In East Timor, U.S. Retreats From Plan to Build ‘Lifesaving’ Sewage Plant
Residents of Dili, East Timor’s capital, washing clothes in a dried-up riverbed under a bridge last year.
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Madagascar’s President Rajoelina Dissolved His Government, but Calls for His Resignation Continue
Demonstrators protesting chronic electricity and water cuts confronting police officers in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Tuesday.
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A Run on Canned Mackerel and Emergency Radios. The Reason? Drones.
Karl Markussen preparing orders for shipment at Wolf Tactical, a military surplus shop in Copenhagen, on Wednesday. The company has seen an increase in sales amid fears of drone incursions and war.
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At Saudi Comedy Festival, American Free Speech Becomes the Punchline
The comedian Dave Chappelle performing in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in August. He was a headline act at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia this past week.
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Philippines President Says Tents Needed to Shelter Earthquake Survivors
Patients in Bogo City being treated outside on Thursday after the 6.9-magnitude earthquake damaged the local hospital.
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Many Palestinians Say Hamas Must Accept U.S. Cease-Fire Plan
Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza with their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza on Wednesday.
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2 Killed in Antigovernment Protests in Morocco
Protesters in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, calling for education and health care reforms.
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Mexico’s Party of the Poor Faces Image Problems as Some Members Spend Big
A banner for the Morena Party, which says it works for the common people, during a municipal election campaign in Celaya, Mexico, last year.
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No More Signs of Life From Rubble of Collapsed School in Indonesia
Relatives of missing students pray on Thursday near the Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo, Indonesia.
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A Family’s Global Efforts to Free the Only Nepali Kidnapped by Hamas
Bipin Joshi’s mother, Padma Joshi, 48, and sister, Pushpa Joshi, 18, have been campaigning for his freedom since he was kidnapped by Hamas in 2023.
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Can This Japanese City Make Residents Put Down Their Smartphones?
High schoolers in Toyoake, Japan, said they use their phones for longer than the two hours that authorities want to restrict them to.
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I Interviewed a Doctor in Sudan. Days Later, He Was Killed.
Sudanese residents gathered to receive food in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that has been under a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2024.
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Israel Intercepts Boats Headed to Gaza With Humanitarian Aid
One of the Global Sumud Flotilla’s boats in waters off Greece last week.
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Here’s how the U.K. police determine whether an attack is terrorism.
Police and emergency services in Manchester, England, on Thursday activated a set of protocols referring to “marauding terrorist attacks.”
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A 2017 terror attack in Manchester was one of Britain’s deadliest.
A multi-faith vigil to commemorate the victims of the suicide bombing attack at Manchester Arena, where the singer Ariana Grande was performing, in Manchester in 2017. A total of 19 violent attacks in Britain have been declared terrorism by the police or judges since the start of 2017.
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Australia Expands Sunscreen Recalls Over False SPF Claims
Applying sunscreen on the beach at Manly in Sydney, in 2023.
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How Social Media Is Changing the Narrative of the Israel-Gaza War
Palestinians waiting outside a charity kitchen to receive a free meal amid the worsening economic situation and widespread famine in the Gaza Strip last month.
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Jane Goodall’s Thoughts for a Reporter: ‘Hope Isn’t Just Wishful Thinking’
Jane Goodall, right, speaking with Catrin Einhorn at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event in September 2024. It was one of two interviews they did last year.
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South African Politician Julius Malema, Subject of Trump Attacks, Is Convicted of Gun Charge
Julius Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters in South Africa, addressed supporters at a rally in South Africa in 2023.
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London Police Chief Apologizes Over Officers’ ‘Reprehensible’ Behavior
Commissioner Mark Rowley of the Metropolitan Police speaking to the news media at New Scotland Yard in London in February.
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‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head
A Galápagos shark off the coast of the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico in 2016.
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How Broken Politics Breaks Courts
Outside Brazil’s Supreme Court, last month.
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Israel Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan
Smoke rising after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.
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U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape
Rochdale, England, was among the first British towns to be revealed as a hub of activity by sexual grooming gangs.
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Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment
Pope Leo spoke at a conference on fighting climate change in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Irish Hotelier Accuses Qatari Royals of Scheme to Get Free Labor
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, left, the former Qatari emir, and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, the former prime minister, in Doha in 2013.
