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Group of people at night sitting on motorized wheelchairs
Business, Economics and Jobs
Wheelchair tours show Colombia’s Medellín from a different perspective
Relatives attend the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a church, in Gaza City, Oct. 20, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Christians in Gaza fear for their tiny community amid strikes on churches
A sticker reads “Impeachment Now!” with a photo of Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu with a bloody hand on his face
Israel-Hamas war
Israelis answer ‘battle cry’ to return to anti-government protests
A wall map showcasing houses and camel and papered time periods
Israel-Hamas war
Amid war and large-scale displacement in Gaza, Israeli settlers plan their return
The exterior of the Ancient Church of the East in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 27, 2023.
Language
A newly launched news channel in Iraq tries to preserve the ancient Syriac language
Children stand in front of the building of the Peruvian Congress as part of a call to demand accountability for cancer patients in Peru, September 2023.
Health & Medicine
Desperate cancer patients in Peru look for options across the Atlantic
An illustration of a person holding a book
Global Satire
The writer who published a satirical magazine while hiding in a Dutch home during WWII
A colorful mural with words in Spanish that read "Never forget, never forgive."
Conflict & Justice
Panamanians remember 1989 US invasion and continue to demand justice and accountability
Photo of a webpage of the University of the People home site
The price of higher ed
‘University of the People’ offers tuition-free degrees for marginalized students across the globe
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu after their meeting with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.
Leaders
Putin preps for presidential reelection campaign amid ongoing war
tribal leader
Israel-Hamas war
As Israel-Hamas war continues, there are signs of growing sympathy for Hamas in neighboring Jordan 
The cast of “Journey to the Rainbow” from Germany’s Circus-Theater Roncalli.
Arts
German circus meets the Big Apple
The site of a music festival near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Rape is ‘the most neglected war crime,’ sexual violence expert says
Nolotil painkillers are still prescribed in Spain, but is banned in many other countries.
Health & Medicine
‘People are dying’: A popular painkiller in Spain may have killer side effects
Empty alleyway and two blue doors
Global Security
Christmas is canceled in Bethlehem
Men sit at a cafe at the Baqa'a refugee camp, north of the capital Amman, Dec. 12, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
Stateless Palestinians in Jordan struggle to make a future
Black, gray, blue and yellow illustration of Russian war
Conflict & Justice
Holding Russia accountable for war crimes
The village of Vallehermoso on La Gomera
Environment
Residents of lush La Gomera Island aim to protect it from over-tourism
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are seen in tents in town of Khan Younis, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.
Israel-Hamas war
LISTEN: Voices from across the globe as the Israel-Hamas war continues to unfold
People gather during the Kanua film festival in Ecuador.
Arts, Culture & Media
Film festival makes its way through Ecuador’s Amazon by boat
Portrait of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, who is wearing a purple sweater.
Human rights
American journalist detained in Russia
Ghana officially commenced oil production in commercial quantities in 2010.
Climate Change
COP28: African nations resist fossil fuel phaseout, citing economic realities
ruins
Israel-Hamas war
‘We saw an immediate drop’: Jordan’s tourism industry is suffering amid the Israel-Hamas war
Lower reservoir on El Hierro island
Environment
Spanish island dumps diesel for wind, water and sunshine
An Israeli flag on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migdalim near the Palestinian town of Nablus, Oct. 25, 2021.
Israel-Hamas war
US places rare visa travel restrictions on Israeli settlers implicated in West Bank violence
Yair Yifrach works with a client at his gun shop, just outside of Jerusalem.
Israel-Hamas war
Israeli civilians are buying lots of guns. Not everyone is feeling safer. 
Point of view of a soldier on a field with a building in view
Ukraine
The Ukrainian counteroffensive and what’s next
The traditional Iñupiaq village of Teller sits on a long spit of land separating two bodies of water off Western Alaska’s Seward Peninsula.
China cut graphite imports to the US, worrying EV carmakers. Can Canada come to the rescue?
The warning labels are found on a number of Israeli, American and European products.
Israel-Hamas war
Jordanians boycott American companies seen as pro-Israeli
Jordanians in Amman, the capital, protest against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Israel-Hamas war
‘We have cried tears of blood’: Jordanians protest Israel-Hamas war amid security, humanitarian concerns