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India’s Last-Chance Parents

Photos of an Indian fertilization clinic that's giving elderly couples another shot at having children.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A nightmare in Homs, protests in Greece, and Prince William heads to the Falkland Islands.

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Beirut's Boom-Boom Rooms

A look inside Lebanon's thriving night club scene.

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Holey Days

Photos of piercing and prayer during the Tamil holiday of Thaipusam.

BY LOIS PARSHLEY | FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Syria's Ground Zero

The city of Homs is bearing the brunt of Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown.

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The Cult of Mayawati

Love her or hate her, India's polarizing political superstar is a force to be reckoned with.

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Cold Snap

Images of Europe in the full force of a deep freeze.

BY HANNA TRUDO | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The World in Photos this Week

Soccer riots in Egypt, Merkel heads to China, and an anniversary in Tehran.

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Long Road to Black Gold

Iraq's troubled path to full oil production.

JANUARY 31, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

The Chinese New Year, the anniversary of the Arab Spring, and Angela Merkel's golden goose.

JANUARY 27, 2012

Back to Tahrir

Amazing photos of the massive crowds that rallied on the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution.

JANUARY 26, 2012

A Year of Tahrir

Extraordinary pictures of Egypt’s revolutionary ground zero.

JANUARY 21, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

SOPA protests black out the Internet, a cruise ship crashes, and scuba divers ring in the Chinese New Year.

BY LOIS PARSHLEY | JANUARY 20, 2012

The Top 10 Trends in Global Freedom

One might expect, given last year's headlines across the Middle East -- as well as promising political developments in authoritarian countries from Myanmar to Cuba -- that 2011 was a banner year for freedom. The reality is more complicated.

BY ARCH PUDDINGTON | JANUARY 18, 2012

The Smog That Ate Beijing

What China's capital really looks like. 

BY SEAN GALLAGHER | JANUARY 18, 2012

I Watched North Korea's Propaganda Film So You Don't Have To

New footage from North Korean state TV offers a rare glimpse at the (not necessarily real) life of Kim Jong Un.

BY ADAM CATHCART | JANUARY 13, 2012

Inside a Changing Myanmar

As the United States restores diplomatic relations, photos from a country in transition.

BY CORNELIU CAZACU | JANUARY 13, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

A primary, a protest, a pants-free subway ride.

BY LOIS FARROW PARSHLEY | JANUARY 13, 2012

Haiti's 1 Percent

A look at the lives of plenty in the land of the poor.

BY ARNAUD ROBERT (TEXT), PAOLO WOODS (PHOTOS) | JANUARY 12, 2012

Princess of the Marshes

My trip through post-American Iraq. 

BY EMMA SKY | JANUARY 12, 2012

Inside David's Tower

A tour of Venezuela's skyscraper squatter city.

JANUARY 7, 2012

The World in Photos This Week

Celebrations, caucuses, bombings, and witches ring in the new year.

BY LOIS FARROW PARSHLEY | JANUARY 5, 2012

The Beards of January

Even Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is nervous about the rise of the Salafis.

JANUARY 4, 2012

Concrete Jungles

Five construction megaprojects and the countries that made them.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | JAN/FEB 2012

The Dear Leader's Death Rites

A look at Kim Jong Il's snowy state funeral.

DECEMBER 28, 2011

The Art of Foreign Policy

Our favorite FP illustrations from 2011.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The World in Photos This Week

Holiday celebrations, mourning for Kim Jong Il and Vaclav Havel, and the end of an acrimonious year in Washington.

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The Red Royalty: A Look at China's Elite - An FP Slideshow

As China's economy continues to trend downward, Beijing's elites are sparking a new, palpable frustration in the general population.

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Mourning the Dear Leader

Pyongyang grieves over the death of a despot.

DECEMBER 20, 2011

To the Barricades

From Tahrir Square to Wall Street to the Kremlin, 2011 was a year when politics was conducted in the street.

DECEMBER 14, 2011