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Ukraine
Exclusive: Inside an American hunt forward operation in Ukraine
"Les Princes de la Ville" by 113, a French rap group.
Planet Hip Hop
Planet Hip Hop: How French rappers continue to raise their voices for justice and identity
Working undercover in 1971, former US narcotics agent Michael Levine meets heroin traffickers in Bangkok, Thailand.
Narcs and spies: The drug war’s murky origins in Southeast Asia
two women
#MeToo
‘It’s time that we face the issue’: #MeToo movement gains momentum in Taiwan
Argentine trap artists Keke (right) and Sosa (left).
Planet Hip Hop
‘It’s the new soccer, where stars are born’: Trap music boom inspires Argentine youth
Clothes are on display at the Mar Design tailor shop in central St. Louis in northern Senegal.
Lifestyle & Belief
Muslims in Senegal prepare for Eid al-Adha celebrations
people lined up
Colombian searchers reveal new details on the rescue of four children who survived plane crash in the Amazon 
Ukrainian ethnographer Maia Ernst sits on the porch of her house with two of her dogs.
Ukraine
This Ukrainian woman rescued dogs as she fled war. Now she’s rescuing more in Serbia.
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Threats prompt Tijuana mayor to move to military base
a sign outside of a clinic welcomes asylum seekers in various languages
Ukraine
Iceland fast-tracks Ukrainian refugees to residency, employment
two men and a baby
Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law 
A man standing in a dimly lit room showing large renewable batteries
Ukraine
Renewable energy seen as an answer to Ukraine’s wartime energy woes
Wagner Group
Russian Wagner mercenary group update
Wagner Group
Rising ethnic tensions in Kosovo
Wagner Group
A man claiming to be a Russian military commander defects to Norway
Wagner Group
In Sudan, global powers fuel conflict
Wagner Group
Russia claims it controls Bakhmut, again
Wagner Group
Wagner Group blamed for civilian slaughter in Mali
Wagner Group
Russia’s private army
A police officer searches and checks the documents of a man living in the Kiwanis Community, during a preventive patrol in search of gang members in Soyapango, El Salvador, Aug. 16, 2022, amid a state of exception.
Conflict & Justice
El Salvador imprisons dozens of foreign visitors in crackdown on crime
sign for the University of Alberta on the university's campus
Why are some sounds funny?
Students at the International People's College head off to class.
Ukraine
Danish folk high schools offer lessons in peace in times of war
a group of students sitting barefoot on the ground as they go through burned documents
Youth
Young Senegalese feel the impact of the country’s political crisis
At Copenhagen's central train station, Ukraine's flag wave side by side with Denmark's flag in a sign of solidarity seen all over the city.
Ukraine
Denmark welcomes Ukrainians under special law — with an expiration date
Two men, US President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi standing with the arms stretched outward to wave
Biden administration
What to expect from Modi’s historic visit to the US
There's a great deal of concern among civil society groups over how ethnic tensions may influence Sierra Leone’s June 24 elections.
Elections
Sierra Leone elections: Familiar faces vie for voter trust as economy stagnates
A woman in the middle of a crop field holding crops
The Big Fix
An engineer in Bolivia is reviving an ancestral, nutritious grain for the 21st century
three diplomats shake hands in front of an embassy building
‘Open lines of communication’ are crucial to improving relations with Beijing, Amb Nicholas Burns says
Students sit at the 2023 graduation ceremony inside the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 
Afghanistan
Afghan students in Central Asia set their sights on the US
man sits at a computer monitor
Ukraine
Young Russian game designers find a new home in Serbia
For more than a century, water from mineral springs in the Georgian town of Borjomi has been bottled and sold throughout the former Soviet Union. To this day, Borjomi remains a well-known brand from Kyiv to Kazakhstan.
Ukraine
Georgia’s famous Borjomi water company takes a hit during Russia-Ukraine war
Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut on Monday, May 15, 2023.
