Russia Campaigned to Derail Moldova’s Pro-Western Government
Police officers in Chisinau, the Moldovan capital, watching protesters gather outside the electoral commission after the polls closed for parliamentary elections in 2025.
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Heat Is Hammering Europe, Again. Here’s What That Looks Like.
A sweltering day near Tower Bridge in London on Thursday.
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on August 2026
The Taliban Kicked the U.S. Out of Afghanistan. Now They Want It Back.
Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, during an interview with The New York Times in Kabul this week.
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Will Sudan’s El Obeid Become the Next El Fasher? What to Know.
Women gathering for a hot meal in al-Rahmaniyah camp for displaced people near the city of El-Obeid in the southern Kordofan region of Sudan last month.
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on August 2026
Britain’s Farage Takes a Page From Trump’s Playbook Amid Investigations
Nigel Farage arriving to vote in Walton-on-the-Naze, England, on Thursday.
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A Prominent Mexican Politician Says U.S. Revoked His Visa
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán is the son of Mexico’s former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is still a key leader of Morena, Mexico’s dominant political party.
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on August 2026
With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior aide and son-in-law, at the Capitol in Washington in February.
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Kevin Rideout, American Missionary Kidnapped in Niger, Is Released
Niamey, Niger, this year. U.S. officials said it was unclear which group had held the American missionary Kevin Rideout at the end of his captivity.
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on August 2026
Farage Wins Special U.K. Election That He Initiated, as Expected
Nigel Farage leaves a polling station after he voted in the Clacton by-election on Thursday.
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on August 2026
France’s Top Court Strikes Down Ban on Social Media for Children
France’s Constitutional Council said that the ban was too wide-ranging, and did not take into account the age, maturity or family situation of children.
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on August 2026
Record-Breaking Rainfall Leaves Eight Dead and Thousands Stranded in Japan
Vehicles submerged on a flooded road in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
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on August 2026
After Notre-Dame Fire, France Restored the Cathedral — but Not These Windows
An artisan working at the Atelier Simon-Marq, a centuries-old stained glass studio, in Reims, in northeastern France.
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As Army Fails to Protect Palestinians, Israeli Leaders Sympathize With Settlers
Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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on August 2026
When a Rare Wolf Got Too Close, Denmark Faced a Conservation Dilemma
A wild wolf in West Jutland, Denmark, last year. The return of the animals to a country with few predators has recently come under scrutiny after a wolf was spotted near a small town, apparently unafraid of people.
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on August 2026
Zambia Halts Presidential Election Vote Count Over Violence and Fraud Allegations
A voting station’s presiding officer holds a marked ballot during the counting process at Woodlands Primary School in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday.
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on August 2026
8 Matisse Works, Looted from Library in Brazil, Are Recovered
A handout photo released by the São Paulo police press office showing the recovered Matisse works.
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on August 2026
As Europe Gets Hotter, Its Transportation Systems Struggle to Cope
Commuters at a train station in Bordeaux, France, during a heat wave in July. Much of Europe’s infrastructure was not built to withstand scorching summer heat.
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on August 2026
After 2 Plasma Donor Deaths, Company Pauses Clinics in Canada
Donating plasma for Grifols at a hospital in Barcelona in 2020. The company has suspended collecting plasma in Canada because of scrutiny over two deaths.
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Engine Blade Hit Window on Jet Before Man Was Partly Sucked Outside, Report Says
A Ryanair plane in Thessaloniki, Greece, last May. A full investigation into an incident last month will take at least a year, federal official said.
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on August 2026
Afghan Women Erased From Public Life in Five Years of Taliban Rule
A market in Kabul, Afghanistan, last year. Most women say they have to get a male relative’s permission to leave the house.
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on August 2026
Electric Thrills
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Israeli Settlers Resume West Bank Siege After Eviction
Israeli soldiers patrolling a street Thursday during an operation in the village of Qusra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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on August 2026
Early-Onset El Niño
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Train Derails Near Town of Lewes in East Sussex, U.K.
