Malawi leaves a lasting impression not because of its location or aesthetics, but because of its people, writes the photographer Marcus Westberg.

Belarus, Portland protests, British schools: Here’s what you need to know.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, the autocratic president of Belarus since 1994, is no longer brutally suppressing demonstrations that have gone on for weeks, but he shows no signs of going away.

About 150 migrants were transferred from a rescue ship funded by the artist Banksy, to another ship after it rescued so many people stranded in the Mediterranean that it could no longer steer.

About 400 migrants remain stranded aboard several rescue vessels in the central Mediterranean as international aid groups urge European officials to let them come ashore.

Rockets that U.S. officials say were fired by the insurgent group have landed around two bases used by American forces. A Taliban commander denied involvement.

She was deported from South Africa in 1971 for her activity and vowed never to return. “It was disgusting to live in that kind of environment.”

India is reopening the New Delhi subway, even as the country sets global records for new cases. Images of ‘Covid toes’ long represented only white patients.

Ayahuasca, a vomit-inducing hallucinogenic brew, draws thousands of people each year — including former soldiers — to jungle retreats that have become an unlicensed and unregulated mental health marketplace.

The self-governing democracy is taking steps to bolster its armed forces in order to deter or defeat an invasion from China — with or without American help.