A team of journalists are on a mission to count Russian casualties

Crowds gather to say goodbye to Stephen Hawking

Eight killed and numerous others injured in Manhattan attack called ‘terrorism’

MacArthur grant winner studies the things left behind at the US-Mexico border

How Nancy Dupree became the ‘Grandmother of Afghanistan’

In Niger and worldwide, legendary surgeon and humanitarian Jean-Marie Servant is mourned

Remembering Clare Hollingworth, the journalist who broke the news of World War II

Remembering a colleague who is gone too soon

Remembering the Russian woman who traveled to war zones to save children’s lives

Remembering Carrie Fisher’s outspokenness about her alcoholism and other challenges

Tributes to George Michael: ‘We grew up with you and you spoke for us’

The time Tavis Smiley stood up to Fidel Castro — over a book

Beloved around the world, the late Leonard Cohen had deity-like status in Israel

Remembering Shimon Peres, one of the last links to Israel’s early days

Miami mourns a baseball star

Remembering the king of Latin pop — Mexico’s Juan Gabriel

Remembering an icon of the French fashion world: Sonia Rykiel dies, age 86

The late, great Yiddish theater star Fyvush Finkel dies at 93

Berlin’s graveyards are being converted for use by the living

Berlin’s graveyards are being converted for use by the living

Remembering the legacy Pat Summitt leaves behind

Remembering friends lost in Orlando shooting

Turkey’s president went to Kentucky to speak at Ali’s funeral. But then he couldn’t.

Even at his funeral, Muhammad Ali wanted to share his Muslim faith with the world

Muhammad Ali helped Tavis Smiley reconnect with his own father

Was the great African pop star Papa Wemba really a smuggler?

Weirdo like me: Prince and David Bowie helped me find my place in America

Cartoonists from around the world are mourning Prince

Look at these tributes to ‘Purple Rain’ around the world

I moved to Minneapolis for Prince

How A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Funky Diabetic’ tapped hip-hop’s Caribbean roots

Nancy Reagan’s legacy includes the controversial ‘Just Say No’ program

Loved or hated, Scalia will be remembered for the opinions he wrote

‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee dies at the age of 89

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at the age of 79; Obama will nominate successor

This singer made Cuban music accessible to a Mexican audience

How ancient Egypt influenced Maurice White and Earth, Wind & Fire

Seven of Alan Rickman’s most memorable roles

David Bowie — Japanese fashion icon

‘David Bowie’s biggest Iranian fan’ recalls growing up listening to his music

Remembering David Bowie — in pictures

When Pierre Boulez, who died Tuesday, met Frank Zappa

Russians mourn the loss of a hero of Soviet comedy

How the BBC planned for the end of the world

He wasn’t perfect. That’s what made him great. ‘Wallender’ and his brilliant creator.

A long-time friend of renowned author and neurologist Oliver Sacks says ‘he never felt famous’

Remembering Doudou Ndiaye Rose — a master who brought Senegalese drumming to the world

He tried to solve a mystery in Mexico. And was slain.

Remembering Christopher Lee’s influential role in Pakistan

The world mourns and remembers the ‘magical’ B.B. King

Mourning ‘the voice of cricket’ — even if you don’t know the game

Five centuries after his death, Richard III finally gets a royal send-off

Lee Kuan Yew built modern Singapore, but he also changed China

Singapore’s controversial founding father dies at age 91

Lines snake through Moscow as thousands mourn Boris Nemtsov

Remembering the Japanese designer who was compelled to create something beautiful after seeing Hiroshima’s devastation

Looking back on the life of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah

‘Oh, you know, nobody wants to kill caricaturists like us’

Italy, and our editor, mourn a musician who brought the funk to Naples

We remember a few of the musicians we lost in 2014