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The exterior of the newly opened Dikan Center for photography in Accra, Ghana.

The new Dikan Center in Ghana displays a collection of photography from across Africa

Arts, Culture & Media

Paul Ninson joins The World’s host Marco Werman to discuss the opening of the new photography library that he created, called the Dikan Center in Accra, Ghana, to showcase work by Africans and African Americans.

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
Escorts surround this patient outside of Metropolitan Medical Associates in Englewood, New Jersey.

When health care comes with harassment: Photographing abortion clinic protests

Culture
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40 years of documenting Earth’s beauty

Arts
Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.

Nigerian-American author Teju Cole wants us to rethink what it means to travel

Books
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Here’s the image that was voted 2016’s best news photo

Culture

Not everyone thinks the controversial and chilling photo should receive the award.

Denise, Yefri, & Angie from "Virgenes de la Puerta."

These photos show the courage and tragedy of LGBTQ life in Peru

Arts

Artists Andrew Mroczek and Juan Barboza-Guba want to show the beauty of transgender women in Peru — and to highlight hate crimes against them and other LGBTQ people there.

Teju Cole was born in the United States and raised in Nigeria.

Teju Cole considers why racism is not someone calling him the ‘N’ word

Arts

Nigerian American writer Teju Cole’s new collection of essays is all about the intersection of tough topics — politics, art, race and place.Nigerian American writer Teju Cole’s new collection of essays is all about the intersection of tough topics — politics, art, race and place.

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Photos: How Polaroids helped kids in project housing tell their stories for 50 years

Culture

Thanks to Polaroid and a basement arts center, the kids of Newtowne Court in Cambridge, Mass., have been building a photographic monument to their neighborhood since the 1960s.

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Capturing a half-century of Nigerian hairstyles

Arts

Nigerian photographer J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere died last year at the age of 83, but he left behind more than 1,000 black-and-white photos of African hairstyles spanning half a century.