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Emergency services personnel attend the scene of a drone strike launched by Hezbollah on Sunday in Binyamina, Israel.

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4 Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah drone attack that leaves dozens injured

The Lebanese militant group targeted an Israeli army base near the central city of Binyamina, in one of the most serious mass casualty attacks the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group has caused in Israel.

October 13, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin
“The Salmon Eye,” run by Eide Fjordbruck, is an education center located at the mouth of Norway’s Hardangersfjord. It is the world’s largest floating art installation and a vision of the company’s CEO Sondre Eide.

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  • Europe

Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably

In Norway, one man's solution to the threat posed by farmed salmon and the impact on the fjords they swim in.

October 13, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
Camilo Garcia peeks through a curtain of his house on the morning of March 9, in the town of Juntas, Buenaventura, Colombia. The community gathers during Holy Week to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/13/g-s1-15007/how-one-afro-colombian-community-honors-their-ancestry"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story. </a>

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  • Latin America

How one Afro-Colombian community honors their ancestry

In the town of Juntas, in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia, the community gathers for Holy Week every year to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River.

October 13, 2024
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  • Nathalia Angarita and
  • Marina Sardiña
Suliman Mleihat, 32, and his nine-year-old son Obeida stand in front of Obeida's classroom, where he sheltered from settlers who attacked the school in the Mu’arrajat Bedouin community in mid-September.

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The war is in Gaza, but Palestinians in the West Bank are targeted with violence too

In the year since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the occupied West Bank has seen an increase in Israeli military raids and attacks by Israeli settlers. More than 600 Palestinians have been killed.

October 12, 2024
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
The Himalayas are seen from the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal on May 31, 2021.

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  • World

National Geographic team may have discovered the foot of a famed Mount Everest climber

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

October 12, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) man an observation point along what's called the Blue Line on the border between Lebanon and Israel, near the southern Lebanese town of Marwahin, on Oct. 12, 2023.

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  • Middle East

What is the U.N. peacekeeping force stationed in Lebanon?

The mission was created in 1978 to help restore order after Israel's first invasion of Lebanon. Decades later, it's still there but has come under fire during a new Israeli invasion in Lebanon.

October 11, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Rescue workers search for victims at the site of Thursday's Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.

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  • Middle East

In separate strikes, Israel kills 2 Lebanese soldiers and injures 2 U.N. peacekeepers

The Israeli attack on the Lebanese army came hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time this week.

October 11, 2024
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Signs and pictures of those killed, including journalists, are displayed on a fence during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Lafayette Park near the White House on March 13, 2022, in Washington.

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Award-winning Ukrainian journalist dies in Russian captivity, Kyiv says

Ukrainian officials on Thursday confirmed the death of freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna, though the circumstances surrounding her death were unclear.

October 11, 2024
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  • Rebecca Rosman
A photo taken on Sept. 25, 2024 in Oslo, Norway shows replicas of both sides of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute.

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  • World

Japanese organization of atomic bombing survivors wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize

The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of World War II atomic bombing survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons.

October 11, 2024
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  • NPR Staff
Palestinians look for survivors under the rubble of a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Oct. 31, 2023.

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  • Middle East

Her last memory is by the window with her baby in Gaza. Then, Israeli airstrikes hit

Israel’s military dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Gaza in a year. This is a look at one airstrike, the lives it upended and the rights group's investigation saying it's a possible war crime.

October 11, 2024
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  • Aya Batrawy
Injured men receive treatment at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, on Friday following the Thursday attack by gunmen in Balochistan province.

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  • Asia

Gunmen kill 20 miners in southwest Pakistan attack ahead of Asian security summit

It's the latest attack in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. No group claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.

October 11, 2024
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South Korean author Han Kang in Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature

The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.

October 10, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby
Fairuz's music is renowned in Lebanon.

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  • Music

Amid airstrikes and armed conflict, Lebanese musicians hit a somber note

Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.

October 10, 2024
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  • Michael Levitt and
  • Megan Lim
Rafael Nadal celebrates his victory over Marton Fucsovics during the men's singles tennis competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris. Nadal has announced he will retire from tennis following the Davis Cup finals in November.

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  • Sports

Rafael Nadal announces his retirement from tennis after 22 Grand Slam titles

The 38-year-old tennis legend, who has been dealing with injuries in recent years, said he will step away from the sport after next month’s Davis Cup finals.

October 10, 2024
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  • Middle East

These maps and images show what's left of Gaza, 1 year into the Israel-Hamas war

Israel's war with Hamas has destroyed much of Gaza. Recent analyses find that nearly 60% of buildings, nearly 70% of orchards and 68% of roads have been damaged or destroyed by the conflict.

October 10, 2024
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