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Achimota forest in Accra's only surviving greenbelt, leaving many Ghanaians concerned about its planned rezoning.
Environment
Accra’s only surviving greenbelt is under threat. Ghanaians are fighting to protect it. 
wood pellets in hand
Energy
Biomass energy may soon lose its green label in the EU
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river towards the US in Eagle Pass, Texas
Migration
More migrants are attempting to cross into the US via the perilous Rio Grande
detention center building
Justice
‘I feel quite desperate right now’: In leaked databases, Uyghurs search for names of the missing
Asylum-seekers pray as part of a vigil following the court order mandating Title 42 remain in place on May 23, 2022.
Immigration
‘That news hit us like a bomb’: Asylum-seekers still in limbo after ruling to keep Title 42 intact
Eno Breathe class on Zoom
COVID-19
How opera techniques are helping people with long COVID breathe easier
Sample portions of chicken and kale stew over rice
Food
Maine’s largest school district serves up African-inspired dishes to get more students excited about school lunch
A man tries to receive medicine he bought at a pharmacy through its closed glass doors in Shanghai, China, May 22, 2022.
COVID-19
Shanghai sees exodus as people flee China’s lockdown woes
TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi bows her head while wearing a face covering as she reads the news on TOLOnews, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 22, 2022. 
Afghanistan
‘They may not know my face in the future’: Female news anchors anguished by Taliban order to cover head to toe
A man holds a child as they watch a dance performance at the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Human rights
Leaked Xinjiang police files are a ‘devastating’ glimpse of abuses against Uyghur detainees in China, expert says
a tiara
Arts, Culture & Media
New exhibit shows how Islamic art influenced French luxury jewelry maker Cartier
kids at a museum
Education
Ghana’s school kids go hungry after caterers quit amid soaring food prices
The labor-intensive seagrass harvesting process has been perfected by the Comcáac people of northern Mexico as a traditional practice. 
Climate Change
‘It’s like cultural rescue’: Eelgrass festival in Mexico celebrates Indigenous Comcáac conservation efforts
a lineup of the girls in the show
Why ‘Derry Girls’ has become an international cult hit
A woman wearing a face mask rests on a bench at the green space barricaded with fences and tapes to prevent residents from gathering due to pandemic measures on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Beijing.
COVID-19
Shanghai’s unvaccinated elderly remain vulnerable under lockdown
US Army soldiers assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force—Horn of Africa, provide security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during loading and unloading operations at a
Military
US redeployment of troops to Somalia raises questions about ‘strategic endgame’
The Ukrainian Classical Ballet company holds up the Ukrainian flag onstage during curtain call while the Ukrainian national anthem plays as part of a performance in Bucharest, Ukraine.
Ukraine
Ukrainian ballet dancers displaced by war find a home on international stages
Madeleine Wolczko, stranded on a ship in Shanghai during the COVID-19 lockdown, documents her experience.
COVID-19
Merchant mariners stranded on ships in Shanghai during COVID lockdown
Iraqi army helicopter takes off at a base in Sinjar, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. 
Violence
Iraq’s Yazidis stuck in ‘tug-of-war’ between regional armed groups
Members of the public are held off at a distance as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of a shooting at a supermarket to pay respects to victims of Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, New York, Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
Extremism
A ‘transnational hate movement’ online radicalized the Buffalo shooter, extremism expert says
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o reads a play at the University of Hawaii. 
Arts, Culture & Media
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s famously banned play returns to Kenya
President Joe Biden participates in the US-ASEAN Special Summit to commemorate 45 years of US-ASEAN relations at the State Department in Washington, Friday, May 13, 2022.
Foreign policy
US ‘walks fine line’ at Southeast Asia summit to strengthen ties
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during his announcement of his candidacy for the country’s upcoming presidential election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Brazil under Bolsonaro
Brazil’s Lula makes a comeback on a campaign to defend democracy
A man carries combat gear as he leaves Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. 
Ukraine
Thousands join Ukraine’s foreign legion to fight against Russia — including one Utah woman
An Afghan woman waits to receive a food ration distributed by a South Korea humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.
Afghanistan
Afghan women say Taliban’s new rules aim to make them ‘disappear from public life’
an ICE agent's back
On Course
Immigrant students settle with govt over fake university
Port cranes load a climate friendly LNG, liquefied natural gas, powered container ship at the import and export harbor in Hamburg, Germany
Energy
Europe’s new liquified gas infrastructure puts climate targets in question
María Teresa Navas Mejía, a long-term employee at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently received her green card thanks to Carina De La Torre and students in Colorado Law’s Immigration Defense Clinic.
On Course
Colorado law students gain ‘powerful’ lessons providing free legal services to immigrants
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a graffiti against revealing the gender of unborn fetuses stands outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. 
Abortion
India’s abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says
A drone sprays insecticide near homes on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Brazil's health ministry launched a campaign to fight the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits dengue, zika and chikungunya, diseases that can generate
Health & Medicine
Brazil’s public health workers race to tackle dengue surge
Alexander Skarsgård stars as Amleth and Anya Taylor-Joy as Olga in director Robert Eggers' "The Northman."
Arts, Culture & Media
‘The Northman’ went to extreme lengths to bring the Viking Age to modern audiences, experts say
Friends and family of Nicolas Guerrero lit candles near the spot where he was killed during a protest
Police
Families seek justice for youth killed while protesting last year
People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, May 7, 2022.
Japan gears up for evacuation drills amid spate of North Korean missile tests
A worker quenches his thirst next to power lines as a heatwave continues to lashes the capital, in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 2, 2022. 
Climate Change
Extreme heat in India spurred by rapid climate change 
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra rehearses at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland, the day before the premiere performance of the "Voice of Ukraine" tour that took them to nine cities across Poland and Germany
Arts, Culture & Media
The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra fights on the war’s ‘cultural front’
Delivery drivers in Shanghai have been the unsung heroes during a strict COVID-19 lockdown that kept millions indoors.
COVID-19
Shanghai’s delivery drivers — the unsung heroes of a long pandemic lockdown
A traditional dish from the Isaan region of Thailand served at the Vermont restaurant Saap
Food
Self-taught chef introduces rural Vermonters to traditional Thai cuisine
A train passes by Republika Power Plant in town of Pernik, Bulgaria, April 21, 2022. The only nuclear power plant, generating over a third of Bulgaria’s electricity, runs on uranium from Russia.
Ukraine
EU proposes oil ban after bloc’s largest economy drops opposition
A broadcast studio at Radio Haiti
Media
Radio Haiti finds a new home with a trilingual archive at Duke University
In the small seaside town of Lubmin, on the Baltic coast, the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia hits German soil. But the shiny new pipes sit unused since Germany canceled the project in February.
Energy
As Germany reckons with Russian energy, this village is caught in the crossroads
Aimee Biba teaches a certified nursing assistant course at Portland Adult Education in Maine.
On Course
Despite flurry of efforts to recruit immigrants with medical experience, many remain sidelined 
Internally displaced people form a line at a food distribution center at a camp for displaced people in Juba, South Sudan.
Displacement
Amid calls for reconciliation in South Sudan, displaced people remain in limbo