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Temperate rainforest makes up less than one percent of the world’s forests, making it one of the most rare ecosystems on Earth. Now, after years of negotiations, 85 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest along the coast of British Columbia will be protected, with just 15 percent open for logging.

The Sochi dog adoption scheme started during the run-up to the Sochi Olympics in 2014, when Russian officials, in an effort to rid the city of packs of stray dogs, began shooting them.

NASA says January 2016's temperatures were the "greatest departure from average" of any month on record. That's globally. But the spike in temperatures last month was particularly pronounced in the Arctic.

When you think of World War I, you probably think of trenches. And stalemate. But it turns out that the amount of time British soldiers spent in trenches was less than we thought.

Last Friday night, The World's Marco Werman got a violin lesson in Tehran and learned what makes Iranian classical music scales different from Western music.

Over the past year and a half, oil prices have gone from $100 per barrel to $30. That has left the Saudi economy, which relies heavily on oil, in a pickle.

Venezuela has far-and-away the highest rate in the world, nearly 200 percent. And it could get much worse. The International Monetary Fund predicts inflation in the country will top 700 percent by the end of the year.

Here's something to think about: A thriving city where a rush-hour backup might involve just a few cars, and the air is clean because just about everything runs on zero-carbon energy. That's the goal for the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and the city is well on its way.

Four out of five of Nevada's Latinos went for President Barack Obama four years ago. But the Republicans are putting forward a Latino native son.

In Canada, they don't need to watch train wrecks. They have the US elections.

Iran’s hardline rulers have disqualified many of their rival candidates for this month’s elections. But supporters of the reformist camp are still holding out some hope that their votes can make a difference.

There are pockets of Korean communities all over the US, places where food and culture make you think you're in Seoul. Chef Deuki Hong and food writer Matt Rodbard set out on a journey across America looking for Koreatowns. They wrote a cookbook about these places and the cuisine made there.

The Henhouse Prowlers aren't the first band you'd expect to hear in Saudi Arabia. But on their trip with the State Department, they've made some new friends.

After 23 years in the Dadaab camp, Abdullah "Fish" Hassan escaped due to violence, but his daughters are still refugees there.

Alexandra Kutas has been paralyzed since birth — and that's a major challenge anywhere, but especially in her native Ukraine. But she was determined that she wouldn't be defined by her wheelchair.

The band Damahi takes its name from a giant mythical fish of the Persian Gulf. It plays Western-sounding electric music and still manages to get support from the Iranian regime.

A US judge wants Apple to help the FBI hack one of its phones. But so far, Apple wants nothing to do with that.

Paul Cowan is a man who loves his job. He just can't hide it. One of the first items he shows me is the office's collection of novelty umbrellas.

"I think the situation inside Syria is a war without law and a war without end," said David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, and former foreign secretary for the UK. “And I’m afraid that our workers and the people they serve are daily subjects to the Assad Regime, [and] its barrel bombing missions.”

In a country where abortion is illegal in all but Mexico City, some women seek alternatives that they call lifelines.

Israel Kaunatjike's family tree links the victims and perpetrators of a forgotten genocide.

Valentine’s Day may have come and gone, but love shouldn’t be sequestered to one measly day. This week, The World in Words explores the intersection of language and love from Danish love songs to the five love languages to one woman's love, loss and language.

"These statues look like they're made to be toppled," says historian Adrian Tinniswood. "They're statements of liberation but they represent a failure of confidence — where are the African designers and African sculptors who'd be better representing African consciousness?"

"We are the ones who are going to change this country," says the founder of Iran's version of Groupon.

Now the People’s Republic of China can do more than tell American pilots to buzz off. It can more easily blow them right out of the sky.

The US senate is gearing up to block President Obama's nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

Syria's war has entered a dark, terrifying moment.

Brazil's surge in microcephaly cases has been widely blamed on the Zika virus. Now some claim it might be caused by pesticides, or even vaccines. We asked an NIH expert to sort out what we know from what we don't.

Host Marco Werman and reporter Matthew Bell spent seven days in Tehran, Iran, around the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. They found a cosmopolitan city with great food and some contrasting feelings toward the US.

If you've been following the climate change debate for a while, Rajendra Pachauri should be familiar. He's the former chair of the UN panel on climate change. Last February, he was accused of sexual harassment by a researcher who worked at his institute in India. An internal investigation found him guilty and Pachauri stepped down. Now a new allegation has been made.

Little more than a year after the US and Cuba announced plans to begin normalizing relations, the two countries announced the resumption of direct, scheduled commercial flights between them — which haven't existed in more than 50 years.

Her mom wanted her to become a TV news reporter. Then she listened to Björk — and set her sights on music stardom.

A filter, which requires no electricity, is already providing contaminant-free water to 400,000 people in West Bengal and seven other Indian states. Its inventor says Flint, Michigan, should try it.

Militants from Boko Haram kidnapped 14-year-old Zara John and married her to a commander. Nigeria's army rescued her, but the teen still longs to be reunited with her extremist husband.

It's a story about mosquitos, public health, water and women, which is why The World has sent its Across Womens' Lives team to Brazil. They’re there to report on how Zika fits into the story of Brazilian women’s struggles to improve their lives in a time of rapid and often disturbing environmental change.

When he made history by becoming the first Italian American appointed to the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia went to Italy and was received like a king.

When the United Arab Emirates officially swore-in a new set of government ministers last week, one of them was wearing some unconventional jewelry. Ohood Al-Roumi wore a necklace shaped to spell out the English word 'happy.' The reason? Al-Roumi is the UAE's first 'Minister for Happiness', one of three new posts created alongside the Minister for Tolerance and the Minister for Youth.

Keeping her grandmother's Swedish flavor alive in her big-name New York restaurant is stressful. So chef Emma Bengtsson dances, and goes shooting for fun.

Political partisanship divides voters more than it used to, and, as it turns out, it's also having a bigger effect on interpersonal relationships than it used to.

In states like Pennsylvania, efforts to deal with the mess left behind from abandoned coal mines have hit an unexpected — and rather ironic — hurdle: the decline of the coal industry itself.

Scientists used to believe there was a planet in our solar system called Vulcan — and we're not talking about Star Trek. But that's no longer the case.

Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody says depression tests are easy to administer, and should be done, especially around the vulnerable period of pregnancy.

A group of scientists believe they have evidence of octopuses communicating with each other using their arms, skin color and other body language.

President Obama's Clean Power Plan has been put on hold by the Supreme Court, but this academic thinks Section 115 of the 46-year-old Clean Air Act allows Obama's plan to function.

The aboriginal TV sketch comedy show "Black Comedy" is a breakout hit in Australia. Co-writer Nakkiah Lui says the secret to its success is that it invites white Australians in for a laugh.

A chef rockets to Instagram fame. And no one cares the chef isn't real.

Last winter was a tough one in Boston. In Stockholm, they kept the trains running on time, all the time. Zero disruptions. So, what's their trick?

The first Latin American pontiff, will visit the extremes of Mexico, north to south, and reflect on migration and the country's problem with cartel-fueled violence.