Republic of Congo

A lab assistant looks at an assay plate to prepare sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute that is operated by Genome Research in Cambridge, Thursday, March 4, 2021.

From Congo to Chile, small labs are playing a growing role in global understanding of COVID

COVID-19

Scientists are tracking the evolution and spread of SARS-CoV-2 and developing critical responses to it. Efforts have ramped up a lot this year — thanks to a growing global network. 

A woman wears a face mask, due to the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as she walks along a busy shopping street in Dakar, Senegal, March 18, 2020.

African countries restrict travel in bid to slow spread of coronavirus

COVID-19
A woman speaks to a crowd gathered around her.

Statue of Liberty climber says she’s not done protesting ‘white supremacy’

Immigration
A crowd of people are packed around a black car as a politician waves from an open door

Congo seeks first democratic transfer of power in presidential election

Global Politics

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Global Scan

Guinness discovers the working-class fashionistas of the Congo

Arts, Culture & Media

They wear colorful suits with cravats, canes, monocles, alligator shoes — the more outlandish the fashion, the better. They are Congolese men of modest means and they are the stars of a new ad for Guinness beer.