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Lucy Martirosyan

Producer
Lucy Martirosyan is a producer at The World focusing on the post-Soviet space, French-speaking countries, and immigration. Lucy graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Journalism and French and Francophone studies.She frequently conducts and interprets interviews in French and Russian. She loves to listen to music in those languages, too.Lucy used to host a Franco-Russo pop radio show on WMUA 91.1 called Chère Sputnik. 
Onlookers attend the opening of the exhibition on Greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, in front, in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 5, 2014.
Coronavirus Art
Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds
A nurse talks with police.
Mass arrests in Zimbabwe over coronavirus regulation violations
Russian state-owned television station RT logo is seen through a window with caution tape in front of a building
Media
Baltic ban on Kremlin-tied RT step toward dismantling ‘machinery of disinformation,’ says media expert
A restaurant posts a closed sign in Melbourne
COVID-19
Returning travelers in quarantine hotels may have triggered Melbourne’s latest lockdown
Two students walk through a college campus
Immigration
Visa restrictions on Chinese students will disadvantage US, says Queens College president
An aerial view shows the deserted Eiffel tower in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 1, 2020.
Elections
Despite ‘green wave,’ France still behind on anti-racist, anti-colonial progress, researcher says
A close up of a man in uniform as tanks drive in Red Square in Moscow
Media
How Russia laid the groundwork for future disinformation campaigns
A black woman wearing a black shirt with white lettering poses near a mural
Protest
In France, the killing of George Floyd invokes the memory of Adama Traoré
People wearing protective face masks hold up signs during a protest
Protest
Concerns of structural racism ‘deeply existential,’ UN special rapporteur says
Masks and gloves found in the Mediterranean Sea by members of Opération Mer Propre, or Operation Clean Sea, in mid-May, just after France lifted some of its coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Environment
French nonprofit warns ‘COVID waste’ could harm the environment
A stuffed animal Totoro and other characters from the 1988 Japanese anime film "My Neighbor Totoro."
Japan’s Studio Ghibli teaches fans how to draw its beloved character Totoro
Dr. Maud Braun-Reys, left, a dental surgeon in Obernai, France, posted an image on Facebook of herself naked in her office along with her father, Dr. Daniel Reys, also a dentist, to protest the lack of PPE.
Coronavirus Art
French dentists strip naked to protest lack of protective gear
A woman in a mask and gloves holds a sign reading "immigrants are essential NWDC is not"
Immigration
Xenophobia ‘takes its toll’ as Trump works to curb immigration
A health care worker who volunteered in the Ebola response, decontaminates his colleague after he entered the house of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola, in the eastern Congolese town of Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2019.
COVID-19
Trump’s WHO funding cut harms ‘fragile’ health systems, organization’s Africa head says
A picture of a robot in a hospital room and a patient laying on the bed sick.
Tommy the robot nurse helps Italian doctors care for COVID-19 patients
Women wearing protective masks travel in a metro train during a partial lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia, on April 2, 2020.
COVID-19
How groups are helping domestic violence survivors during coronavirus lockdowns
A commercial truck heads for the Ambassador Bridge, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the international border crossing, which connects with Windsor, Ontario, in Detroit, Michigan, on March 18, 2020.
COVID-19
How the US-Canada border closure will disrupt life in this Canada border town
A midshot of President Vladimir Putin
Internet
Russia is trying to spread a viral disinformation campaign
Christine Sun Kim is shown signing and standing in front of her art featuring a pie chart titled "Shit Hearing People Say To Me."
Arts, Culture & Media
Transcript: Artist Christine Sun Kim on ‘deaf rage,’ the Super Bowl and the power of sound
Christine Sun Kim is shown signing and standing in front of her art featuring a pie chart titled "Shit Hearing People Say To Me."
Arts, Culture & Media
Artist Christine Sun Kim on ‘deaf rage,’ the Super Bowl and the power of sound
A black and white panda bear holds a bamboo in his mouth
Bye-bye, Bei Bei: Is diplomacy at play with this panda’s return to China?
A pair of hands belonging to a person wearing a white chef coat holds a red 2018 Michelin Guide.
Cheese, please: Chef takes Michelin to court after losing coveted star
A man walks in front of a banner with the words FARC
9 Colombian rebel dissidents killed in bombing raid, president says
A group of men and women, some holding arms stand around a man reading from a document.
Conflict & Justice
Former FARC leaders announce new armed offensive in Colombia
Vladimir Putin walks between two rows of people clapping their hands and taking photos with their cell phones
Conflict & Justice
20 years of Putin in power: A timeline
sisters
Women & Gender
Three sisters’ case highlights domestic violence problem in Russia   
A radio telescope dish at sunset.
