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A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a look at how insurance companies are turning on homeowners in fire-prone regions to a write-up of a new report on how to change eating behavior.
People scramble to reach the roof of an overcrowded train at a station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 20th, 2018.
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Rescue personnel carry children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada, a village in India, on August 19th, 2018.
Indian commuters travel in a truck to a safer place as flood waters ravage the National Highway 47 in the Ernakulam district of Kochi, in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, on August 16th, 2018.
Anti-government protesters play traditional music and dance as they take part in a march demanding the release of political prisoners in Managua, Nicaragua, on August 15th, 2018.
People from San Salvador Atenco, a town outside of Mexico City, protest the construction of a new international airport on August 14th, 2018.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a collection of photo essays highlighting indigenous land rights around the world to a fact check of President Donald Trump's claims about the wildfires in California.
Yemeni children take part in a mass funeral in the northern Yemeni city of Saada for children killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition last week.
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Antifascist demonstrators prepare signs for their counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally in Washington, D.C., on August 12th, 2018.
Abortion rights activists comfort each other outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 9th, 2018, after senators rejected a bill that would have legalized abortion.
A Bangladeshi child lights a candle to mark International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in Dhaka on August 8th, 2018.
An Indonesian search-and-rescue team looks for victims under a collapsed mosque following an earthquake on August 7th, 2018, in Lombok Island, Indonesia.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a look at the major fires burning across California to a dispatch from Arizona in an especially deadly year for those attempting to cross the border.
Introducing Pacific Standard's collaboration with Magnum Photos and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Migrants from Afghanistan arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos on August 6th, 2018, after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on a dinghy.
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Altar boys prepare ahead of the Sunday Mass celebration at the Sacred Heart Church in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 5th, 2018.
Students gathered in Nicaragua's capital to demand President Daniel Ortega and his powerful vice president, wife Rosario Murillo, resign.
Protesters gathered outside the office of Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) prior to a scheduled meeting between Thune and Kavanaugh.
Attendees wait at the Florida State Fair Grounds Expo Hall for President Donald Trump.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a profile of Billie Sutton, the former rodeo star running for governor of South Dakota, to a report on the growing trend of girls-only trade classes.
Voting closed in Zimbabwe's first election since the former president was ousted after 37 years in power.
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Laborers process dried vanilla pods at the Vaniacom factory on July 29th, 2018, in Moroni, Comoros.
Security forces respond to a stabbing attack that took place at the Adam settlement.
Supporters of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) Party, celebrate on a street in Islamabad on July 25th, 2018.
An aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens, on July 24th, 2018.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Harvard University's Theda Skocpol on grassroots organizing to a feature on a person-centered approach to elderly care far above the Arctic Circle.
A firefighting helicopter flies over a wildfire raging in the town of Rafina near Athens, on July 23rd, 2018.
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Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.
Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018.
Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's recent family detention and separation policies.
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People take cover from the rain in Midtown New York on July 17th, 2018.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an interview with Anna Clark on the Flint water crisis to a look at how the Environmental Protection Agency will run under Andrew Wheeler.
Friends and relatives carry the coffin containing the body of the student Gerald Velazquez, shot dead during clashes with riot police in a church near the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua.
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Presnel Kimpembe and Thomas Lemar of France celebrate in the rain after victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, President Donald Trump, and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stand on the steps in the Great Court on the first day of Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.
Croatian football players celebrate after winning the Russia 2018 World Cup semi-final against England.
People affected by the recent flooding rest at a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama prefecture, Japan, on July 11th, 2018.
A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from an introduction to new Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to a primer on California's upcoming fire season.
People demonstrate against the government of President Mauricio Macri on July 9th, 2018.
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Onlookers cheer as ambulances deliver boys rescued from a cave in northern Thailand to a hospital on July 8th, 2018, in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Supporters of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan attend an election campaign rally.
New United States citizen Mosammat Rasheda Akter, originally Bangladesh, holds her seven-month-old daughter Fahmida as she sings the U.S. National Anthem during naturalization ceremony at the New York Public Library on July 3rd, 2018.