Category: State of the World from NPR

Enlarge this image People walk down the street past banners commemorating fallen soldiers in Zaporizhzhia on March 29, 2025. Anton Shtuka/NPR hide caption toggle caption…

Enlarge this image US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a speech marking his 100th day in office at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo…

Enlarge this image Israeli soldiers and mourners observe two minutes of silence during the Memorial Day commemoration for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron in Hebrew,…

Fifty years ago this week Communist forces seized the city of Saigon bringing an end to the Vietnam war. It was a war that defined…

Enlarge this image Cardinals pay tribute to the late Pope Francis during a vespers service at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica on April 27, 2025 in…

Enlarge this image The White Helmets sit in their rescue vehicles in Homs, Syria. Yahya Nemah for NPR hide caption toggle caption Yahya Nemah for…

Enlarge this image Outside the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in April 2025. Pro-war signs in the Russian tricolor read “We’re Together” and promise inevitable victory…

Enlarge this image Fisherman in Clark’s Harbour in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Jackie Northam/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jackie Northam/NPR Fisherman in Clark’s Harbour in…

Catholics around the world are in mourning following the death of Pope Francis. We go to one tiny church in Gaza, the Holy Family Church,…

Enlarge this image Pope Francis waves to worshipers at the end of the weekly general audience on April 3, 2019 at St. Peter’s square in…