Arts, Culture & Media
How Australia helped show the world the live moon landing
US Representative Ilhan Omar addresses a small rally on immigration rights at the temporary installation of a replica of the Statue of Liberty at Union Station in Washington, US May 16, 2019.
Refugees
Rep. Ilhan Omar: US refugee restrictions are ‘inhumane, un-American’
A cityscape view from onion domes
Identity
Spellcheck beware: Ukraine’s capital is #KyivNotKiev
US President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walk together before their working lunch during their summit at the Capella Hotel on the resort island of Sentosa, Singapore.
Global Politics
Trump-Kim summit gave ‘master manipulator’ a global platform, says defector
Parliament
Despite death threats, this trans woman is fighting for LGBTQ rights in Armenia
Macron is at the front of a room and hands of journalists are in the air
Macron vows to cut taxes but activists want more
Three people smile in identical photos, part of a family tradition to recreate a WWII-era photo in front of Notre-Dame cathedral
Culture
Notre-Dame remembered as a gathering point for The World
Coffee beans swirl in a large roaster
Food
Is coffee essential? Switzerland says no.
A woman stands near the corner of a house next to a flooded field.
Climate Change
In Idai’s wake, aid groups worry about ‘double tragedy’ of cholera
Women protest with transgender flags
Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts
A collage of four photos shows women from various travel pictures
Women travelers on why they go solo: ‘I never thought that I couldn’t’
A woman and a boy sit on a couch, a girl sits on the couch arm. Behind them, an American flag.
Arts, Culture & Media
Canceled by Netflix, ‘One Day at a Time’ represents an ‘American familia’
A protester holds up a sign in Arabic writing.
Global Politics
Young Algerians have only known one president. Many are hopeful that will soon change.
Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum who left the UK to join ISIS, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for Shemima to return home
When an American flees to join ISIS, should they be allowed to come home?
France MeToo
Women & Gender
LOL League harassment restarts #MeToo conversation in France
These are 3 photos of Vladimir Putin's calendars. On the first one from the left, he is holding a fish in his hands wearing green cargo pants, a hat, sunglasses and no shirt. Second one, Putin is exercising in a gym. Third one he is wearing a black suit
Arts, Culture & Media
What’s the deal with Vladimir Putin calendars?
a closeup of an older man with a bald head and glasses
This Holocaust survivor convinced a Dutch rail firm to make reparations
A man poses with small children next to a wooden image of the cartoon character Chebrashka.
Culture
How Cheburashka taught me about my mother’s Soviet upbringing
rally
Why Argentinian activists aren’t stepping down after the Senate voted against legalizing abortion
Couple looks at wedding officiant in ceremony
Justice
This is how an entire family that grows up together in the United States can end up with one person undocumented
Archive photo of the US’s cold war-era Camp Century in Greenland.
Environment
Waste from a secret US base was left to be entombed “forever” in Greenland’s ice. But forever has changed.
Archive photo of the US’s cold war-era Camp Century in Greenland.
Environment
Waste from a secret US base was left to be entombed “forever” in Greenland’s ice. But forever has changed.
Catalina Ponor (ROU) of Romania competes on the floor during the women's qualifications.
Sports
From ‘Perfect 10’ to… only one: Romania’s Olympic gymnasts this year
Brooklyn-based singer Renee Goust.
Music
Check out this cumbia response to the word ‘feminazi’
Business
Live insects ‘swarmed’ a London burger chain
Nigerian naira notes
Technology
One of the top ‘Nigerian prince’ email scammers has been caught
Delegates protesting against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement hold up signs during the first sesssion of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. , Pe
Economics
What is the TPP and why are both parties so angry about it?
Who is behind the DNC hack?
Conflict
Who hacked the DNC? The links point to Russia.
Relative mourns over death after military coup in Turkey
Justice
What happens after a failed coup?
A police officer gestures during a demonstration that denounced the fatal shooting by police of two black men in Phoenix, AZ, July 8, 2016.
Business
Why it matters that the Bahamas issued a travel advisory for the US
hand holds up magazine with Barack Obama on cover, with Obama nearby
Global Politics
How Barack Obama convinced many African immigrants that their vote matters
Adel Al-Jaf, known by his stage name "Adel Euro."
Culture
Iraqi society frowned upon his moonwalk, but he kept dancing anyway
Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami poses in front of a poster for his film "The Wind Will Carry Us" at the Portuguese film museum in Lisbon February 27, 2004.
Arts
Snubbed at home, director Abbas Kiarostami made the world his audience
AR-15 assault rifle
Belief
Here’s why I own an AR-15