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Charting the Crash
A close look at the numbers behind the woes of Club Med.
BY SHIMELSE ALI, URI DADUSH, ZAAHIRA WYNE | AUGUST 3, 2012
When Your Whole Country Is a Closet
Powerful images of gay Uganda.
BY TADEJ ZNIDARCIC | AUGUST 2, 2012
August Heats Up
Follow the events of August 1962, as Cold War tensions continue to unfold in the run-up to the Cuban missile crisis.
BY RACHEL DOBBS | AUGUST 2, 2012
China's Champion Children
As China and the United States compete for gold at the London Games, we take a look at the grueling lives of the People's Republic's next generation of top athletes.
AUGUST 1, 2012
A Candidate Abroad
Mitt Romney's whirlwind tour proved the GOP nominee still has some things to learn on foreign policy.
JULY 31, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Heavy flooding hits Beijing, Aurora mourns its victims, and the Olympic torch finally reaches London.
JULY 27, 2012
Hungry Days, Festive Nights
Images from across the Muslim world as the holy month begins.
JULY 24, 2012
Weird World of Sports
Fourteen events we'd like to see at the next Olympics.
BY HILLARY HURD | JULY 23, 2012
Hometown of a Terrorist
Images of a rare journey to Tesawa, the isolated Libyan village that reared Aby Yahu al-Libi, al Qaeda's once-feared second-in-command.
JULY 23, 2012
Beijing Underwater
The capital's worst rainfall in 60 years caused massive floods and destruction.
JULY 23, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Paris celebrates Bastille Day, Spanish firemen protest in the nude, and U.S. President Barack Obama tries to kiss his wife.
JULY 20, 2012
Arab League
A unique look at the Middle East's aspiring women Olympians.
PHOTOS BY BRIGITTE LACOMBE | JULY 19, 2012
July in Focus
The events leading up to the Cuban missile crisis as the Soviet military buildup in Cuba gathered momentum exactly half a century ago.
BY RACHEL DOBBS | JULY 17, 2012
The Other Side of Syria's Civil War
Death comes for Bashar al-Assad's soldiers, too.
BY KATE BROOKS | JULY 16, 2012
Liberté, Egalité, Hilarité
The best political cartoons of the French Revolution.
BY ADRIENNE KLASA | JULY 13, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Olympic season gears up, extreme weather causes chaos, and Spain runs with the bulls.
JULY 13, 2012
No Refuge
Sectarian conflict in Burma leaves refugees in limbo, while an inefficient military dictatorship is unable to stabilize the situation.
JULY 13, 2012
Really Desperate Housewives
It's a hard life for the women of husbands fighting in the Syrian rebel army.
BY TANYA HABJOUQA | JULY 11, 2012
The Russian Floods
After torrential rains brought deadly flash floods, the unprepared and devastated residents of Krymsk are struggling to recover.
JULY 11, 2012
Shrines into Stones
Images of the disappearing treasures of Timbuktu's ancient landmarks as militants bomb them into rubble.
JULY 10, 2012
Death in the Nuba Mountains
The brutal regime in Khartoum has a new weapon more deadly than bombs: hunger.
BY TREVOR SNAPP | JULY 9, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Scientists discover the Higgs boson, fireworks around the globe, and refugees flee to South Sudan.
JULY 6, 2012
The 10 Hottest Places on Earth
Americans should stop whining about the heat wave -- they could be living in one of these 10 punishing locations.
BY KATIE CELLA | JULY 5, 2012
The Little Syrian Town That Could
The amazing protest posters of occupied Kafr Anbel.
BY DAVID KENNER | JULY 5, 2012
The Year in Unfreedom
Nineteen countries where liberty and justice are not for all.
CAPTIONS BY FREEDOM HOUSE | JULY 3, 2012
Waiting for Gbagbo
Are things so bad that Ivory Coast misses its former tyrant?
BY PETER DICAMPO | JUNE 29, 2012
The World in Photos This Week
Egyptians revisit Tahrir Square, Putin takes a whirlwind tour, and Hillary hits a milestone.
JUNE 29, 2012
Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda
BY JOHN HUDSON
Welcome to Jordan's 5-star refugee camp
BY NERI ZILBER
GeoGuessr: Where in the (Googleable) world are you?
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
The real-life war game that almost led to nuclear armageddon
BY NATE JONES
Why does the U.S. have so many more tornadoes than other countries?
BY URI FRIEDMAN
No, 3-D printed food will not end world hunger
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING
A secret recording shocks Chavismo
BY JUAN NAGEL
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