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David Leveille

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Members of the Islamic Center of Santa Ana lineup after sunset in front of a taco truck.
Culture
Muslim and Latino communities in Southern California mix during Ramadan — thanks to taco trucks
Hijabi by Mona Haydar
Culture
Syrian-American musician and activist tackles the daily struggles of wearing a hijab
Bartali used training as a cover for secret efforts to rescue Jews.
Sports
The incredible story of Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who risked his life to rescue Jews during the Holocaust
A simulation of the floating screens to be deployed by Ocean Cleanup to capture small plastic down to 1 cm, up to massive discarded fishing nets.
Technology
Two proposals to clean up our oceans of garbage: Will either work?
A couple of the new friends Fadi BouKaram made on his US road trip to visit all the towns and cities named Lebanon.
Culture
Exploring America’s towns named Lebanon, one at a time
Pittsburgh Pirates’ Gift Ngoepe became the first African-born player in MLB history.
Culture
Gift Ngoepe is the first African-born player to join baseball’s major league
Guatemalan farmer and environmental activist Rodrigo Tot has won the prestigious Goldman prize.
Justice
A Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist wins the Goldman Environmental Prize
Photograph shows video captured by a Google self-driving car coupled with the same street scene as the data is visualized by the car during a presentation at a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California.
Technology
What if someone could hack into a driverless car and slam on the brakes?
Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada April 16, 2017.
Culture
A tiny Canadian town has a new best friend: This massive, gorgeous iceberg
Youth in Istanbul, Turkey protest the results of a referendum on their president's powers.
Global Politics
Turks vote by a slim margin to expand their president’s powers, and dissent erupts on social media
Ötzi the Iceman at the finding place.
Medicine
Researchers may have cracked the case of how Ötzi the Iceman died
The world, filtered through the Gall–Peters projection, is pictured here. Its imagery is a derivative of NASA’s Blue Marble summer-month composite with oceans lightened to enhance legibility and contrast. The image was created with the Geocart map project
Media
Boston’s public schools have adopted a new, more accurate world map
A U.S. border agent patrols the U.S. border with Mexico in Nogales, Arizona, U.S., January 31, 2017.
Justice
Private prisons aren’t the only companies making a fortune off immigration detention
Members of the Girl Guides of Canada. Girl Guides of Canada via Flickr
Culture
Canadian schools and Girl Guides are nixing their trips to the US
Germany's flashy new passport allows visa-free entry into 170 countries, new state-of-the-art security holograms to prevent counterfeiting, and art work visible only under ultraviolet light.
Culture
Every passport tells a story
'RedadAlertas': an App that tells you where there are raids against immigrants.
Justice
Immigration raid alerts are coming soon to your smartphone
​Members of the media line up to attend a news conference between British Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S.
Media
Donald Trump isn’t the only news event on Earth
National security adviser General Michael Flynn delivers a daily briefing at the White House in Washington U.S., February 1, 2017.
Global Politics
Washington’s not the only world capital abuzz over the national security adviser’s abrupt departure
Wrestlers Radoslaw Baran (POL) of Poland and Reza Yazdani (IRI) of Iran compete in the ​2016 Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Global Politics
After a scuffle, Iran welcomes US wrestling team to compete at World Cup
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump calls on reporters during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017.
Media
A Russian journalist has a little advice for his American counterparts
Scott Gilbert (L) signs a business deal with Cuba representatives to buy 80 tons of artisanal marabu charcoal.
Economics
Sorry, no (Cuban) cigar. Just charcoal. Marabu charcoal.
The “kitchen” area of the expedition’s camp deep in the Mosquitia jungle, 2015. The area was so remote, the animals apparently had never seen people before and wandered about, unafraid.
Culture
Seeking the long-lost ‘City of the Monkey God’ in dense Honduras jungle
"Europa, An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees"
Culture
‘Europa’ — a guidebook to help migrants and refugees navigate Europe
​Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and head of 'Fair Aid' fund Elizaveta Glinka attend a state awarding ceremony to acknowledge charity and human rights activists at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, December 8, 2016.
Culture
Remembering the Russian woman who traveled to war zones to save children’s lives
A construction site is seen in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Ilit, in the occupied West Bank December 22, 2016.
Conflict
Israel is still smarting over the UN resolution condemning its settlements
Pope Francis (L) and former Cuban President Fidel Castro (in a tracksuit) share a laugh in Havana, Cuba, September 20, 2015.
Culture
Fidel Castro’s capitalist legacy: the tracksuit
Finland is the first country in the world to publish its own set of country themed emojis.
Arts
Finland expresses its unique Nordic culture in emojis — and two get Unicode-approved!
Gordon Hamilton with an automated laser scanning system installed to monitor Helheim Glacier, in Southeast Greenland. July 2015.
Science
US climate scientist killed in Antarctica accident
Lasse Quvang and Mai Jensen in Atlanta during their interview with The World.
Global Politics
Even Danes are trying to stop Donald Trump from becoming president
A view of the Ile de la Cite behind the Pont des Arts and the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France September 26, 2016.
