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December 24, 2021
- Winter Solstice 2021 Celebrations – in Pictures
- Travesty or Tragedy? What Egypt Thinks of Verdi's Aida
- New Head of Unesco World Heritage Centre Wants to Put Africa on the Map
- Boris Johnson’s Zeal to Return Parthenon Marbles Revealed in 1986 Article
- Culture in a Bowl: Haiti’s Joumou Soup Awarded Protected Status by Unesco
- ‘A Breakthrough, Not a Breakdown’: One Woman’s Quest to Transform Mental Health Care in India
- Taste the TV: Japan Invents Lickable Screen to Imitate Food Flavours
- ‘We Are Family’: the Israelis Sharing Life and Hope With Palestinians
- Reveling in the Joys of Books, and Reading, at a Baghdad Book Fair
- Secret Charms and 7th Sons: ‘The Cure’ Is Alive and Well in Ireland
- At a Paris Market, Costs Rise, Even for the Humble Baguette
- As Europe Returns Artifacts, Britain Stays Silent
December 17, 2021
- In Italy’s Alps, Traditional Medicine Flourishes, as Does Covid
- ‘We Have to Use a Boat to Commute’: Coastal Ghana Hit by Climate Crisis
- US Begins Returning $10M of Antiquities Stolen From Italy
- South Korea Cuts Human Interaction in Push to Build ‘Untact’ Society
- Mexicans Pay Tribute to Vicente Fernández, Icon of Ranchera Music
- Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov receive Nobel peace prize
- India’s Sex Workers Win Benefits From the Country’s Top Court
- Samba, Cachaça and Pickled Eggs: ‘Dirty Feet’ Bars Are ‘Essence of Rio’
December 10, 2021
- Colombian Family Win Award for World’a Best Cookbook
- Can You Say Squid Game in Korean? Tv Show Fuels Demand for East Asian Language Learning
- Barbados Becomes a Republic – and Britain Faces a Reckoning
- Botswana Upholds Ruling Decriminalising Same-Sex Relationships
- ‘A Bit of Hope’: Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
- Failure, Fear and the Threat of Famine in Afghanistan
- Fortress Europe: the Millions Spent on Military-Grade Tech to Deter Refugees
- Tourists Bask on a Battlefield As Drug Gangs Fight Over Mexican Resort Town
- Number of Journalists in Jail Around the World at New High, Says Survey
- Camels Enhanced With Botox Barred From Saudi Beauty Contest
- Spanish Village That Dropped ‘Kill Jews’ Name Hit by Antisemitic Graffiti Attack
- Sex Ratio of Babies Linked to Pollution and Poverty Indicators
- Progress for Saudi Women Is Uneven, Despite Cultural Changes and More Jobs
- First Black Woman in Bundestag Wants to Change Image of ‘Germanness’
- 8 Women and 8 Men: Germany Gets Its First Gender-Equal Cabinet
December 2, 2021
- Refugees Forced to Claim Asylum in ‘Jail-Like’ Camps As Greece Tightens System
- Abandoned Former USSR Sites – in Pictures
- Sappy Ending: Canada Digs Deep Into Strategic Reserves to Cover Maple Syrup Shortage
- ‘They Can’t Silence Us’: the Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’S Environment
- Egypt Restores Ancient Road Linking Temples of Luxor and Karnak
- Global Heating Is Destroying Rock Art Tens of Thousands of Years Old, Experts Warn
- The World Is Watching: Tv Hits Around the Globe
- Intimate Perspectives on North Korea by Fabian Muir – in Pictures
- Archaeologists Unearth Mummy Estimated to Be at Least 800 Years Old in Peru
- ‘There Was a Prophecy I Would Come’: the Western Men Who Think They Are South Pacific Kings
- Migration Talking Points Surge in France, but Not Migration
- Will High Vaccination Rates Help Spain Weather New Variant?
- Coffee or Chai? at 2 Kolkata Cafes, ‘Adda’ Is What’s Really on the Menu
- On Delhi’s Toxic River, Prayers to a Sun Struggling to Shine Through Smog
- ‘Today’s Outfit Is Confidence’: Atypical TikTok Star Enchants Mexico
- ‘So Many Dimensions’: a Drought Study Underlines the Complexity of Climate
- W.H.O. Reopens Debate Over Fairness of Pandemic Response
- Long-Ago Victim of Vesuvius May Shed Light on Ancient Rome
- Britain’s Theatergoers Cover up Again, After Months Without Masks
- Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push
- Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra
- Japan Bans All Foreign Travelers, and Australia Delays Its Reopening