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Darjeeling is nestled amid lush tea gardens and overlooking the snow-capped Himalayas in India’s northeast. But landscapes like these pose challenges while conducting elections.
Elections
What it takes to pull off the world’s largest election in India
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Elections
‘We want democracy’: Lula’s supporters celebrate his victory over Bolsonaro for the presidency in Brazil
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrates with his wife Rosangela Silvaand running mate Geraldo Alckmin after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off to become the country's next president, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Elections
Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro
S4 E2 – The Blob
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S4 E1 – Fee-fi-fo-fear
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Politics with Amy Walter: The Next President of the United States
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Science & Technology
How social media has changed society
Politics with Amy Walter: How North Carolina’s Electoral Process is Unfolding
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Politics with Amy Walter: The Path to November
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Dallas County voter Maria Cruz, left, along with her daughters Catalina and Susana Cruz, voted in Tuesday's primary runoff in Texas.
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Trump, Biden boost efforts to reach Texas Latino voters
Putin holds his passport in front of an election official
Top of The World
Putin scores victory in ‘gameshow’-like vote; Myanmar mine collapse; Ethiopian singer’s death sparks protests; Botswana’s mysterious elephant die-off
A man in Malawi wearing a blue shirt explains a document to an elderly woman wearing a white head wrap outside
Elections
Malawians vote for president (again) amid pandemic 
People visit the Empty Sky Memorial
Top of The World
Experts update predictions on economic crisis; Iraqi protesters are regrouping; Saving a trove of Viking artifacts
Politics with Amy Walter: Social Distancing on the Campaign Trail
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Izcan Ordaz, an 18-year-old high school senior in Fort Worth, Texas, poses for a photo while walking down steps wearing a navy blue Ralph Lauren polo.
Every 30 Seconds
This Latino teen voter worries about prom, graduation — and the economy
What Bernie Sander’s New Hampshire Victory Means for the Democratic Primary 2020-12-20
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people line up to vote in north korea
Elections
How to ‘vote’ in North Korea
Felix Tshisekedi is shown in a white shirt shaking hands with a suppoert in the streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Congo presidential loser’s supporters cry foul after surprise result
Election Security: How Vulnerable are Voting Machines to Hacking?
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As Government Rushes to Reunify Separated Families, Questions Remain About Parents Already Deported
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A security officer is seen perched through a vehicle's sun roof as electoral workers stand in line along a wall in Karachi, Pakistan.
Suicide bomber kills dozens as Pakistanis vote in cliffhanger election
Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his wife Beatriz Gutierrez Muller raise their clenched hands on a stage in Mexico City.
Mexico leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador vows no tolerance on corruption after historic election win
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Mo Rocca
Arts, Culture & Media
Spawn of Gerrymander
Anti-government Russian demonstrators took to the streets in Decembe, 2011, increasing pressure on Vladimir Putin as he sought a new term as Russian president. The placard reads "Get tired! Leave!"
Books
Putin’s Cold War mentality explains a lot
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wearing a dark overcoat and scarf looks left toward a camera.
Conflict
Russia rejects concern over election ban on opposition leader
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi says his country's politicians must heal the country's ethnic divide.
Culture
Ethnic tensions threaten to engulf post-election Kenya. This activist sees a way out.
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Arts
Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
Opposition party members chant campaign slogans in support of National Super Alliance Presidential candidate, Raila Odinga in Kibera, Nairobi. Kenya’s upcoming elections pinned current President Uhuru Kenyatta against his long-time rival Odinga, who has c
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Photos: Kenyan elections are mostly smooth as both sides await the results
The remorseful executioner.
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Global Politics
States consider a move to get around the Electoral College
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Election 2016
These elected officials are among the few who were born outside the US
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Election 2016
Global observers are watching the US elections — literally, at polling places
JFK wildlife collection
Justice
Wildlife trafficking is on the ballot in Oregon
A Naturalization Ceremony in Seattle, Washington
Election 2016
Need some inspiration to get to the polls on Tuesday? Meet six first-time voters.
Kimberly Medina, 19, votes during the U.S. presidential primary election at Gates Street Elementary School in Los Angeles, California, on  June 7, 2016. Californians will vote Nov. 8 on a ballot measure that seeks to overturn a ban on bilingual education.
Education
Should kids be learning in more than one language? Californians just decided “yes.”
Black and white photo of man standing in room
Justice
‘When I vote next week, I will be saying loud and clear, this is also my country.’
Arpaio
Election 2016
Immigrants in Arizona are campaigning to oust a controversial sheriff
The entrance to Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City, shown here, is where Donald Trump announced his campaign for the presidency.
Election 2016
What makes a presidential campaign like a Bruce Springsteen tour?
Members of a folklorico dance group from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, perform
Election 2016
A reminder from Arizona Latinos: ‘Immigration is not the only issue that moves us.’
Man standing in front of ranch sign and American flag
Justice
This rancher in Arizona doesn’t necessarily want a wall — but he does want more done along the border
Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during her California primary night rally held in the Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday.
Global Politics
With Hillary Clinton shifting her attention to November, her foreign policy experience moves to the forefront
Protesters in Rio
Global Politics
In Brazil, a youth movement wants the economy to open up
Live Free and Vote: Will New Hampshire Reshuffle the Deck?
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Super Tuesday: The Ground Game
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Alexis Sinduhije, Samantha Power and Bryan Rich at the Committee to Protect Journalists awards in 2004
Conflict
Burundi exile to US’s Samantha Power: ‘You shake the hand of the killers’
A woman leaves a polling station after casting her vote during municipal elections, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 12, 2015
Global Politics
Happy for the right to vote, now Saudi women vie for real democracy
​Supporters of the opposition Democratic Unity coalition wave a Venezuelan national flag from a car while they celebrate their victory on a street in Caracas December 7, 2015.
Global Politics
Venezuelan elections rock the Socialists’ political boat
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Global Politics
‘Don’t Vote For Racists,’ a refrain at the 2015 Latin Grammys
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Global Politics
Thousands of prisoners in Myanmar released in political move
A policeman helps an injured pro-democracy protester to leave after he was beaten by a group of anti-Occupy Central protesters at Hong Kong's Mongkok district October 3, 2014
Global Politics
Government supporters destroy protest camps in Hong Kong
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (C) and his brother Doug (2nd R) smile as they take part in the East York Canada Day Parade, July 1, 2014.
Global Politics
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been diagnosed with cancer — so his brother is taking his place on the ballot
Global Politics
Despite violence, Afghans are more determined than ever to vote in the upcoming presidential elections
Advocacy Group Fights Voter Suppression
Conflict & Justice
When the Boss Shows You His Ballot
Polling the Environment
Global Politics
Afghan elections marred by violence, fraud
Global Politics
First multi-party elections in Sudan under way
Global Politics
What history teaches us about the supermajority