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Leo Cerda is shown, adorned with indigenous wears in a crowd of activists in San Francisco.

Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change

What is it like to face climate change where you live? The World spoke to people from all over the globe at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco to learn how climate change was impacting them, and what they were doing about it.

Hear these voices from the front lines of climate change
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In Yemen, cancer patients look for lifeline as war grinds on

In Yemen, cancer patients look for lifeline as war grinds on
Yazidi rebaptism ceremony in Iraq

Photos: Yazidi women undergo a rebirth ceremony after ISIS enslavement

Photos: Yazidi women undergo a rebirth ceremony after ISIS enslavement
A man holds a large stone during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya.

Photos: As results show an incumbent victory, Kenya protests turn deadly

Photos: As results show an incumbent victory, Kenya protests turn deadly
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What's the word of the week around the globe?

What's the word of the week around the globe?
Global Terrorism Database

What does a day in terrorism look like?

Terrorism is disproportionately concentrated in just a few places in the world. Last year, more than 75 percent of terrorist attacks took place in 10 countries.

What does a day in terrorism look like?
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Portraits of the march: Illustrating the Women's March on Washington

Millions of people around the world took to the streets this weekend to proclaim that women's rights are human rights. We spoke to some marchers in D.C. about why they were there.

Portraits of the march: Illustrating the Women's March on Washington
"The Skeptic" illustration from Andrew North's The Big Draw: Selling the Soviet Past.

Take a tour of the 'Home Depot of Soviet past'

In the former Soviet state of Georgia is a sprawling open-air hardware store called the Eliava. Vendors there sell building materials, tools and machinery — much of it from Soviet days and Russian-made.

Take a tour of the 'Home Depot of Soviet past'
British writer Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990), 11th December 1971.

Game: How many of these Roald Dahl words do you know?

From fizzwiggler to zozimus! Test your Roald Dahl knowledge with this game.

Game: How many of these Roald Dahl words do you know?
Dollar bills and a magnifying glass

UnConvention Quiz: Do you know how Trump & Clinton might affect your wallet?

Even if you’ve followed every gaffe, accusation and ridiculous claim, are you really clear on the positions of the two main presidential candidates? Find out, with our nine-question quiz on the money matters at stake in 2016.

UnConvention Quiz: Do you know how Trump & Clinton might affect your wallet?
Yana, 40 (left) with her social worker Olga. Yana has recently been released from prison and Olga helps Yana readjust to the everyday life. Mariupol 2016.

Stigma, discrimination, violence: Among the internally displaced in Ukraine with HIV (Photos)

There are 1.7 million internally displaced people, according to the Ukrainian government. But international organizations think the true number could be higher. There is now a government ministry to handle the displacement crisis, but the task of helping some groups is huge. One group in particular need is those whom are HIV positive where access to anti-retroviral medications is particularly difficult.

Stigma, discrimination, violence: Among the internally displaced in Ukraine with HIV (Photos)
A student carries his classmate out of the Silver Spring Secondary School in Nairobi, Kenya, after she collapsed inside her classroom.

Kenya's riot police fired tear gas into a high school for no apparent reason (PHOTOS)

There were protests for electoral reforms, but they weren't going on in this high school when police shot tear gas inside.

Kenya's riot police fired tear gas into a high school for no apparent reason (PHOTOS)
Hiroshima atomic bomb app screen capture lead image

Experience Hiroshima — What if the atomic bomb hit your hometown?

President Barack Obama is visiting Hiroshima, Japan, the first city to experience the effects of an atomic bomb. Put yourself into the shoes of those who suffered from the atomic bomb attacks in Japan: What if the Hiroshima atomic bomb hit your hometown?

Experience Hiroshima — What if the atomic bomb hit your hometown?
November 1945. Hiroshima, Japan.

Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb

Thousands of people were instantly killed after the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. About 140,000 would die from complications as a result of the bombing by the end of the year. Here is a selection of historical images on the ground in Hiroshima after the bomb was dropped.

Photos: Hiroshima after the atomic bomb
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Quiz: What do you know about women's rights in Iran?

Can Iranian women watch a soccer match in a stadium together with their male friends?

Quiz: What do you know about women's rights in Iran?