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What’s the difference between the 2017 Women’s March, and the 1963 March on Washington? Zeynep Tufekci explores protests in an internet age.

Nabra Hassanen, a 17-year-old Muslim high school student from northern Virginia, was murdered this week after late-night prayers at a mosque. The crime has rattled American Muslims.

Climate change is slowly making parts of Antarctica turn green. New species of plants and insects are taking hold, threatening to transform the continent's delicate ecosystem.

The World's Beirut correspondent Richard Hall selected images from his reporting on the historic movement of migrants and refugees, across continents and oceans, from the past few years.

The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border — and the US drug operation that sparked it.

“We won’t call something anti-Semitism until we really know it’s anti-Semitism."

According to the suit’s creators, it can cut the metabolic cost of a treadmill run by 5.4 percent.

Mexico’s estimated 25.6 million indigenous people are largely absent from their nation’s mainstream political life. María de Jesús Patricio Martínez aims to change that.

The sport that has long resisted the use of technology to review calls on the field is now giving it a try.

According to reports on Monday, the Mexican authorities used advanced spyware technology created by an Israeli company to spy on journalists, lawyers and activists critical of the government.

Russia on Monday warned it would track US-led coalition aircraft in Syria as potential "targets" and halted an incident-prevention hotline with Washington after US forces downed a Syrian jet.

Pakistanis are going wild. Their national cricket team overcame long odds to defeat India Sunday, clinching a surprise win in the final of a global tournament in London called the Champions Trophy.

The London police chief has promised a stepped-up police presence near mosques as the holy month of Ramadan draws to a close.

The Jewish cemetery in Thessaloniki used to be one of the largest in the world. Now, bits and pieces of the headstones are scattered throughout the city, embedded in buildings, churches and sidewalks.

A new study predicts that in the new normal, some fish will win and some fish will lose.

The country was in mourning after the deadliest such disaster in its recent history, with many victims burnt as they were trapped in their cars around the epicenter in Pedrogao Grande.

New research is changing the sensory landscape for amputees with bionic limbs.

Drought is devastating parts of Africa, making the women and girls mainly responsible for supplying the family with water increasingly vulnerable.

A team of investors, government representatives and climate advocates has developed an ambitious game plan to cut global carbon emissions in half by 2040. It may be more necessary than ever, now that the Trump administration has announced its withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.

Not enough for comfort, according to two experts in the field.

Experts say the stigma that still surrounds domestic violence is a big problem. They hope to address that with new legislation that guarantees job security for victims of domestic abuse and requires employers to give them paid time off to deal with the consequences.

President Donald Trump announced a clampdown on US business with Cuba and tighter rules on travel to the island, in a move to roll back Barack Obama's historic outreach to Havana.

In a statement late Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security said it was rescinding a 2014 policy to shield from deportation an estimated 3.6 million people.

Protesters calling for action Friday over the fire at London's Grenfell Tower stormed Kensington and Chelsea town halls, the center of local government in the area.

Cole uses text and photography to find connections that might easily be overlooked in 25 locales around the world.

Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have taken in dozens of Iraqis across the country. Some of them committed crimes when they were young and have served time. The crackdown has left Iraqi communities in fear and panic.

China's former leader Deng Xiaoping once said that it doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. A new twist on the theme might be, it doesn't matter if China's leaders are committed environmentalists, or acting in pragmatic self-interest, if China's rapid ramping-up of renewable energy and easing away from coal yields a net benefit of reducing climate change-causing emissions, and helping to slow the rate of climate change. A look at what China is doing and why, as President Donald Trump declares an American retreat from global leadership on climate change

Until men start doing more care work around the house, everyday is Father's Day, these male feminists say.

The newly added aluminum cladding used to cover London's Grenfell Tower is being blamed for the fire's rapid spread. Planning documents reveal the material was used in order to make the flats look better from the luxury apartments nearby.

Plans to rehabilitate a pre-war Jewish cemetery in the Czech town of Prostejov have run into fierce local opposition. The foundation behind the plan says it has been torpedoed by deliberate misinformation and anti-Semitism.

The collusion investigation isn't being abandoned, but a new area of focus may have opened up.

One of the largest religious groups in America has formally denounced racism, white nationalism and the so-called "alt-right." The Southern Baptist Convention says these forms of ethnic hatred are incompatible with Christian scripture.

"If he [Comey] is persecuted, we would be ready to offer him asylum in Russia. He should know this," Putin said.

Their churches, their altars, hymn books and pews have been desecrated. But as Iraqi Christians resettle into Qaraqosh, they must face Sunni neighbors who they fear may have welcomed the ISIS extremists.

Even as the US pulls back from leadership on climate change, corporate shareholders are beginning to demand more information from large companies about their plans for a low-carbon future.

Challenging prohibitions on driving in Saudi Arabia is no easy task.

This month in Mexico, Markus Rindt, a German symphony conductor who grew up in East Germany under Communism, brought his "Tear Down This Wall!" tour to Mexico, and the US-Mexico border. Things got complicated.

Senators voted 97-2 on Wednesday to approve a package of new sanctions against Russia.

Iraqi musician Rahim AlHaj tells us a powerful story about his song "Running Boy." It's part of The World's new partnership with Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Prior to the signing of the Paris climate agreement, few nations saw India as a leader in climate policy. But in 2015, the world’s third-biggest CO2 emitter began a breathtaking transformation, embracing renewable energy and slashing growth in carbon emissions. Now, the country of 1.3 billion people is a leader in clean energy in the developing world.

He founded the first gay rights organization and a sex research institute and gained international renown for his science. He worked in pre-Nazi Germany.

The US capitalized on post-Soviet misery by recruiting that country's nuclear experts. Andrei Afanasev was one of them.

Tenants have been complaining about the building manager's attention to safety for years. The death toll could still rise as firefighters search the wrecked building.

Opponents of Vladimir Putin have tapped into young Russians' shifting media habits, turning to social media channels to disseminate their message.

Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan traveled to the remote island of Ukerewe and recorded music written by people living with albinism. These songs have become a way to send messages of empowerment.

Many Russians perceive Donald Trump as an American version of Vladimir Putin. It's partly based on Trump's bombastic rhetoric, but also on how his speeches and tweets are translated into Russian.

Will cow dung really help heal a burn? No! Kids in Uganda learn how to assess health claims with the help of comics.

Thousands of people joined protests in cities across the length of Russia, on Monday. They're angry with Vladimir Putin's government and its corruption.

Sessions testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to begin at 2 p.m. ET.

Game expert Katherine Isbister explains that fidgeting is natural and can help us think.