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A person taking a photo of a large, ancient stone archway ruin in a desolate landscape.

An Azerbaijani city rises from ruins

DW

DW reporter Dorian Jones traveled to Aghdam, a haunting ghost city nestled in Azerbaijan’s contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Once a thriving urban center, the city was reduced to rubble by years of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, leaving virtually nothing standing.

Four women in embroidered clothing pose against a light background, each with unique hairstyles and wearing red lipstick.

From village songs to modern stages, Yagódy redefines Ukrainian folk music

Music
Close-up of Rummo brand pasta packages, featuring Mezzi Rigatoni and other types, with labels indicating the pasta is made in Italy.

An Italian city takes on sub-par pasta

DW
Facade of Hotel Sacher with ornate architecture, multiple flags including American and European, and a few parked cars outside.

Inside the trial shaking Vienna’s long tolerance for spies

Global Politics
View from inside a car focused on small Cuban and American flags on the dashboard, with blurred figures visible through the windshield.

A brief history of US-Cuba relations

Global Politics
A large gathering of people seated on the ground, sharing a communal meal during a religious event, with many wearing traditional white clothing.

Celebrating Eid al-Fitr in one of Islam’s holiest cities

Out of Eden Walk

As Ramadan wraps up, Muslims across the globe are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of Breaking the Fast.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking around the world on foot for the past 13 years for his project, the Out of Eden Walk. He joins Host Marco Werman to talk about the year he spent Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr near the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

Black and white photograph of an older woman with long hair, smiling slightly, printed inside a book with a blue hardcover next to a page with text in Spanish.

Remembering Margareta Magnusson, the author who introduced us to ‘Swedish death cleaning’

Lifestyle & Belief

For many, death is an unsettling thing to think about, but not for the Swedish artist Margareta Magnusson, who passed away last week at the age of 91. In her 80s, she wrote, “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning,” a book that brought international buzz around the concept of “döstädning,” or decluttering as we age. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Magnusson’s daughter, journalist and filmmaker Jane Magnusson, who joined from Stockholm.

Close-up of a weathered bronze dog statue with a focus on its snout and open mouth.

Amid Madrid mega-statue hype, a small bronze dog shines

Arts, Culture & Media

Two proposals for giant statues in Madrid are stirring up controversy. Bigger is better, organizers argue. But a tiny, life-size statue of a stray dog, in downtown Madrid, proves the opposite for some. Paco the Dog sits quietly, keeping a city legend alive. Or is it a true story? The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Madrid.

Two Serbian flags hang on a pole surrounded by snow-covered tree branches.

Serbians caught between East and West struggle to keep warm

DW

Serbia is facing an energy crisis, with its national oil company under US sanctions due to its majority Russian ownership. Now, a resolution may come from neighboring Hungary.

A child using a laptop for an online math lesson in a dimly lit room, with a colorful paper figure next to the screen.

AI is rapidly changing math, and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

Science & Technology

Artificial intelligence is a game changer across many fields these days and mathematics is no exception. Yet, the rapid acceleration of its ability to solve some of arithmetic’s most challenging proofs has left many a mathematician wondering how they fit into future equations. The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke to one such human mathematician, Daniel Litt, at the University of Toronto.