‘We are determined’: Ukrainian military adviser speaks on early counteroffensive
rapper
Planet Hip Hop
Hip-hop artists in India call out caste discrimination 
Cité Internationale Universitaire campus in Paris, France.
The World's Global Classroom
How the Bologna Process expanded opportunities for students across Europe
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The World's Global Classroom
This Brazilian immigrant to the US says the American dream still exists
Professor Juan Madrid with his students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at a radio telescope in Fort Davis in West Texas.
The World's Global Classroom
1-HOUR SPECIAL: Breaking Barriers: The challenges immigrants face in accessing higher education
"The Glass Castle," by Dmytro Moldovanov, seen at "The Muses are Not Silent" exhibition at Ukraine House in Denmark, Copenhagen, May 17, 2023.
Ukraine
‘The muses are not silent’: Ukraine House in Denmark offers space for arts, cultural exchange and dialogue
Professor Juan Madrid with his students from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at a radio telescope in Fort Davis in West Texas.
The World's Global Classroom
‘Embrace the culture, embrace the language’: Offering bilingual courses benefits students beyond the classroom, Texan professor says
students taking photos
The World's Global Classroom
Is the US still the No. 1 education destination?
border
The World's Global Classroom
Crossing borders: Living in one country, going to school in another
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The World's Global Classroom
Catalan separatists want university classes taught in the local language. Spanish academics resist the change. 
A group of mothers and guardians meet to discuss an upcoming trip to Russia and occupied parts of Ukraine to retrieve their missing children.
Ukraine
Ukrainian parents take risky trips to Russia to retrieve their deported children
The CAFEMIN shelter in Mexico City is designed for 80 people, but it's currently hosting 500, with most of them sleeping on gym mats in the shelter's basketball court.
Immigration
Shelters for migrants in Mexico City overwhelmed as US changes its asylum rules
museum reopening
Arts, Culture & Media
Beirut museum damaged by blast reopens
Woman performing on stage
Music
Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival grows even larger
Half Moon Bay is a famous beach in Antigua and Barbuda that is now covered sargassum, a type of large, brown floating seaweed.
Environment
Caribbean summer forecast: high chance of sargassum
Kharkiv Pre-trial Detention Center Number 27 in Ukraine
Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine engage in prisoner swaps to retrieve their own fighters
Photo of Taiwan's Vice President Lai Ching-te
#MeToo
Taiwan’s political parties beset by sexual harassment allegations
Low water levels are seen at the Paso Severino dam, which supplies water to the city of Montevideo and adjacent metropolitan areas, Uruguay, May 15, 2023.
Uruguayans protest over government attempts to supplement public drinking water from salty reservoirs amid historic drought
Critically-acclaimed hip-hop artist Dope Saint Jude performs at the Cape Town Jazz Festival, April 2017.
Planet Hip Hop
Planet Hip Hop: The World celebrates 50 years of hip-hop around the globe
The common house is the heart of the Hallingelille ecovillage community in rural Ringsted, Denmark.
Ukraine
A ‘green road’ leads displaced Ukrainians to shelter in ecovillages
Black, white and blue illustration of a man wearing a mask, helmet and sunglasses, centered, with a skull behind him.
Wagner Group
A conversation with a former member of Wagner: ‘They were like little kings or czars’
people outside
Investigation begins into India’s deadly train crash
Ayyad Mohmmed Ali works on his farm where he grows date palm trees and vegetables, Iraq.
The Big Fix
This startup is fighting to keep Iraq’s palm trees alive
Black and white illustration of a boat on rocky waters
Refugees
A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished. A frantic phone call helped untangle the mystery.
man with guitar
This blues musician fled Russia for Serbia. But he sounds like he came straight from the Mississippi Delta.
Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić (15) shoots over Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry (7) during the second half of Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Denver. 
Sports
Nikola Jokić takes center stage at NBA Finals and Serbian fans are loving it
land
Brazilian Congress moves to limit Indigenous land claims