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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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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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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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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‘An English Summer Is Not the Same Anymore’
Another heat wave gripped London on Thursday.
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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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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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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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Who Are the Houthis, Iran-Backed Militia Entering Mideast War?
Newly recruited Houthi fighters marching past an image of their leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, in 2023.
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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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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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What to Know About Today’s 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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Female Afghans 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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Electric Thrills
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Early-Onset El Niño
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Afghanistan’s Unhappy Anniversary
At Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan in December.
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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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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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More Than 40 Dead After a Ferry Capsizes on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba
A photo posted on social media showing passengers rescued after a ferry capsized in Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday.
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Effects of Record-Breaking El Niño Are Happening on 3 Continents
Collecting water from a well in a drought-afflicted village in Gujarat, India, in May.
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Eclipse chasers stake out their viewing spots in Iceland.
Damien Kluczinske was in the Ólafsvík area on his first trip outside the United States.
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A Partial Solar Eclipse Will Be Visible in Parts of the U.S. and Canada
Watching an eclipse in Leamington, Ontario, in 2024.
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How Scientists Use Eclipses for Research
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain.
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A Space Expert Hoped to Use the Eclipse as Science Class. The D.J.s Had Other Plans.
Mar Carretero-Castrillo playing an eclipse-themed card game with residents in Castrillo de la Reina, Spain, on Tuesday.
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What happens to animals during an eclipse?
A pigeon over Qamishli in northeastern Syria during a partial solar eclipse in 2022.
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Even outside the path of totality, the eclipse will provide remarkable views.
Almelo, in the Netherlands, on the eve of a partial solar eclipse there.
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How to Safely Watch the Solar Eclipse, Even Without Glasses
Women use box pinhole projectors to watch a solar eclipse in Bogotá in Colombia in 2023.
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Spain Urges Eclipse Watchers to Be Wary of Wildfire Risks
Fighting flames in El Tiemblo, central Spain, during wildfires in July.
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Europeans, Braced for 5th Heat Wave of 2026, Have Had Enough
A woman cooling off at the Vatican on Wednesday.
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Here’s how to stay safe watching the solar eclipse.
During a solar eclipse, the only time it is safe to gaze at the sun without equipment is during totality, when the moon completely covers its surface.
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Thailand Halts New Gun Permits After Mass Shooting at a School
Officials offered prayers at temple in Bangkok on Tuesday for the victims of a 14-year-old gunman.
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Ecuadorean Fishing Boats Hit by Mystery Attackers
Fishing vessels off the Ecuadorean coast last October.
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Trump Tariffs Force Some Canadian Companies to Move South of the Border
Turning nearly pure copper into electrical wires is one of the first stages of production at Northern Cables in Brockville, Ontario.
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Zambia Election: President Hichilema Faces Backlash Ahead of Vote
Supporters of President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday at a campaign rally in Lusaka, Zambia.
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How Nigel Farage Ended Up Running Against Count Binface in Clacton
Count Binface, played by the comedian Jon Harvey, being interviewed at a studio in London last month.
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This remote spot has cliffs, seabirds — and today, a few extra seconds of darkness.
Solar eclipses occur when the sun, moon and Earth align in space.
He Was Deported to Eswatini in Southern Africa. He May Never Go Free.
A Patient’s Final Breath in a Congolese Ebola Ward
Putin Visits Islands Seized From Japan in World War II, Angering Tokyo
See the 2026 European Solar Eclipse, in Photos and Videos
A Bright Spot in Colombia as Rescuers Free Quake Victim
Zhu Rongji, Former Premier Who Pushed China to a Market Economy, Dies at 97
In Bali, a Quest to Restore the Sacred Glow of Fireflies