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A ground-dwelling roadrunner bird is shown staring up at the US-Mexico border wall lined with razor wire.

Award-winning photograph illustrates the US-Mexico border wall threat to biodiversity

Arts, Culture & Media

Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto’s image of a roadrunner bird, staring up at the enormous US-Mexico border wall, was just named the grand prize winner in the Bird Photographer of the Year competition. His captivating photograph highlights the threat to the delicate biodiversity and critical animal migratory patterns that the wall poses in the US-Mexico border region.

A crowd of survivors are shown standing and sitting on a bridge with several damaged buildings in the distance.

The only known photos from Hiroshima taken on Aug. 6, 1945

Photography
A man dressed as a superhero stands outside near a car.

How Latin America’s protest superheroes fight injustice and climate change — and sometimes crime, too

Global Hit
Several people on motorbikes and wearing helmets are shown riding in front of an ambulance.

PHOTOS: Bikers clear Indonesian streets for ambulances

Seeing The News
A Maasai man receives a call on his mobile phone.

‘Wrong number? Let’s chat:’ Maasai herders in East Africa use misdials to make connections

Arts, Culture & Media
Three young children are shown looking off to a room damaged by rocket attack.

PHOTOS: Shattered rooms show Gaza war’s toll on children

The 11-day war between Israel and Hamas featured the same waves of predawn Israeli airstrikes, the same continuous rocket fire out of the impoverished Gaza Strip, and the same lopsided casualty toll, with Palestinians making up the vast majority of the more than 250 killed. And like past wars between Israel and Hamas, it took a heavy toll on children.

A radio telescope dish at sunset.

How Australia helped show the world the live moon landing

Arts, Culture & Media

It’s thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.

Vitaliy Kudla is shown wearing a two-tone jacket and hat while sitting in a small room with a bed behind him.

In shadow of war, Ukrainians seek to vote for peace

Conflict & Justice

Destruction and damage are widespread in eastern Ukraine. After five years of conflict many voters just one thing from this month’s presidential election: peace.

Protesters are shown with placards that read, "Climate change is worse then Voldemort."

‘Worse than Voldemort’ — global students’ strike targets climate change

Environment

Tens of thousands of school students around the world walked out of classes on Friday in a global strike to protest against government inaction on climate change.

A darkened supermarket is show with one lone flashlight being used by a worker.

Nerves fray, tempers flare as Venezuela blackout continues

Global Politics

Furious Venezuelans have been lining up to buy water and fuel as the country continues to endure a nationwide blackout that has left already-scarce food rotting in shops, homes suffering for lack of water and cell phones without reception.