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Farmers ride an ox cart along a street in Bauta, Artemisa province, Cuba, on June 27.

WORLD / Society

Jul 16, 2026

Tractors out, oxen in for fuel-starved Cuban farms

U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of a fuel blockade in January intensified the worst energy crisis in Cuba’s post-revolutionary history.

Reenactors dressed as ancient Greeks perform a ritual at the foothills of Mount Olympus as part of the four-day Promitheia Festival honoring ancient Greek gods, near Litochoro, northern Greece, on Thursday.

WORLD / Society

Jul 6, 2026

At the foot of Mount Olympus, a return to ancient Greek heritage

For more than 30 years, hundreds of people who worship ancient Greek deities have been coming to the area to revive ceremonies whose roots stretch back to antiquity.

A group of civilian volunteers searches for survivors in a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Saturday.

WORLD / Society

Jul 1, 2026

Venezuela quake death toll nears 2,000 as aftershocks ease

Opposition leader María Corina Machado, who is stuck in Panama after unsuccessful attempts to reenter the country, has vowed to return as quickly as possible.

Alessandro Monteiro sits during the rehearsal of the play "Font Flip is Burning" ahead of its opening night in Mindelo, Cape Verde, on May 24.

WORLD / Society

Jun 29, 2026

Cape Verde, Africa’s outlier in LGBTQ+ tolerance

By Lucie Peytermann

The archipelago is currently the most welcoming country in Africa for the LGBTQ+ community, ahead of South Africa, according to Equaldex.

Migrants walk along the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, last month. France, along with Spain and Britain, recorded increases in their refugee and asylum-seeker population last year.

WORLD / Society

Jun 19, 2026

Europe’s refugee population stabilizes after decade of growth, study shows

By Maria Martinez

The number of ?refugees and asylum seekers in the European Union and Britain stood at 9.59 million in 2025, little changed from ?9.58 million a year earlier.

Ruchira Rangaprasad carries food containers to deliver to vulnerable migrants in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. Violence by masked groups targeting ethnic minorities flared in the city earlier in the week following a ?knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder.

WORLD / Society

Jun 12, 2026

Belfast’s minorities scared to leave home after violence by masked groups

Groups set fire to houses and cars and targeted ethnic minorities after a ?knife attack for which a Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder.

Pallet Shelters stand inside a Tiny Home Village managed by Hope The Mission for interim homeless housing in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 1.

WORLD / Society

Jun 8, 2026

Tiny homes see tiny boost for Los Angeles homeless as World Cup nears

By Romain FONSEGRIVES

Visitors are frequently struck by the staggering levels of homelessness in a city that also has pockets of astonishing wealth.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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