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Pastor or Traitor? Ukrainians Shun a Church Seen as a Kremlin Tool
The village parishioners’ decision to oust their priest reflects a broader push within Ukraine to reduce the influence of an…
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A Story of Arab Loss Comes to Life at a Kibbutz in Israel
A museum founded by pioneering Zionists has been hosting a sweeping retrospective of Palestinian art.
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Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
Acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors over 1,000 years ago, are being excavated and brought back…
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India Struggles to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting
Once driven largely by superstition, the brutal practice is now often simply a tool to oppress women, in many cases violently.
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In an Indian Village, Cultivating Girls’ Big-League Dreams
The girls arrive at the makeshift cricket ground on their bicycles, a narrow file of white athletic uniforms breezing down…
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India Is Arming Villagers in One of Earth’s Most Militarized Places
As night fell in the tiny Himalayan village of Dhangri, a dozen armed men emerged from their homes one after…
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In Rural Ukraine, Medicine and Hope Roll In on a Truck
Young mothers gather with baby carriages in the morning chill and exchange village gossip while waiting to visit a health…
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How a Chance Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed a Master Photographer
For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame…
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An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home
When the body arrived, weeks after the laborer’s death in a faraway country, it was almost 9 p.m. and the…
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Haunted by Disaster, Volunteers Search for Survivors in Indonesia
Heavy rains drenched the collapsed mountainside, making sludge of the rust-colored soil. Intermittently, the earth violently shuddered as an ...