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The Man Who Almost Discovered the South Pole
A cinematic journey through explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica.
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Libor Hajsky / Reuters Photos: 50 Years Since a Soviet Invasion Ended the Prague Spring
In August 1968, the Soviet Union sent 2,000 tanks and thousands of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia to seize control and put down its growing pro-democratic government.
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Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP / Getty Images The Greece Bailout’s Legacy of Immiseration
The cynicism and brutality of what happened there is for the whole world to see.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The U.S. Will Spend Billions in Syria—Just Not on Rebuilding It
The Trump administration has ended a civilian-aid program in the country, but the cost of the counter-ISIS fight far outweighs those savings.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Kofi Annan Was a Politician as Well as a Peacemaker
The former UN secretary-general, who died Saturday, showed what it meant to be a good international civil servant.
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters The World’s Failure in Rwanda Changed Kofi Annan’s Worldview
The former UN secretary-general became a proponent of diplomatic interventions to alleviate human suffering. Annan died Saturday at the age of 80.
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Gregory Bull / AP Trump and Mexico Need Each Other
From immigration to trade, the interests of the U.S. are broadly congruent with the agenda of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Stefan Rousseau / Reuters Can Britain Deal With ‘No Deal’?
The British government says it is prepared to crash out of the European Union—but a warning from its new foreign secretary suggests that isn’t true.
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Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters Putin’s Weekend of Trolling
It’s always awkward when he meets with Angela Merkel.
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Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photos of the Week: Sun Biter, Solar Probe, Belgian Bovines
Flowers carpet Brussels, a farewell is bid to Aretha Franklin, abandoned share bikes find homes in Germany, a cardboard Viking church collapses in Liverpool, a bridge collapses in Italy, and much more.
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Hani Mohammed / AP One American’s Failed Quest to Protect Civilians in Yemen
“If there is a chance that I can help, then I’m going to swing. I’ll swing for the fences. I may get air, but I’d rather try and fail than to not have tried.”
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The U.S. Is Developing a New Way to Weaken Iran
The State Department’s Iran Action Group will mostly focus on “nukes, terrorism, and the detention of American citizens.”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters We Regret to Inform You That Russia Is (Probably) At It Again
For Putin and company, election season in America is open season for meddling.
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Walter Iooss. Jr. / Getty Photos: The Queen of Soul's Amazing Career
A collection of images of Aretha Franklin’s incredible life of performance, spanning the past five decades.
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Moritz Hager / Reuters Steve Bannon May Be Too Late to the Populist Party
The former White House chief strategist wants to work with Europe’s right-wing parties—but some say they aren’t interested.
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AFP / Getty / The Atlantic China Is Going to Outrageous Lengths to Surveil Its Own Citizens
New tech—including drones disguised as birds—can be a nightmare for Muslims in particular.
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Stefano Rellandini / Reuters What Brought Down the Bridge in Italy?
A deadly disaster has focused attention on the state of infrastructure built during the country’s postwar boom.
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Stringer / Reuters The U.S. Must Engage With Russia
Real dialogue is necessary for nuclear-arms reduction.
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Fiona Goodall / Getty for Lumix A Visit to Tuvalu, Surrounded by the Rising Pacific
Fiona Goodall, a photographer working with Getty Images, recently visited the tiny South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, a country battling rising sea levels with limited resources.
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Mustafa Andalib / Reuters Talking to the Taliban While Still Fighting the Taliban
Nearly a year since the Trump administration rolled out its South Asia strategy, carnage in Afghanistan continues even as negotiations for peace inch ahead.
