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Woman in green dress and man in black suit hold up Oscars
Environment
Oscar-winning ‘My Octopus Teacher’ highlights connectivity and environmental issues
Leonid Volkov wears a white shirt and raises his hand in the air while speaking in front of a blue and white background.
Global Politics
‘Fighting corruption in Russia is now being called extremism,’ says Alexei Navalny’s top strategist
Health care worker Maggie Sedidi receives a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Soweto, South Africa, March 5, 2021. 
South Africa boosts Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine supply with local manufacturing
Two young Jewish men are shown wearing Ultra Orthodox clothing and looking on to a staircase strewn with debris following a stampede.
Top of The World
Stampede at religious festival in Israel leaves 45 dead
Young girl holds up hammer as she uses it to break rocks in front of her
Human rights
US Customs and Border Protection monitors imports to curb products made by forced labor
A man is shown wearing a face mask and standing in the doorway of a sightseeing store with maps of Istanbul on the windows.
COVID-19
Turkey announces full lockdown ahead of Eid celebrations
A Taiwanese woman wearing a mask and a white hat holds her passport and airline tickets before she boards a plane.
Global Politics
Will the Taiwan-Palau ‘travel bubble’ serve as a new model for international travel? 
Police at night lining the street with police cars in the background with their lights on
Police
Report: Police treatment of African Americans in the US amounts to crimes against humanity
Biden lifts his hands at podium wearing a suit with Harris and Pelosi standing behind him, clapping.
Top of The World
US President Biden in speech to Congress: ‘America is rising anew’
Family members of a person who died due to COVID-19 light the funeral pyre at a crematorium
COVID-19
India’s COVID-19 infections could be 15 times higher than reported, says biostatistician
A woman receives a plate of food donated by the Leao Xlll Foundation amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 7, 2021.
Hunger, unemployment, health care inequity: The pandemic’s devastating impact on Brazil’s Black communities
A nurse shows an elderly man a syringe prepared with a dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, before he is inoculated at the Americas Cultural Center in Ecatepec, Mexico, April 3, 2021.
COVID-19
Thousands of medical workers left behind in Mexico’s vaccination program 
Protesters carry a banner with Sarah Halimi's face and name printed on it in a protest over a court's decision not to try her killer.
Protest
A French court won’t try the killer of a Jewish doctor. Thousands are protesting.
Men in orange and yellow jackets lift a box of vaccines from COVAX off of a truck bed
COVID-19
Norway’s minister calls on others to follow his country’s lead in sharing COVID-19 vaccines
A woman wearing a yellow sari is shown through a window with her head leaned back and long swab in her nose.
Top of The World
India passes 200,000 COVID-19 deaths
Salim Abdul Ghani helped start the Rainbow Center in the Akyol neighborhood in Gaziantep, Turkey, to help Syrian youth stay off the streets.
Syrians on the border
This center in Turkey was a refuge for Syrian youth. The pandemic shut it down.
A group of people protest and carry a heart-shaped sign that says "Refugees welcome here."
Migration
Denmark revokes residency permits of some Syrian refugees
Greek and Cypriot flags flutter on poles on the left, as Turkish and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags fly between minarets on the right
As Cyprus’ leaders convene for peace talks in Geneva, some Cypriots say ‘expectations are low’
Street shot showing sign pointing to the USA, with a white truck driving down road, and colorful letters spelling Sonoyta, against backdrop of hills.
Migration
Inside a migrant shelter for men: Untold stories of trauma, challenges
Medical professionals are shown on either side of a wall that has signs for the AstraZeneca vaccine posted on it.
Top of The World
The EU sues AstraZeneca escalating tensions amid the pandemic
Supporters of the Turkey Youth Union chant slogans during a protest against US President Joe Biden's statement, outside the US consulate in Istanbul, April 26, 2021.
Human rights
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Biden’s acknowledgment of the Armenian genocide ‘unfounded, unjust, unrealistic’
Two lab technicians dressed in white protective gear organize vials.
COVID-19
US loosens export restrictions to help India’s ‘full-blown’ coronavirus crisis
A person is shown in shadow and holding a placard with "#I am not a virus" printed on it.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The rise of racism against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus crisis
Several people are show wearing protective medical clothing and carrying a wooden casket.
Top of The World
Coronavirus crisis in India overwhelming hospitals
Animation of girl with blonde hair holding a bird and girl with orange hair watching, while sitting on a tree branch
Arts, Culture & Media
Oscar-nominated ‘Wolfwalkers’ blends environmental, spiritual history of Ireland
A group of Sinixt tribal members stand together near a mound and conduct a ceremony.
Justice
Canada’s highest court rules in favor of Sinixt tribal rights at heart of hunting case
An older man is shown sitting on a gurney with a face mask on supplying oxygen.
Top of The World
India sets another grim COVID-19 infections record for a second day
Sour pork soup flecked with cannabis leaves, served at Baan Lao Ruang restaurant in Thailand.
Amid narcotics reform, Thai cooks replace MSG with cannabis
Three women health care workers in uniform, wearing headscarves and masks, stand and listen among a crowd of medical workers.