Arts
Historians imagine what Paris sounded like in the 18th century
United States Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford
Global Politics
The US ambassador to Denmark is a reality TV star. Now you can watch his show
Three women protesting, with t-shirts and signs
Justice
Latinos in Arizona are helping make it a swing state — but not just because of Trump
A rescue worker and a dog search among debris following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, August 27, 2016.
Arts
Italy’s art historians, firefighters and special police scamble to rescue quake-stricken Amatrice’s heritage
Project Runway contestant Roberi Parra designed this dress inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night with paper lanterns.
Culture
Roberi Parra: From food shortages in Caracas to ‘Project Runway’ in New York
A detail of an image from page 4 of the Grolier Codex with red underpainting vis
Culture
Scientists say an ancient Mayan book called the Grolier Codex is authentic
The funeral service for World War II WASP pilot Elaine Harmon at Arlington National Cemetery on Sept. 7, 2016.
Culture
World War II pilot Elaine Harmon is finally laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery
A teenage horseman practices his draw between rounds of horseback archery. The event, known as "Atchan jaa atuu," requires riders to shoot at targets while at full gallop.
Culture
At the World Nomad Games, top athletes compete in horseback archery, eagle hunting and more
Belgian musician Toots Thielemans plays harmonica during a ceremony for his 90th birthday at Brussels' City Hall April 29, 2012. Thielemans was made honorary citizen of Brussels.
Arts
How Toots Thielemans inspired a champion whistler from the Netherlands
The RefettoRio team of chef in action in Rio.
Development
Gourmet chefs use Olympic seconds to cook up free meals for Rio’s poorest
Refugees at Kakuma camp in Kenya watch the Olympics.
Development
The Rio Games are playing daily at this refugee camp in Kenya, and residents are all about it
Sports
Who’s bigger in Jamaica, Usain Bolt or Bob Marley? One answer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with his special envoy on environment and transport Sergei Ivanov (L) and newly appointed chief of staff Anton Vaino at the Kremlin
Global Politics
The latest Kremlin shuffle has left more questions than answers
Conflict
Many Russian Olympians were banned from Rio, but their country’s still winning medals
​Iraqi soldiers reload a weapon during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Makhmour, south of Mosul, Iraq.
Conflict
What it’s like to find your name on an ISIS hit list
People queue outside hawker Chan Hong Meng's Michelin star awarded stall, for his soya sauce chicken rice and noodle at a food market in Singapore.
Culture
Singapore gets the world’s first Michelin star for a food stall
White House kid chefs
Food
Meet the young chefs behind these healthy, globally inspired lunch recipes
​Police cars remain parked with the pavement marked by spray paint, in an aerial view of the crime scene of a shooting attack in downtown Dallas.
Justice
Using a robot’s bomb to kill: Dallas police set a US precedent
Scenes like this of kids playing street hockey at the Forks Market in Winnipeg, Manitoba are becoming scarce in many Canadian cities.
Culture
Why banning street hockey is bad for Canadian kids
A photo shot and tweeted from the floor of the House by U.S. House Rep. John Yarmuth shows Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Rep. Joe Courtney (L) and Rep. John Lewis (C) staging a sit-in on the House floor "to demand acti
Media
Democrats sit down and take a stand with social media
A Russian police officer detains a man as he intended to place a candle and a placard for the victims of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia, June 13, 2016.
Conflict
Russian police detain gay couple for Orlando tribute
A view of Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence, Italy
Culture
How the rich and famous remain rich and famous in Florence, Italy
South African Firefighters arrive in Edmonton, Alberta
Environment
South African firefighters dance as they arrive in Canada to help battle wildfires
19th century period Native American Feathers,leather,and beads
Culture
Paris auction house turns deaf ear to Native American appeals
Afghan boys look a damaged window of a shop after a suicide attack in west of Kabul, Afghanistan May 25, 2016.
Conflict
The new Taliban leader has more experience issuing fatwas than negotiating peace
​Left-wing independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen smiles out of the window of a car after winning Austrian presidential election in Vienna, Austria,
Justice
What the narrow defeat of Austria’s far right means for Austrians, refugees and Donald Trump
Britain's National Trust will rent out its Parc Farm on the Great Orme to a young farmer.
Culture
You can rent this picturesque farm by the sea for $1.50 a year
​Federal police officers stand guard near a prison in Ciudad Juarez, where Mexican drug boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman was moved from his jail, in central Mexico, May 7, 2016.
Justice
Which will come first, El Chapo’s next escape, or his extradition to the US?
Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wears a shirt of Barcelona's star Lionel Messi as his father talks to the media at the Afghan Football Federation headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2, 2016.
Sports
Five-year-old Afghan Lionel Messi fan forced to flee his homeland
Retired teachers from Puerto Rico's Teachers Federation protest against the underfunding of their pension system in San Juan, March 18, 2016. The sign reads "Don't play with my retirement."
Culture
Puerto Ricans feel the pinch as the island defaults on $422 million of its huge debt
​Women pet a dog on the opening day of the Dog Cafe, a coffee shop where people can adopt shelter dogs in Los Angeles, California, United States, April 7, 2016.
Lifestyle
A few British companies are moving from paternity/maternity leave to the next frontier: ‘Paw-ternity.’