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Onlookers attend the opening of the exhibition on Greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, in front, in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 5, 2014.

Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds

Coronavirus Art

Since April, the Yorkshire Museum has hosted 18 different #CuratorBattles under themes such as #CreepiestObject and #BestEgg. One of its latest is #BestMuseumBum.

Gay rights activists in Moscow held a banner that reads "Homophobia is the shame of Russia," as they protested in front of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee building in Moscow on September 25, 2013.

A gay Russian gets asylum and a new life in the US

Conflict & Justice

Hurricane Isaac approaches Louisiana coast

Environment

Rwanda’s President responds to genocide accusations

Why Some People Around the World Struggle to Understand America’s Love Affair with Guns

Global Politics

Japan’s Gasoline Rationing Experience

Environment

Gasoline is being rationed in parts of New Jersey and New York as the area copes with the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy and this week’s Nor’easter. Japan had to resort to similar measures in the aftermath of last year’s earthquake and tsunami.

Important Viking Burial Site Discovered

Arts, Culture & Media

The Geo Quiz involves a little Viking history: We’re looking for a remote and isolated peninsula in the Scottish Highlands where archaeologists have uncovered an important burial site.

The World

Deadly heat waves expected in the midwest

Environment

This week, meteorologists are predicting that heat waves will hit hard and heavy in the midwest. Heat waves are among the deadliest natural disasters in the U.S., so why don’t we treat heat waves with more concern?

Spillway Opened, Small Town Residents Fear Flooding in La.

The Morganza Spillway was all over the front pages this weekend. You probably saw a picture of it — the big wall of the levee with its gates open, spewing muddy Mississippi water at thousands of cubic feet per minute.  The decision to open those floodgates has diverted the surge of the Mississippi, and probably saved […]

The World

The Future of the Big Apple

With big ideas for linking New York City’s many railroad and subway systems to ease commuters lives, the Regional Planning Association of Greater New York is trying to ensure that New York grows in the 21st century and avoids the decline of many other major metropolitan areas around the world. Neal Rauch reports on one […]