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Pastor or Traitor? Ukrainians Shun a Church Seen as a Kremlin Tool
The village parishioners’ decision to oust their priest reflects a broader push within Ukraine to reduce the influence of an Orthodox church that answers to Moscow.
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A Story of Arab Loss Comes to Life at a Kibbutz in Israel
A museum founded by pioneering Zionists has been hosting a sweeping retrospective of Palestinian art.
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Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
Acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors over 1,000 years ago, are being excavated and brought back to life to adapt to the crises of climate change.
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India Struggles to Eradicate an Old Scourge: Witch Hunting
Once driven largely by superstition, the brutal practice is now often simply a tool to oppress women, in many cases violently.
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In an Indian Village, Cultivating Girls’ Big-League Dreams
The girls arrive at the makeshift cricket ground on their bicycles, a narrow file of white athletic uniforms breezing down a dirt track that cuts through lush wheat fields in India’s Punjab region. They wear their names and numbers on their backs ...
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India Is Arming Villagers in One of Earth’s Most Militarized Places
As night fell in the tiny Himalayan village of Dhangri, a dozen armed men emerged from their homes one after another, their rifles slung over their shoulders, as if they were bound for war. With stealthy movements, they scanned the moonlit ...
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In Rural Ukraine, Medicine and Hope Roll In on a Truck
Young mothers gather with baby carriages in the morning chill and exchange village gossip while waiting to visit a health clinic on a truck. The vehicle’s arrival is a big event. For eight months, the village of Levkivka in eastern Ukraine was under ...
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How a Chance Discovery of Old Negatives Revealed a Master Photographer
For Zaharia Cusnir, photography was an all-consuming passion. Now, nearly 30 years after he died in obscurity, the Moldovan’s fame is rising.
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An Agonizing Wait for a Migrant Worker’s Final Journey Home
When the body arrived, weeks after the laborer’s death in a faraway country, it was almost 9 p.m. and the village was dark. Because so much time had passed, and no one could be sure of the remains’ condition, the family did not risk a stop at home ...
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Haunted by Disaster, Volunteers Search for Survivors in Indonesia
Heavy rains drenched the collapsed mountainside, making sludge of the rust-colored soil. Intermittently, the earth violently shuddered as an ...