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘Sometimes I feel like I betrayed my country’: Lebanon’s doctors are leaving in droves
A man holds a sign at George Floyd Square, April 21, 2021, in Minneapolis, a day after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on all counts for the 2020 death of Floyd.
Police
Despite Chauvin verdict, ACLU says the US still needs international accountability
Reunion Island artist Dilo surrounded by pink and magenta flowers around her head.
The Big Fix
Reunion Island artist Dilo uses the sounds of nature to celebrate it 
Author Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala poses for the camera in a dark blue outfit
Leaders
WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on vaccines: ‘We have to solve the health crisis if we want economic recovery’
US President Joe Biden is shown standing at a podium wearing a suit and tie with an US flag to his right.
Top of The World
Biden pledges to cut US emissions 50% by 2030
A woman speaks at a podium representing Black Immigrant Collective.
Conflict & Justice
‘It’s hard to have hope when you haven’t had time to breathe,’ says Liberian American activist on Chauvin verdict
Chad's President Déby wearing an olive-green outfit
Leaders
In the wake of Chadian President Idriss Déby’s death, a transitional military council will lead the country
Apartment buildings in the Mitte borough of Berlin were photographed from the capital's television tower, April 4, 2019.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Berlin tenants undaunted by recent court ruling that undoes a rent cap
George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd is shown lifting his dark-rimmed glasses up to wipes his eyes.
Top of The World
Chauvin guilty verdict results in cheers and relief
Former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, speaks with a reporter in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 7, 2014. 
Global Politics
Former Amb McFaul weighs in on escalating tensions between the US and Russia
Up-close photo of the golden chest featured in the treasure hunt, “The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale."
Arts, Culture & Media
Treasure hunts — they’re not just for pirates
US Black Hawk military helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2021.
Refugees
Afghans who fled to Turkey are worried — and hopeful — about the prospect of peace at home
Farmworkers wearing hats gather spinach from a field.
Human rights
As temperatures heat up, farmworkers across the US push for more rights
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno is shown seated and with his hands folded.
Top of The World
Chad’s President Idriss Déby dies after clashes with rebels, army says
Two cemetery workers are shown pulling a casket on wheels with ceremonial green smoke surrounding them.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The latest on coronavirus variants and rapid testing
Alexei Navalny wears a plaid shirt and looks a bit startled with his eyes widened at the camera.
Leaders
Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s health warrants ‘justified, grave concern,’ says his adviser
African American Mayor Mike Elliott poses in a dark gray suit
Justice
Brooklyn Center mayor on Chauvin trial: Black people can no longer tolerate ‘a state of terror’
A soccer ball with stars on it rests on a green field near a white line and a soccer ball on the other side.
Top of The World
Breakaway European soccer clubs launch new league
Table top tennis players compete in front of a large blue banner
Foreign policy
A fresh call for ‘pingpong diplomacy’ on the 50th anniversary of the first US-China games
IA Rehman, center, an official from the Human Rights Commission addresses a news conference, in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 16, 2018. Rehman, an iconic Pakistani human rights defender and former editor, has died in the eastern city of Lahore after a brief i
Leaders
Pakistan mourns I.A. Rehman, the country’s ‘father of human rights’ 
Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo, from left, daughter Alondra, son Arnold and wife Lilia Paredes, pray before eating breakfast, in their home in Chugur, Peru, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru'
Elections
Peru polarized by two social conservatives in presidential runoff
A 91-year-old white woman with gray hair, wearing glasses and a pink top, sits on a sofa and reads a newsletter.
COVID-19
A toddler’s newsletter inspires joy for isolated seniors in Toronto
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, is shown wearing a light colored blazer with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
Top of The World
Pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai sentenced in Hong Kong
Stranded Australian citizens arrive to catch a bus to take a rescue flight from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 1, 2020. Stranded tourists from Australia and New Zealand boarded a chartered flight out of Nepal Wednesday. The Nep
Australians stranded amid the pandemic take their case to the UN
A few cows graze on green grass along a river in daylight hours.
Development
Istanbul’s mega-canal poses threats to surrounding villages, wildlife
Syrian boy looks through window at refugee camp with plants placed in yellow and white cans attached
Syrians on the border
Syrian children in Lebanon are ‘being robbed of their futures’
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown in a close-up photograph wearing a dark suit and tie and looking off to his right.
Top of The World
Biden administration levels stiff new sanctions against Russia
African American soldiers lined up in ranks during World War II
Science & Technology
New technology could identify thousands of unknown soldiers who died in World War II
People spend the first day of the Songkran New Year holidays at Nang Rong beach in Chonburi, Thailand, April 13, 2021.
One Thai island’s bold scheme to bring back tourists
A stadium is set up as a vaccination drive site in France.
Health & Medicine
French citizens can choose a preferred jab. Some say ‘vaccine shopping’ leads to waste.
A COVID-19 patient is shown strapped to a yellow gurney with several medical staff moving along side in a blurred motion photograph.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Understanding and tracking ‘long COVID’
A child looks up at a TV screen with several apps to choose from at his home in New Delhi, India.
Arts, Culture & Media
India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations