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On this remote isle, an icon of the Virgin Mary has endured the flames of war
After a devastating fire, people in Bougainville found hope and strength from a statue of the Virgin Mary that survived the ...
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Mapuche sports help Indigenous Chileans revive culture
Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have long fought the government over land claims. They've faced discrimination and ...
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Denmark is fed up with Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
The Great Belt is one of the busiest sea lanes in the world, and it allows passage to vessels from different countries. But ...
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A massive mural project in Mexico City is transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods
Artists in Mexico’s Iztapalapa borough are using murals to highlight local residents and send positive messages, in what’s ...
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Saint Mary statue endures flames of war on this remote isle
Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...
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Buddhist scholar and surfer takes lessons from wind and waves
One person who has thought a lot about what it means to encounter the power of a wave is Karma Lekshe Tsomo. She is a Buddhist nun who grew up surfing in Malibu, California, and is a professor emerita ...
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La Bombonera is the ‘Holy See’ of Argentina soccer
Times are tough in Argentina, while the new president attempts to tame inflation, and poverty is on the rise. But there’s one sport, and one very special place, that brings people together. As part of ...
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The church in Turkey where people go to make wishes
The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was constructed over a natural spring that is sacred for Istanbul’s Greek Orthodox community. On the first day of every month, hundreds of visitors of ...
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Berlin nightclubs want to be seen more like opera houses
Berlin is considered the world’s clubbing capital, and for some, those clubs offer an almost religious experience. But the city is changing, and more and more nightclubs are under threat from ...
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Growing number of governments using counterterrorism to justify targeting dissidents abroad
A growing number of countries repressing dissidents beyond their own borders includes a NATO ally of the US: Turkey. A ...
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Finland’s Annamaret extols the Sámi tradition of yoiking
Musician Annamaret comes from a Sámi reindeer-herding family and lives way up in northern Finland, close to the Arctic Circle. She describes how the ancient Sámi tradition of yoiking helps connect her ...
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Old Jewish music rediscovered and recorded
Two Argentine Jewish musicologists have embarked on a mission to revive their community’s musical heritage. They are recording lost songs. From Buenos Aires, Natalio Cosoy first reported this story in ...