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The Global Sumud Flotilla Is Approaching Gaza. Here’s What to Know.
A boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Greece on Friday.
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In the Philippines, Search Teams Look for Survivors of Deadly Earthquake
Rescue workers carried a body from the rubble of a house in Bogo City in Cebu Province, in the central Philippines, on Wednesday. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the province late Tuesday.
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Trump Promises to Defend Qatar, a Reassurance After Israel’s Strike
A building in Doha, Qatar, that was damaged during an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders last month.
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Tony Blair, Tapped by Trump for Gaza Plan, Brings Peace Expertise and Baggage
Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has been focused for months on a post-conflict plan for Gaza.
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Moscow Indicates Retaliation if Europe Uses Russian Assets for Ukraine
President Vladimir V. Putin in a photograph released by Russian state media. Mr. Putin said any Western “theft” of reserves would accelerate the development of alternative payment systems.
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Bomb Threat Delays Oktoberfest in Munich
Heightened security in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people are in the city for the 190th iteration of Oktoberfest.
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Time Running Out for Trapped Students After School Collapse in Indonesia
Rescuers searching for victims trapped under the rubble on Wednesday, two days after a boarding school collapsed in Sidoarjo, East Java.
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U.S. Eases Visa Restrictions on South Korean Workers
South Korean workers arriving at Incheon International Airport in September after their detention in a U.S. immigration raid.
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What Is Europe’s ‘Drone Wall’?
A German soldier demonstrating a drone jammer on Friday. If Europe builds a “drone wall,” it will be not a physical barrier but a network of trackers.
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A Tech Expo Shows What China Can Make, but Not Who’ll Buy It All
Robots boxing at the Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, China, on Friday.
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Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Hydrofluorocarbons
Some grocery store operators had been pushing for changes to the Biden-era rule.
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The Activists and the Anime
Clockwise from top left: Protests in Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines and Madagascar.
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Night Trains, Beloved Throwbacks Tying Paris to Berlin and Vienna, Will End
A passenger on the Nightjet, an overnight train operating between Paris and Berlin, last year.
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U.N. Security Council Approves Larger Force to Fight Gangs in Haiti
United Nations peacekeepers from Argentina attempting to clear the streets of armed gang members in Gonaïves, Haiti, in 2004.
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Nicole Kidman Files for Divorce From Keith Urban After Nearly 20 Years
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Frisco, Texas, in May.
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Trump’s Gaza Plan: What We Know
Palestinians fleeing Gaza City last week.
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Congo’s Former President Sentenced to Death in Absentia
Joseph Kabila, the former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Goma, Congo, in May.
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U.S. Officials See Hostage Release as Promising Sign for Deal With Taliban
In a photo released by the Qatari government, Amir Amiry, second from left, after his release from an Afghan prison on Sunday. He was escorted out of Afghanistan by American and Qatari officials.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Freedom of Speech in Academia Is Under Attack
Student protesters set up encampments at Columbia University on April 30, 2024, in New York City to protest the war in Gaza. The tents were removed following a university crackdown and no others have been created since.
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Athens Democracy Forum: Discontent Has Put Democracy in Jeopardy
Clockwise from top left: Protesters during the “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London on Sept. 13. A protest in Paris on Sept. 18 during a day of nationwide strikes and protests over the national budget. Members of the Togolese Gendarmerie operating in the Togolese capital of Lome on June 6. Dozens of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters were arrested after refusing to leave the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on Sept. 18 in New York City.
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Pope Leo Plans to Speak on Climate Change
Leo’s speech this week may show whether he is inheriting his predecessor’s language on climate, or taking a different path.
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Russia’s Military Budget Shrinks as War Costs Hit Kremlin’s Economic Limits
The Kremlin last month. State spending on national defense is projected to go down next year to around $155 billion from more than $160 billion.
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South African Ambassador to France Is Found Dead in Paris
Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa in Cape Town in 2023. He took up the post in Paris the next year.
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Ambassador Mike Huckabee Postpones Rare Visit to Egypt
Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, in Jerusalem last month.
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Live Updates: 2 Killed in Car Ramming and Stabbing Outside U.K. Synagogue, Police Say
Synagogue Attack on Yom Kippur in Manchester, UK: What We Know 
‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
Afghan Internet Back After 2-Day Blackout Tied to Taliban
Earthquake in Philippines Kills Dozens, Officials Say