Miscellaneous

January 13, 2020

Updated

01/14/2020 - 7:15am

Murmansk is the largest city in the Arctic Circle. Nowhere else in the world do so many people spend so long in near-perpetual darkness. On Sunday, residents came out to catch the first glimpse of the sun in 40 days.

Migration

Youngest migrants in Tijuana find a safe space for learning at the 'Nest'

The World

November 05, 2019

Thousands of people are stuck at the Mexican border as they wait to apply for asylum in the US. A new informal preschool in Tijuana is prioritizing the needs of the youngest migrants.

Photography

PHOTOS: The long spiritual journey to reach the Land of the Captive

The World

October 30, 2019

Every October, some 50,000 pilgrims arrive in Ayabaca, a small town in the Peruvian Andes, as part of an annual journey to honor Señor Cautivo de Ayabaca, or the Christ of Ayabaca.

Protest

PHOTOS: Chile's Piñera extends state of emergency, says 'we are at war'

Reuters

October 21, 2019

Chileans confronted hours-long lines at grocery stores and gas stations in Santiago after a weekend of chaos in which at least 11 people were killed amid violent clashes, arson attacks and looting through the country.

Science

Brazilian biologist discovers 4 new spider species and names them after heavy metal icons

The World

October 17, 2019

Updated

10/18/2019 - 11:30am

Musicians from Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Def Leppard and the Brazilian band Angra got spider species named after them.

Global Politics

PHOTOS: The masks of the Hong Kong protests

Reuters

October 03, 2019

Updated

10/04/2019 - 9:30am

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era emergency powers on Friday for the first time in more than 50 years in a dramatic move intended to quell escalating violence in the Chinese-ruled city.

Borders

Barricades and books: Life in a restive Kashmir neighborhood

Reuters

September 30, 2019

Few people step outside Anchar, a neighborhood ringed by steel barricades and razor wire in Indian Kashmir, where police have imposed a weeks-long regionwide clampdown to stifle protests.

Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison dead at 88

Reuters

August 06, 2019

Morrison's most famous worked include "Beloved," written in 1987, which tells the story of an enslaved African American woman.

Obituary

Remembering trailblazing South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg

Reuters

July 17, 2019

South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg died Tuesday at age 66. His music was widely known and lauded, as was his activism against the apartheid regime in South Africa, which ended in 1994.

Obituary

Journalist who 'shined light' on Somalia dies in terrorist attack

The World

July 15, 2019

Somali Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh "tried to reconnect a broken Somali community" with a YouTube network that told positive stories of Somalis living all over the world.

Miscellaneous

The sun sometimes rises: How one Russian city makes it through the polar night

Updated

Youngest migrants in Tijuana find a safe space for learning at the 'Nest'

PHOTOS: The long spiritual journey to reach the Land of the Captive

PHOTOS: Chile's Piñera extends state of emergency, says 'we are at war'

Brazilian biologist discovers 4 new spider species and names them after heavy metal icons

Updated

PHOTOS: The masks of the Hong Kong protests

Updated

Barricades and books: Life in a restive Kashmir neighborhood

Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison dead at 88

Remembering trailblazing South African musician and activist Johnny Clegg

Journalist who 'shined light' on Somalia dies in terrorist attack

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