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Reading glasses are easy to come by in Western countries. But getting a pair in the Global South can be a challenge. A new study shows the surprising benefits that a pair of specs can bring ..read more
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A woman and her child stand in front of a landscape denuded by gold mining in the southern Peruvian jungle in the Madre de Dios region. This picture is from 2015. Today, there's an effort to plant saplings to revive the forest. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images ..read more
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Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late April 7, into the executive for alleged obstruction ..read more
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Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024 ..read more
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People gather to watch the total solar eclipse at Parc Jean Drapeau, in Montreal, Monday ..read more
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The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sit on top of a container ship after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. The bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, sending multiple vehicles and up to 20 people plunging into the harbor below. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images ..read more
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A man walks past a mural featuring oil pumps and wells in Caracas, Venezuela, as the country faces the prospect of the U.S. reimposing oil sanctions ..read more
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Members of the Texas National Guard placing barber wire on a fence at the border between Mexico and the US. HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images ..read more
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Rod Augustin, measures dimensions for solar panel installation at a local bar in Limonade, Haiti, on March 17, 2024. Octavio Jones for NPR ..read more
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In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme. Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto ..read more