Some cars of a passenger train flipped onto their sides on Thursday in southern England near Lewes. The accident’s cause had not yet been determined.
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on August 2026
Topos Azteca, a Mexican Volunteer Rescue Group, Helps With Rescue Efforts After Colombia Earthquake
A member of Topos Azteca working among the rubble on Wednesday in Cali, Colombia.
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on August 2026
A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes
A health worker discarding water from a larvicide dissemination unit in Belém, Brazil, last month.
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on August 2026
How a Long-Shot U.S. Oil Drilling Project Is Shaking Up Greenland
Ittoqqortoormiit, a settlement in eastern Greenland. The remote area has been targeted by a U.S.-British joint venture for potential oil exploration.
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on August 2026
Former Catholic Bishop Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse, Australian News Outlets Say
Christopher Alan Saunders, the former bishop of Broome, at the District Court of Western Australia in Perth on Tuesday.
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on August 2026
Hundreds of Flights Canceled in Sicily as Mount Etna Erupts
Volcanic ash and lava during an eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily on Wednesday.
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on August 2026
How China Remembers Zhu Rongji, the Premier Who Spoke His Mind
The official obituary of Zhu Rongji, at a newsstand in Beijing on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Coming next summer: the ‘eclipse of the century.’
Watching the solar eclipse at Washington Square Park in New York in 2024.
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on August 2026
The Man on a Mission to Build India’s Most Livable City
The construction site for a tech hub labeled “Quantum Valley” in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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on August 2026
Russian Blockade of Major Ukrainian Ports Threatens Global Grain Supplies
A vessel struck off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine, last month. The Russian campaign has halted nearly all shipping in and out of the port.
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on August 2026
What to Know About the U.K. Special Election: Farage vs. Binface
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., at a rally for the party in Wymondham, England, last month.
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on August 2026
‘An English Summer Is Not the Same Anymore’
Another heat wave gripped London on Thursday.
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on August 2026
Arabian Sea Bird and Turtle Habitat Threatened by Oil From Grounded Tanker
A satellite image showing the damaged vessel Caroline Bezengi and oil slick off coast of Oman, on Aug. 5.
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on August 2026
Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos
Israeli soldiers gathered near Israeli settlers, forefront, near Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
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on August 2026
Muddling through Iceland’s rainy eclipse, accompanied by clouds, whales and at least one proposal.
Clouds covered the sky during an eclipse festival in Hellisandur, Iceland, on Wednesday.
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on August 2026
Trump’s Plane Switch Ruse Pales in Comparison With Putin’s Secrecy
A Russian state media photo of President Vladimir Putin in his office in the Kremlin last month. The secrecy around Mr. Putin’s movements means journalists have resorted to tracking his activity by assessing the wilting of the plants in his office.
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on August 2026
Afghanistan’s Unhappy Anniversary
At Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan in December.
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on August 2026
Driver Sets Record for Hydrogen-Powered Vehicle at More Than 406 M.P.H.
Andy Green after setting a new land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle on Tuesday at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
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At Iceland’s eclipse festival, a prayer for sea cucumbers and ‘generosity from the sky.’
An eclipse festival in Hellissandur, Iceland, on Wednesday attracted yogis, start-up founders and Burning Man devotees.
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on August 2026
A Special U.S. Navy Squadron Photographed the Last Total Solar Eclipse in Spain in 1905
The U.S. military photographed the 1905 eclipse with one of the largest cameras constructed at the time.
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on August 2026
Five Arrested in Connection to Stolen Works by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse, Prosecutors Say
Putin Visits Islands Seized From Japan in World War II, Angering Tokyo
A Patient’s Final Breath in a Congolese Ebola Ward
See the 2026 European Solar Eclipse, in Photos and Videos
A Bright Spot in Colombia as Rescuers Free Quake Victim