Families Turn to Symbolic Cremation After Nepal Floods
Darshan Bhattarai, center left, and Kamala Bhattarai, center right, at a cremation ceremony for Pushpa Raj Bhattarai at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Thursday.
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Inside the Nepal Tunnel Rescue Operation
Rescue team members working to enter the tunnel at a hydropower project tunnel on Thursday as they search for survivors, following deadly flash floods in Rasuwa, Nepal, last week.
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Germany’s Far Right, Edging Close to Power, Remains Close to Extremists
Ulrich Siegmund, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday.
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The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long viewed his country as being in conflict with the West, but he has denied Russia’s involvement in European sabotage.
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Nigel Farage to Speak at Reform UK Conference Amid Scrutiny Over Party Finances
The Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, right, with an aide, Dan Jukes, in 2024. British law requires all donations to be disclosed and prohibits political contributions from foreign sources.
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After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations
A refinery operated by the Venezuelan state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, in Punto Fijo.
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The Battle to be Australia’s Best Pie
Winning entries on display at the Official Great Aussie Meat Pie Competition in Melbourne.
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For Russia and Ukraine, an Escalating Spiral With No End in Sight
After an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month.
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Norway Seizes Russian Ship, Testing Moscow in the High Arctic
A monument to Lenin in Barentsburg, Svalbard, in 2025.
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How Do You Run for Office in a Gang War?
The remnants of a charred vehicle after more than 20 people were killed by armed gangs last week in Kescoff, a neighborhood near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Spain’s Leader Questions Morocco Border Control During Ceuta Migrant Surge
Hundreds of thousands filled plazas across Spain on Wednesday to show their support for Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa that thousands of migrants crossed into in July.
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U.N. to Vote on African Proposal for a New World Map
People take pictures at a square decorated with a giant world map in Lisbon, Portugal, in 2017.
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Workers Rescued From Tunnel in Nepal 9 Days After Flood
Rescuers carry one of the survivors found in the tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, in Nuwakot, Nepal, on Friday.
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Argentina Is Ramping Up Its Claim to the Falklands. Here’s What to Know.
Argentine visitors looking at ammunition cases from the 1982 war scattered on the slopes of Mount Tumbledown in the Falkland Islands in March.
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Israel Says It Cleared Tunnels to Strategic Hezbollah Fortress in Lebanon
Israeli strikes on the hilltops of the Ali al-Taher ridge last month in southern Lebanon.
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Rogers Stadium in Toronto Is Severely Damaged in Thunderstorm
Rogers Stadium in Toronto, which opened last year to host large concerts, was damaged when a storm tore across the area on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.
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Mayor Magic
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Dutch Central Bank Cuts Gold Reserves in U.S., Citing ‘Geopolitical Unrest’
Olaf Sleijpen, president of the central bank of the Netherlands, in Amsterdam in March. “We have improved the tradeability of our gold reserves,” he said.
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Israel Is Expected to Release Lebanese Prisoners, in Rare Sign of Progress
Smoke rises above the town of Al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon on Wednesday. The release of Lebanese prisoners would come amid talks to disarm Hezbollah and end Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
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Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv
A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.
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Israeli Military Kills Two Palestinian Youths in Village Raid, Residents Say
A funeral on Thursday for two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank village of Al Mughayir.
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China Boycotts a Top Art Festival Over Taiwan Exhibition
The Gwangju Biennale exhibition hall in South Korea in 2021. The festival’s 16th edition starts Saturday.
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Lake Ontario Is One of Many Bodies of Water Caught in a Naming Fight
A ship sails the waters near the Canadian province of Ontario, including Lake Ontario, following efforts by President Trump to rename the body of water Lake America.
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Many Italians Long Resisted Air-Conditioning. Then Europe Got Hotter.
An air conditioning unit on the facade of a building in the center of Agrigento, Sicily.
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The New Jet-Powered Drones That Are Breeding Anxiety in Ukraine
Police officers inspecting parts of a Russian drone at the site of an apartment building damaged by a strike in Kyiv this week.
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Syrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture
In the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus, residents hoped the new government would collect the bones and exhume the bodies buried in mass graves underfoot.
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Inside Trump’s Second Term
In the Oval Office on Monday.
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In Nepal and Tibet, Pollution on Glaciers Could Fuel More Flood Disasters
A meltwater lake on the Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal in 2025.
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Trump Returns to a Familiar Playbook as the War With Iran Flares Up Again
President Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday night that he “couldn’t care less” about an agreement with Iran, hours after a U.S. attack.
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U.S. and Iran Survey the Damage After a Night of Intense Strikes
A still from a video provided by the Iranian Red Crescent rescue service showed damage in Kuhestak, southern Iran, on Wednesday.
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Status of Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Unclear, U.N. Watchdog Says
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the United Nations in July. A new agency report highlighted its lack of access to Iran’s nuclear sites.
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Bus Crash in Egypt Kills at Least 22
The passenger bus that crashed while traveling between Dahab and Nuweiba, Egypt, on Wednesday.
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Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is up for re-election in October, but is trailing in the polls.
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Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply
A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.
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Do Active Shooter Drills Help? Two Asian Nations Grapple With Gun Violence.
Active shooter drills, like this one at a school in Bangkok last month, have become sought after in Thailand.
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Inside the Fight Against a Flesh-Eating Fly in Mexico
New World screwworm flies in a cage at a facility in Metapa, Mexico, that that produces sterile flies, which when released into the wild slowly reduce the population size.
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Critically Endangered Parrots Enjoy Baby Boom After Mating Frenzy
The efforts to save the kakapo from the brink of extinction began after their numbers dropped to just 51 birds in 1995.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Docks in Thailand, Giving Weary Crew a Break
Crew members on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln as it arrived at the port of Laem Chabang near Pattaya, Thailand, on Wednesday.
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty to Collusion
Joshua Wong in Washington in 2019. His efforts to lobby Western politicians to pressure Hong Kong are at the center of his latest national security case.
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U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target
Extinguishing a fire in Indonesia.
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Honduran Court Clears Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras at Toncontin Airport in Tagucigalpa, Honduras, on Sunday.
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Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran
Pedestrians walking past a mural of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in downtown Tehran on Monday.
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At G20 Summit, Some U.S. Allies Push Back on Trump’s Economic Approach
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and the Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin M. Warsh, met with Group of 20 finance ministers and central banker governors on Tuesday in Asheville, N.C.
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Haze From Indonesian Wildfires Blankets Parts of Malaysia, Philippines
The ‘Miracle House’ That Survived Nepal’s Floods
In Egypt, Xi Challenges America’s Influence in the Middle East