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An Iranian woman sits close to a destroyed vehicle as she watches and listens to a traditional band as it performs to show solidarity with the Iranian people at Hafteh-tir Square, in Tehran on June 23, 2025. Iran Is More Unified Than Ever
The war has deepened Iranian officials’ connections with one another—and with the public.
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Cranes are used for reconstruction in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Ukraine Has a Plan to Build Back Better
The war-torn country wants to reconstruct in a way that is environmentally, socially, and geopolitically more sustainable.
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People hold portraits of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei during a rally to commemorate his death in Tehran on April 9, 2026. The Iran Cease-Fire Has Only Divided the War
Instead of ending the fighting, the current deal has mostly managed to complicate it.
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A man in a suit walks near the remains of a residential and commercial building in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran. Waiting for the War to End in Tehran
For Iranians under fire, surges of patriotism and criticism of the government.
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A member of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) stands at the site of an airstrike on one of the group’s camps in Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraq’s Uniquely Fraught Position in the Iran War
Its northern Kurdistan Region is being hit by both sides.
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump observe naval flight demonstrations on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier on October 5, 2025 off the eastern coast of the United States. Iran Is Becoming America’s Ukraine
The shift to an attritional war focused on energy infrastructure risks becoming a quagmire.
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A wall of partly torn election posters with photos of the faces of candidates. The photo of Allisio is torn from the chin down, showing part of Payan's head underneath. The Major Local Election That France’s Far Right Might Just Win
A year before presidential elections, the National Rally has a chance of capturing Marseille, a historic hub of immigration.
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Former Nepali King Gyanendra Shah greets supporters in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Feb. 13. Hindu Nationalism Takes a New Form in Nepal
Ahead of elections, calls to reinstate the king and bring an end to secularism have grown louder.
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A destroyed multicolored playground with a destroyed building in the background. Ukraine’s Lost Generation
Students and teachers are struggling to keep education alive in underground schools.
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Volunteers help emergency workers clear the rubble of a destroyed building at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on July 8, 2024. Why Ukraine Is Still Standing
Civic resistance underpins the country’s defense—and its democracy, too.
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A man is seen leaning down from a rooftop toward another man on a scaffolding as they work on a building. A minaret of a mosque is seen in the background against a blue sky. What’s Buried by Baghdad’s Construction Boom
The politics of rebuilding in a city of memories.
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A man in a camo hoodie and winter hat rides an ATV on a gravel path toward crosses in a cemetery on the horizon. Tall evergreen trees and a cloud-filled sky are on the horizon. The Pillaging of the American Arctic
How Alaskans are navigating the Trump administration’s critical mineral drive.
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Greenlandic Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt and Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen stand together outside of a building. Europe United, Europe Alone
As Trump doubles down on Greenland, Europe doubles down on Europe.
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M23 soldiers are seen at the Stade de l'Unite' (Unity Stadium in French) in Goma on February 6, 2025. Trump’s Peace Deal Means Nothing for the Congolese
Many of those living under the rule of the M23 militia prefer to keep it that way.
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A man and a woman sit on a couch under a peacock image and sunburst/ Syria’s Yazidi Community Faces the Future With Concern
Having survived Assad and the Islamic State, Yazidis remain suspicious of Sharaa’s government.
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