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Relatives carry the coffin of Jean Louis Jeune Gracien, who was killed during an attack by armed gangs, at his funeral in Pont-Sonde, Haiti, on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

The death toll in a gang attack on a Haitian town rises to at least 115

The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 was one of the biggest massacres that Haiti has seen in recent history. The U.N. had previously said that at least 70 people were killed.

October 10, 2024
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<strong>Winner, The Bigger Picture, Wetlands:</strong> <em>The Swarm of Life</em> by Shane Gross, Canada. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) tadpoles swim among lily pads in a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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  • Photography

Lynx, tiger and tadpoles, oh my: See the Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners

A lynx stretching in the sun, tadpoles swimming beneath lily pads and an investigator dusting a tusk for prints are among the winning images from the newest Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.

October 09, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

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  • Science

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins. The awards continue with the literature prize on Thursday.

October 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
An Azerbaijani environmental activist waves a national flag during a protest against what they claim is illegal mining at the Lachin corridor, the only land link between the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and Armenia.

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  • Climate

Azerbaijan’s human-rights record is under fire as it prepares to host UN climate talks

Azerbaijan has carried out an “escalating crackdown” on government critics and activists over the past two years, according to Human Rights Watch and Freedom Now.

October 08, 2024
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  • Michael Copley
An ad by Valor media shows a photo of Elon Musk at a shopping center in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sept. 2.

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  • World

Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice authorized the restoration of the social media platform's service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document.

October 08, 2024
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John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, seen in picture, are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, which is announced at a press conference by Hans Ellergren, center, permanent secretary at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday.

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  • Science

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 2 scientists for discoveries in machine learning

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning.

October 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Noor Assi, 15, sits on his bed while watched by his 5-year-old sister Jenna in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Feb. 23. <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/10/08/g-s1-22630/photos-palestinian-family-impact-israeli-settler-violence-occupied-west-bank"target="_blank"   >Click here for the full story.</a>

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  • Middle East

One boy's story shows the impact of rising Israeli settler violence in the West Bank

After his father was killed by Israeli settlers raiding his village in the central West Bank, he says, 15-year-old Noor Assi sometimes envies other teens, but says, "I have a family to take care of."

October 08, 2024
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  • Ayman Oghanna
Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday.

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  • Africa

Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition

Opposition parties boycotted the election, calling it a sham amid a deteriorating political climate and authoritarian drift in the birthplace of the Arab Spring more than a decade ago.

October 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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  • Middle East

'All this blood, all this death': Palestinians protest Israel war with no end in sight

For Palestinian civilians caught in the middle of the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and the Hamas militant group, the consequences have been unremittingly difficult, and deadly.

October 07, 2024
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  • Anas Baba and
  • Willem Marx
A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement.

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  • Middle East

Photos: A look back at the year since Oct. 7

A year has passed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the start of its war in Gaza. Here's a look at some key moments from photojournalists on the ground.

October 07, 2024
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  • NPR Staff
A girl walks through the rubble of a collapsed building in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 2, amid the war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.

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  • News

1 year after Hamas attacked Israel, the conflict grows more dangerous than ever

The Hamas-led assault that killed 1,200 people triggered a devastating Israeli military response in Gaza. Now the war has engulfed Lebanon and threatens to bring Israel and Iran into direct conflict.

October 07, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Two people embrace as relatives and supporters of Israelis killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack attend a ceremony at the Nova memorial near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Vigils and protests mark 1 year since Hamas attacks on Israel as fighting rages on

Vigils are taking worldwide to commemorate the approximately 1,200 killed in the Hamas attacks a year ago. Protests are planned to demand a cease-fire to the war that has killed nearly 42,000 in Gaza.

October 07, 2024
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  • Willem Marx,
  • Daniel Estrin,
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An installation of 3,000 candle-lit pumpkin blankets on the canal side steps at Granary Square on Oct. 31, 2014, in London, England.

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  • News

NPR wants to know: What are some of your Halloween traditions?

As Halloween approaches, it's time to start thinking about costumes for the upcoming festivities. But first, NPR wants to hear about your favorite unique holiday traditions.

October 07, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
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  • News

How a year of Israel-Hamas war disrupted lives. And, key factors for Michigan voters

Today marks one year since Hamas ambushed Israel, which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. Now we take a look at how people have been impacted. And, how the Middle East conflict impacts Michigan voters.

October 07, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
One year after October 7th, a look at Kibbutz Beeri and how the survivors have moved forward after 102 Kibbutz members have been killed and 3 are still held hostage in Gaza.

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  • World

The Israeli village grieving the biggest loss from Oct. 7, one year later

At Kibbutz Be'eri, where Hamas-led militants killed more than 100 people last Oct. 7, residents are grieving, reburying their loved ones — and returning to live in their old homes.

October 07, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin
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