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Poking around Morelia’s garbage
Willy Foote looks into a conflict between Mexican garbage collectors in 1996.
May 22
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Compass
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Up the Amazon River
The bustling jungle region is virgin only in the imagination.
May 19
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Rowland Elie Robinson
8
You’ve heard this story before
In Russia, Western expat bloggers are boosting the Kremlin’s propaganda.
May 12
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Andrei Prudnikow
8
Habesha schtick
Ethiopian comedians help carry on an American immigrant tradition.
May 5
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joel millman
8
Southwest China
Photos from Chongqing and Chengdu
May 1
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Steven Tagle
12
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April 2026
Real Istanbul people
Anger and envy in Erdoğan’s Turkey
Apr 28
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Tradition and bonhomie in Lisbon
Ritalinos, a restaurant in the heart of the Portuguese capital with the city in its heart
Apr 24
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Felicia Gonzalez
11
The secret plan to murder a pope
Forty-five years after the attempt on John Paul II’s life, the Kremlin has yet to be officially blamed.
Apr 21
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Kalb, Marvin
10
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The highway of death
Running the Kuwait Desert Marathon
Apr 17
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Bryn Barnard
15
3
Young Hungarians get first taste of a new era
In Budapest, the victory party felt like an independence celebration.
Apr 13
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Elizabeth Wise
12
3
I’ve lost 62 percent of my life to war
With Lebanon under a new invasion by Israel, its people are calculating the toll from years of conflict.
Apr 9
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Rami Al Amin
16
4
Revolution redux
The early Soviet writer Vladimir Zazubrin’s depictions of cruelty and violence have largely been forgotten. It’s time to change that.
Apr 7
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Dmitry Bykov
16
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