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Children watch as an aid convoy of Syrian Arab Red Crescent drives through the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria March 5, 2018.
Conflict
Aid reaches Ghouta but retreats after shelling; Syria continues air and ground attack
People burn a sign depicting a U.S. flag and a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump as they take part in an anti-U.S. rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, January 5, 2018.
Conflict
The US is cutting security assistance to Pakistan over terror groups
The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis signs books for a supporter during an election campaign rally in Prague, Czech Republic September 28, 2017.
Global Politics
The Czech Republic’s Trump is in the lead for prime minister
Maria hits Puerto Rica
Environment
Puerto Rico is ‘100 percent without power’ after Hurricane Maria makes landfall
Mexico quake
Environment
Death toll continues to rise in Mexico quake
Photographer Carlos Barria holds a print of a photograph he took in 2005, as he matches it up at the same location 10 years on, in New Orleans. The print shows Errol Morning sitting on his boat on a flooded street September 5, 2005, after Hurricane Katrin
Global Scan
5 stories to make you smile and think
Dean Parker, a commercial housepainter and avid surfer from Florida, traveled to northern Iraq to fight with the Kurdish Peshmerga against ISIS.
Global Scan
Some foreigners fight for ISIS, but this American joined the fight against it
US President Barack Obama meets Britain's Prince William
Global Scan
Prince William’s US trip seems more political than regal
Global Scan
Take a trip through London at night — with the lights off
Russian doping control center
Global Scan
Russian athletes won big in Sochi and a new TV documentary says doping may be the reason
The Orion capsule
Global Scan
When NASA’s newest spaceship takes off Thursday, it’ll be back to the future
Syrian refugee food distribution
Global Scan
What happens to displaced refugees when the World Food Program goes broke?
Mass Indian wedding
Global Scan
A wealthy Indian tycoon just threw a mass wedding for 111 fatherless women
Stanford heat mirror
Global Scan
Could mirrors reduce the need for air conditioning around the world?
Chinese office workers take a smoke break
Global Scan
China considers telling its 300 million smokers to put ’em out in public
Colosseum
Global Scan
That little bit of vandalism will cost you $25,000
Russian police in action
Global Scan
When it comes to police, Russia gets the gold
Cocoa beans
Global Scan
Will a new strain of cacao tree save us from the coming chocolate shortage?
Guantanamo Bay protest
Global Scan
A US nursing association sides with a Navy nurse who refused to force-feed Gitmo prisoners
Rudolf Hess march in Wunsiedel
Global Scan
A German town turns a neo-Nazi march into an anti-hate walkathon
Black Pete at a Dutch Christmas celebration
Global Scan
Protesters attack a Dutch Santa Claus tradition as blatantly racist
Protesters with their heads in the sand
Global Scan
These Australian protesters have their heads in the sand to make a point
Bryan Adams' portrait of Joe Townsend
Global Scan
A Canadian rock star uses his photos to show the legacy of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Fantasy mushrooms in many colors
Global Scan
‘Magic’ mushrooms to treat depression? Some researchers think so
APEC leaders in matching T-shirts
Global Scan
Should the matching shirt summit tradition live or die?
Saudi women drivers
Global Scan
Soon women in Saudi Arabia may be driving — as long as they don’t wear makeup
Clean India campaign
Global Scan
Indian politicians exposed cleaning up garbage intentionally left for them
Khom loy lanterns launched into the sky
Global Scan
Thailand worries its fiery sky lantern celebration could bring down a passenger jet
Camp Bucca
Global Scan
Meet the US prison camp that helped give birth to ISIS
Kissing protest in Kerala, India
Global Scan
Indians stage a protest for the right to kiss
Crash test dummy family
Global Scan
This crash test dummy family is getting an overweight uncle — to reflect America’s expanding waistlines
Anti-government protesters at a TV station in Burkina Faso
Global Scan
In Burkina Faso, the people rise against a president who just won’t leave
Devils Hole pupfish
Global Scan
The US government is spending millions to save a few dozen fish
Pro-choice protesters in Dublin, Ireland
Global Scan
Irish women ride the rails to protest restrictions on abortion
The Sexy Ebola Nurse Halloween costume
Global Scan
Consumerism knows no bounds when it comes to taste
Canada's Highway of Heroes
Global Scan
Canada says goodbye to a hero shot dead on Wednesday
African migrants attempt to enter Spain
Global Scan
These African migrants are hoping to do a little more than play through
The fight in Kobane
Global Scan
ISIS thanks the Pentagon for its errant weapon airdrop
Eurasian brown bear
Global Scan
A computer saves a Russian man from a bear attack
Star Trek tractor beam
Global Scan
Scientists come a step closer to making Star Trek’s tractor beam a reality
Beijing pollution
Global Scan
Beijing is bracing for a smoggy, dangerous weekend
A BMW
Global Scan
Forget the apple. Saudi Arabia is offering its best teachers a Bimmer
Julian Assange
Global Scan
Remember WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange? If not, he’s got a T-shirt for you
Pot farm
Global Scan
Italy’s army enters the marijuana business
Isis, the dog
Global Scan
Downton Abbey’s pooch has a problem — with her name
Balloons released in South Korea
Global Scan
That’s some inflation. South Koreans float balloons filled with cash to the North
Cave art
Global Scan
This cave art discovery changes what we thought we knew about the emergence of humanity
Condoms
Global Scan
Uganda says AIDS is on the rise because condoms are too small
Pizzas
Global Scan
Think you want authentic Italian pizza? Think again
Baby hyenas
Global Scan
A zoo finally figures out why it failed to get two spotted hyenas to mate
Geese fly past Vancouver's Olympic Rings
Global Scan
Want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics? We have just a few rules …
A hajj selfie
Global Scan
Should selfies be allowed on the pilgrimage to Mecca?
Penguins
Global Scan
Now you can stare at cute, cuddly penguin photos — and help scientists, too
Mars
Global Scan
India’s low-budget Mars probe snaps an iconic photo of the red planet
Hands up, don't shoot protesters
Global Scan
The ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ gesture from Ferguson moves to Hong Kong
Mars
Global Scan
Just what is this ball the Curiosity rover found on the surface of Mars
Saint-Martin Paris Metro Station
Global Scan
Come inside some of the world’s abandoned subway stations
Chinese cart noodles
Global Scan
This Chinese noodle dish is literally addictive
US bombing targets since 2011
Global Scan
These are the seven countries the US military has bombed in the last three years
Greek Tomb at Amphipolis
Global Scan
Greeks wonder who was buried in this huge tomb 2300 years ago