Gadflies pitch alternatives to evictions, the EU and big ag | May 23
The day in photos around the world.
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Ziggy Stardust in Berlin, an art opening and a case closing in Switzerland | May 16
Some of David Bowie’s famous costumes are on display in today’s photo brief, along with a Swiss tax dodge, a Mediterranean hunger strike and other news scenes from around the world.
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A dreamscape of copper, a dance for Victory Day, a ride on a busted tank | May 9
A filled-to-the brim metalware shop in Najaf seems to defy physics. Celebrations in Vladivostok commemorate the defeat of Nazis, and on the other end of Eurasia, people hitch a ride on an armored vehicle. Friday’s photo brief comprises these scenes, along with 17 other images.
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Table tennis, kettling and results of a mine collapse | May 2
Men with paddles swat at balls in Tokyo, civic engagement can now lead to forced confinement of uninvolved bystanders in America, and an Afghan province mourns coal miners killed in a collapse. Those are among the stories told by today’s daily photo brief.
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Penn Relays scenes
Few major events span the multiple layers of a sport like the Penn Relays do. The same Jamaican fans cheering for high school students on day one might watch a University of Maryland relay team on day two before seeing the pros on day three.
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Crackdowns, a crashed boxing event, a memorial in Myanmar | April 23
Militarized police abroad crack down on real and imagined dissidents alike, a boxer in Europe feels left out, a leader is remembered in Myanmar and more in today’s daily brief.
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Religious commemoration, sunken ferry response, another try by Rob Ford | April 18
Christians worldwide gather on Good Friday, the South Korean island of Jindo mourns, and Toronto’s embattled mayor tries to win again. Those events are among the stories in today’s photo brief.
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Indian elections, Merkel in Greece, protests over annexation | April 10
India’s elections are underway, Angela Merkel is conducting a visit to a paired-down Greece, and sovereignty questions are disrupting lifestyles at borders from Rafah to Rubizhne. Those are some of the stories in Friday’s daily photo brief.
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Demolition in Glasgow, Brussels pouts, a look back | April 4
Protests in Belgium, an imploding Scottish apartment building and a remembrance of Rwandan genocide are among the contents of Friday’s daily photo brief.
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Dozens make a desperate border gamble in Melilla
With NPR putting some finishing touches on its borderland series this week, international attention has been focused across the Atlantic, on a place that’s equally familiar with the perils of international migration.