper wearing a red and black cap and holding headphones around his neck.
Music
Rapper Ali ATH wonders if there’s a place for him in Afghanistan’s future
Student activists carry posters and shout slogans as they participate in a protest march against climate change in Delhi, India, March 19, 2021.
The Big Fix
Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of ‘radical climate acceptance’
Merkel stands at a podium flanked by two German flags.
Top of The World
Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany
Two people gather locusts from trees
Environment
This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed
A group of Uyghur mothers are trying to get the Turkish government to help find their missing children in China. The women set out on foot from Istanbul to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to demonstrate, and say they will continue to wait there until offic
Human rights
Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating their children in China
A man walks through a plaza during the day
Lifestyle & Belief
Will car-obsessed Madrid join Europe’s biking and walking trend? 
Several people are shown standing in the burned down ruins of the Balukhali refugee camp.
Top of The World
Massive fire kills 15 at a Rohingya refugee camp, leaves thousands displaced
Several long lines of traffic cones are shown winding around an empty parking lot.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Coronavirus vaccine acceptance and public attitudes
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez waves upon his arrival to an air base to receive a shipment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX program, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 13, 2021.
COVID-19
Honduras and other countries at the ‘back of the line’ in global vaccine distribution
A health worker inoculates a woman at a COVID-19 vaccination point for priority elderly persons in the Ceilandia neighborhood, on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, March 22, 2021.
COVID-19
Brazil saw its first COVID-19 death a year ago. Today the death toll nears 300,000.
A woman with a black and white striped shirt sits outside with younger children surrounding her.
Human rights
Czech Republic may offer justice, compensation to thousands of sterilized Roma women 
In this Sept. 1, 2016 file photo, a Jesuit statue is seen in front of Freedom Hall, formerly named Mulledy Hall, on the Georgetown University campus in Washington. 
Justice
‘Our goal is to heal’: Jesuits and descendants of the enslaved reflect on landmark agreement
A large scenic river with sloping mountains on either side.
Environment
An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador
A person receives a jab from a health worker wearing white gloves
Top of The World
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine 79% effective, US trial shows
The Iron Dames line up in front of their race cars on the race track.
Sports
Iron Dames: The all-female team racing to bring change to motor sports
Two hands are shown holding several acorns while the rest of the photograph is dark.
COVID-19
This nature photography project helps London health care workers cope with pandemic stress
Two long rows of tables are shown covered in white cloth with officials dressed in suits on either side.
Top of The World
A tense start to US-China talks in Alaska
Crimean Tatars speak after the prayer in a Mosque marking the Eid al-Adha, celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in Bakhchisarai, Crimea, on Sat. Oct. 4, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
7 years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Indigenous Tatars still face persecution
John Magufuli wears glasses a green shirt and speaks at a podium with a green background
Obituary
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died at 61
Security guards look at outbound vehicles moving toward them at a security checkpoint where part of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen in the background in Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Feb. 25, 2021. An official
Fukushima 10 Years Later
The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.
A group of people hold up a large white sign with black letters and a yellow X through it.
The Big Fix
Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle
An administrative worker explains to people how to fill up the national vaccination certificate in a vaccination center in Strasbourg, France, March 18, 2021. France is set to announce new coronavirus restrictions on Thursday, including a potential lockdo
COVID-19
The EU proposes certificates to ease travel during the pandemic. Not everyone is on board.
A sign above a roadway is shown for Gold Spa as cars pass by on a rainy afternoon.
Top of The World
Asian American community on edge after deadly shooting in Atlanta
People walk along a deserted road blocked with improvised barricades build by anti-coup protesters to secure a neighborhood in Yangon, Myanmar, March 18, 2021.
Inside Myanmar, calls for UN intervention grow louder
A man is shown in blurred focus walking past a digital sign that says, 'open 7' and glass beneth it with the sign for Gold Spa in the reflection.
Conflict & Justice
Atlanta shootings come in wake of rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
Four people wearing blue jackets and green caps ride in a boat on a lake.
Environment
Fishermen risk their lives to defend a vital lake in Colombia
Violet Gibson made international headlines when she shot Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, on April 7, 1926, but she has long been forgotten.
History
The woman who shot Benito Mussolini was forgotten for decades. Ireland wants to change that.
Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine is shown wearing a gray blazer an speaking into severla microphones.
Global Politics
A conversation with Bobi Wine, Ugandan opposition leader
A young girl blows bubbles in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Jan. 19, 2017.
Conflict
This photographer tells the story of Syria’s war through the eyes of children
A soldier in uniform stands next to a man in a military vehicle with rugged mountains in the background.
Migration
Afghan interpreters languish in visa limbo as US coalitions return home
The front door of a spa is shown lit with blue colors and a sign above the entrance with the name, Gold Spa in neon lighting.
Conflict & Justice
Growing fears of anti-Asian hate crimes following Atlanta shootings
Women look out of a crowded bus traveling from the outskirts of Beijing.
Violence
Putting China’s domestic violence law into practice is an uphill battle
Several young people are show from their neck down and wearing sweatshirts and jeans and many with pink tennis shoes.
Migration
An increase in migration: A view from Juárez, Mexico
A man is shown with his left sleeve raised and a medical professional injecting a syringe into his arm.
Top of The World
More countries halt use of AstraZeneca vaccine
A man holds a placard depicting Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sissi and reads he is a criminal as he stages a protest by the National Assembly in Paris, Dec. 8, 2020. 
Human rights
Powerful countries break their silence on Egypt’s human rights abuses 
A cloudy, gray day is shown from one end of the Charles Bridge, with several stone statues on either side and a man walking in the distance.
Lessons from Europe’s third coronavirus wave
Bashil el-Ahmad stands next to her garden with the mountains behind her marking the Syrian border.  

Refugees
Fighting in Syria has subsided. But refugees in Lebanon still hesitate to return.
A person is shown in the near ground with their fist in the air and wearing a white construction helmet with a large crowd of people sitting and holding candles.
Top of The World
Myanmar declares martial law on deadly day
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Conflict & Justice
Biden’s new plan for peace in Afghanistan garners mixed reactions
A person wearing an air-filtration mask and helmet is show looking through makeshift metal barriers with the words 'Defense Force' and a hand holding up three fingers painted on them.
Top of The World
The lethal crackdown in Myanmar continues with widespread calls for the violence to end
The downtown skyline of San Francisco is shown in the distance with a couple walking in the nearground in shadown.
Justice
Anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise
Riot police detain a man during clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, March 11, 2021.
Technology
Greek police roll out new ‘smart’ devices that recognize faces and fingerprints
A man wearing glasses looks at a globe.
The Big Fix
Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube
Several large boats are shown on their side and washed ashore following a tsunami as shown from across a body of water.
Fukushima 10 Years Later
It’s been 10 years since Fukushima. What’s it like to rebuild in a city that ‘doesn’t exist’?
A man in a yellow shirt helps fix the bike of an elder leaning over bike wearing casual clothes and cap
Community
Oakland’s Chinatown finds solutions to hate crimes
A woman is shown standing and wearing a full blue medical protective outfit with several people walking past her in blurred motion.
Top of The World
The pandemic, one year later
An elderly man is shown wearing a blue jacked with two kids running nearby and an painting of a hand holding a candle on the wall.
COVID-19
How poetry has helped a hospital chaplain in the pandemic