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Protesters are seen during a march against undocumented migrants in Soweto, South Africa, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
South African police on high alert before antimigrant protests
The demonstrations set to take place are the culmination of weeks of protests that have displaced thousands of mainly African expatriates.
A health worker takes a woman's temperature as part of Ebola screening efforts in Goma, Congo, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 29, 2026
As recoveries rise, doctors are finally learning how Bundibugyo Ebola behaves
The number of recoveries reported by Congolese health authorities almost doubled in a week, even as treatment centers admit dozens of patients daily.
Alessandro Monteiro sits during the rehearsal of the play "Font Flip is Burning" ahead of its opening night in Mindelo, Cape Verde, on May 24.
WORLD / Society
Jun 29, 2026
Cape Verde, Africa’s outlier in LGBTQ+ tolerance
The archipelago is currently the most welcoming country in Africa for the LGBTQ+ community, ahead of South Africa, according to Equaldex.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defense Forces, inspects a military parade from a vehicle during the inauguration ceremony of his father following his reelection as president at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala on May 12.
WORLD
Jun 29, 2026
Ugandan army chief shuts down main independent media group
Nation Media Group’s television station NTV Uganda and Daily Monitor newspaper will remain closed until further notice, Uganda’s army chief said in a series of posts on X.
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2026
Ebola scientists lack access to virus samples behind Congo’s largest Bundibugyo outbreak
The issue highlights growing disputes over pathogen sharing and the difficulty of moving infectious materials across borders for research.
Vehicles line up for fuel at a gas station in Katembe, Maputo, Mozambique, in April amid the energy shock triggered by the Iran war.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
The Iran war and the global debt shock it fueled
Once again, a global crisis is disproportionately burdening countries that did not cause it.
Nyamurongo cemetery, one of the burial sites receiving a large number of people who have died from Ebola since the beginning of the recent outbreak in Bunia, Ituri Province, Congo, on Saturday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 16, 2026
Ebola cases top 800 in Congo as aid groups warn outbreak may be larger than reported
The outbreak, already the third largest Ebola epidemic on record and the biggest caused by the Bundibugyo strain, has spread across eastern Congo and into neighboring Uganda.
Members of the Mauritanian Coast Guard patrol off the coast of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on April 23.
WORLD
Jun 15, 2026
With Europe closed, migrants stalled in Mauritania limbo
Document checks, mass expulsions, coastal surveillance and smuggler arrests have caused migration from Mauritania to plummet over the past year.
Volunteers wearing protective equipment prepare to recover the body of a 3-year-old child presumed to have died from Ebola in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 14, 2026
Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in Congo camps as distrust grows
Since the Ebola outbreak was ​declared a month ago, several treatment sites have been attacked by locals ​angry about not being able to bury their loved ones.
Health workers retrieve the body of an unidentified Ebola victim in Mongbwalu, a gold mining town in Congo.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 12, 2026
A cracked coffin, a funeral and the hunt for Ebola’s patient zero
The Ebola outbreak has caused about 635 confirmed infections and at least 127 deaths in eastern Congo, but the true toll could be much higher, officials say.
People read the headlines of Ivorian newspapers at the side of a street in Ajame, a popular district of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 10, 2026
Self-censorship, insecurity, financial squeeze: Press under pressure in Cote d’Ivoire
Press freedom is more established in Cote d’Ivoire than in other west African nations but remains precarious in a region hit by conflict and under political and economic pressure.
Red Cross volunteers wearing personal protective equipment gather around the casket containing the body of an Ebola virus victim from the morgue of a health center in Congo's Ituri province on June 8.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2026
No boots, masks running out: Why Congo’s Ebola medics are exposed
While major donors are raising their contributions, the size of the outbreak, reductions in stocks due ​to aid cuts and logistical problems have caused shortages.
People react while Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 21.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2026
U.S. urges Europe to impose Ebola travel bans ahead of World Cup
The Ebola outbreak has complicated some travel ahead of the FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico and begins on Thursday.
A Congolese woman waits for medical workers outside the house of a man who died of Ebola, in Quartier Shuni 1, a residential sector in Mongbwalu in the Djugu Territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 24.
WORLD
Jun 10, 2026
Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to nearly 600
Mistrust and resistance have hampered the ​response, with attacks on burial teams and treatment centers ⁠reported, while medics are struggling to secure basic equipment.
A health worker dries gumboots and gloves under the sun at the Mulago National Referral Hospital isolation unit in Kampala, Uganda, on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 9, 2026
Congo says Ebola deaths top 100 as armed groups threaten response
The outbreak of the Bundibugyo ​strain of Ebola was announced on May 15, though ‌officials have ‌since said it went undetected for weeks.
Traditional healer Mariam Kabika cuts eucalyptus leaves in her field in Bunia, in eastern Congo, early this month.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 5, 2026
Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight
In a region where health workers are shunned, an effective response to Ebola relies on integrating communities and “their rites,” the World Health Organization says.
Health workers disinfect the entrance to a house before removing the body of a person whose suspected cause of death was Ebola, in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo, last month.
WORLD
Jun 4, 2026
Ebola burial team attacked and 11 patients flee care in widening outbreak in Congo
The developments underscore the challenges facing responders as the outbreak takes on a growing international dimension while work to contain it inside the country remains fragile.
An activist speaks to Kenyan police officers while attempting to enter the Milimani Law Courts during a protest against a U.S.-built Ebola quarantine center planned to begin operations at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base, in Nairobi on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
Protests over U.S. Ebola site in Kenya kill two; court keeps suspension
The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base for Americans exposed ​to the virus has angered many Kenyans.
Health workers prepare medicine for patients with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on May 22.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2026
Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine
Richard Hatchett, head of CEPI, said that it was possible to get Ebola Bundibugyo (BDBV) vaccines ready for trials within a couple of months.
Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of a doctor who worked at a medical center and died of the Ebola virus, in Bunia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 26.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2026
Tracking down Ebola survivors in remote mountains to find a cure
The road into Bundibugyo winds through steep green mountains along Uganda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, where villages cling to hillsides and people have long moved easily between the two countries on foot.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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