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September 21, 2023
- Sisters of No Mercy: Kathmandu’s Kung Fu Nuns – in Pictures
- Moana Vocalist in Push to Revive Threatened Pacific Languages Through Song
- Coked-Up Caped Crusader: How Hélio Oiticica Liberated the Art World With Drugs, Nests and Hammocks
- Viral Series About Chinese Teapot Escaping From British Museum to Become Film
- Danish Artist Who Submitted Empty Frames As Artwork Told to Repay Funding
- ‘Scent of Eternity’: Scientists Recreate Balms Used on Ancient Egyptian Mummy
- Heavy Metal and Macho Writers: How Germany’s #Metoo Moment Is Finally Taking Off
- ‘We Need to Start Again’: Morocco’s Earthquake Puts Girls’ Education at Risk
- ‘A Little Bit Cursed’: How Stolen Van Gogh Was a ‘Headache’ for the Criminal World
- ‘The Love for Music Is Still There’: Saving the Sounds of Afghanistan One Cassette at a Time
- Goldrush City: Life in Africa’s Youngest Capital
- ‘Oldest Wooden Structure’ Discovered on Border of Zambia and Tanzania
- Mexico Feels Pressure of Relentless Migration From South America
- Os Tincoãs Were Almost Forgotten. a New Generation Found Their Music.
- India to Reserve One-Third of Parliamentary Seats for Women
- A Vanishing Nomadic Clan, With a Songlike Language All Their Own
- Overlooked No More: Molly Nelson, Steward of Penobscot Culture
September 14, 2023
- Iran’s ‘Gender Apartheid’ Bill Could Jail Women for 10 years for Not Wearing Hijab
- Snack Attack: How the West Exported Unhealthy Eating to Africa and Asia
- ‘An Emotional Journey’: Uncovering the Hidden Jewish History Behind Berlin’s Garden City
- ANU Museum to Hand Back Stolen 2,500-year-old Vase to Italy
- Cassandro Review – Gael García Bernal Lights up the Ring as Lucha Libre’s Taboo-Busting Wrestler
- V&A to Look After Ancient Yemen Stones Found in London Shop
- Why Are So Many Millenials Going to Mongolia?
- What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us About Grief
- With a Pool and an Airport Hangar, an Opera Company Gets Nomadic
- A Theater Troupe That’s Also a Support Network for Exiles
- With Straws, Gourds and Tea in Tow, Syrians Spread Their Love of Mate
- The Threads of Identity in a Palestinian Craft
September 7, 2023
- Hunger and Hope: Africans Tell of Desperation and Innovation As Climate Summit Meets
- Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide
- To Experience Paris up Close and Personal, Plunge Into a Public Pool
- Game of Prone: Montenegrins Lie Down in Hope of Being Crowned Laziest Citizen
- Lost in AI Translation: Growing Reliance on Language Apps Jeopardizes Some Asylum Applications
- Unicef Sounds Alarm As Record Numbers of Children Cross Dangerous Darién Gap
- Mining Once Made This Pacific Island Unliveable, Now Residents Fear Its Return
- Germany Matches DNA From Skulls Stolen From African Colony to Living Relatives
- Venice to Trial €5 Ticketing System for Day Visitors From 2024
- Japan Wrestles With Its Views on ‘Outside People’ Amid Population Crisis
- In Kyrgyzstan, Parents Wish for Sons. Too Many Girls, and They Start to Worry
- ‘As Important As Oxygen’: Lebanon Refugee Children Return to Learning
- The Door to Door Service That Is Changing the Diagnosis for Malawians
- Boomerang Adults: the Young New Zealanders Moving Back in With Their Parents
- Metal Detectorist Makes Norway’s ‘Gold Find of Century’
- Parents in Pakistan Could Be Jailed for Polio Vaccine Refusal
- ‘We Can’t Take Any of This for Granted’: Gaza’s Fight to Keep Its Treasures Safe at Home
- Taiwan Presidential Hopeful Offers Pets for Pregnancies in Push to Boost Birth Rate
- South Korean Teachers Want an End to Parents’ Harassment
- Ephemeral but Unforgettable: Korean Experimental Art Is Having a Star Turn
- Totem Pole Taken 94 Years Ago Begins 4,000-Mile Journey Home
- Undying Dread: a 400-Year-Old Corpse, Locked to Its Grave
- Daily Blackouts Strain a Poor Spanish Neighborhood. Is Marijuana to Blame?
- A Crackdown on Free Speech in One of the Freer Corners of the Mideast