Anti-Corruption Protests Across Russia
On March 26, 2017, thousands of Russians rallied across the country to protest government corruption, in one of the largest opposition demonstrations in years.
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Josselin Cornou Winners of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards
The Sony World Photography Awards has announced the winners of its Open categories and National categories for 2017.
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Here Comes Brexit Day
On Wednesday, Britain’s exit from the EU becomes very real. That doesn’t mean it’s going to go according to plan.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Make the Anti-War Movement Great Again
President Trump is being pressured to expand a war of choice in a faraway land with an immoral ally that flagrantly kills civilians. Why are so few Americans paying any attention?
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Jean-Sebastian Evrard / AFP / Getty When Left-Wing Feminists and Conservative Catholics Unite
In Europe, a reproductive rights issue yields an unlikely partnership.
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Darren Staples / Reuters London Attack: What We Know
Police say there’s “no evidence” Khalid Masood had links to ISIS or al-Qaeda. ISIS claimed responsibility for last week’s attack that killed four people.
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Sandy Huffaker / Corbis via Getty The Marine Photo Scandal and the Cost of Indifference
Americans may finally be ready to confront the dehumanizing horrors facing women service members.
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Yuri Maltsev / Reuters What Russia's Latest Protests Mean for Putin
After the largest demonstrations in years erupted across the country on Sunday, the Kremlin is fighting back.
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Teresa Mathew When Nuns Tried to Kick-Start India's First Transgender School
It didn’t exactly work out as planned.
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Ali Jarekji / Reuters The Jordanian Airline Making Money Off the Laptop Ban
How trolling Trump became a marketing strategy
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Katie Martin What America Stood For
"Where people are desperate, it is still America they count on, whether they love or scorn it, and America they blame when aid does not come."
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Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters Hosni Mubarak Is a Free Man
I was in Tahrir Square the day the strongman fell. Knowing what we know now, the former dictator seems positively gracious and big-hearted.
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Eliot Blondet / Corbis via Getty Photos of the Week: 3/18–3/24
The "Sydney Skinny" in Australia, a terror attack in London, Newroz in Iraq, President Trump behind the wheel, and much more.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters What Exactly Did Paul Manafort Do Wrong?
If the lobbyist’s work did indeed “greatly benefit the Putin Government,” the contract wouldn’t be especially out of the ordinary for an American lobbyist—or for Russia.
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters The Next Wave of Questionable Referendums
If you thought 2016 was the year of suspenseful plebiscites, get ready for 2017.
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Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin What's Behind Israel's Diplomatic Flare-Up With Russia
After years of reported airstrikes in Syria, the Israeli ambassador in Moscow was suddenly summoned to explain his country’s recent attack.
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Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Remapping the World and Nowruz in Iran: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Hannah Mckay / Reuters What London Police Learned From the Last Big Attack
Law enforcement expected that a terrorist incident like Wednesday’s was inevitable. In many ways, the response system worked.
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Stefan Wermuth / Reuters Why Did It Take ISIS a Full Day to Claim the London Attack?
The delay fit the pattern of previous statements from the group.
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Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant / Reuters Murder in Kiev
The death of the former Russian parliamentarian Denis Voronenkov is a remarkable end to a remarkable story.
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Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP / Getty Images ISIS Will Fail, but What About the Idea of ISIS?
Despite claiming responsibility for attacks like the one in London, the group is dying. It will retain the ability to inspire.
