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US-Israel war with Iran

Fighting has erupted in Iran and the Middle East after Israel and the US attacked the country, following a US military buildup in the region.

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Young Kenyans mobilize in a street, marching and holding up noise makers

Kenya's Gen Z mobilizes to register young voters

Kenyans will be voting in a general election in 2027, and the country's youth is already mobilizing online.

Asia

Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India.

World's largest census underway in India

India has begun counting its population. The results could reshape political representation nationwide.

Germany

Train attendant Jörg Norris, an older man wearing glasses with a graying beard and hair, working onboard a German regional train checking tickets

Violence on duty: Public workers increasingly in harm's way

Front-line workers in Germany face antisocial behavior, including physical violence, on a daily basis.

Europe

Serbia, Hungary say explosives found near Russian pipeline

Serbian officials say they found explosives near a pipeline that carries Russian gas into Hungary.

Middle East

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Israel strikes Hezbollah sites in Beirut

Lebanese state media has reported multiple strikes in a Hezbollah stronghold of the capital, which killed two people.

North America

This image from video provided by NASA shows a view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's four windows

Artemis II astronauts send back 'phenomenal' Earth snaps

The Artemis II lunar flyby is scheduled for Easter Monday, marking a rebirth for human spaceflight.

Latin America

A monarch butterfly is seen in the forest of the Sanctuary of El Rosario in Ocampo, Mexico

Endangered monarch butterflies recover despite threats

Despite habitat loss and changing bloom times, the American monarch butterfly population has rebounded.

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This image from video provided by NASA shows the Artemis II crew, from left, Canadian astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, mission specialist Christina Koch and pilot Victor Glover as they speak with NASA Mission Control in a video conference while en route to the moon

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Artemis II moon flight

NASA's 10-day Artemis II mission will see four astronauts fly around the moon.

Artemis II astronauts prepare to orbit the moon

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A Libyan vendor is seen selling longnose spurdog sharks at a fish market in Tripoli, Libya

Mediterranean sharks are vanishing in a legal void

Along Libya's coast, sharks are being sold unchecked. Vulnerable species are spiraling toward extinction.

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Russians living in exile cope with grief far from home

Three Russians living in exile told DW how they cope with the loss of loved ones far from their families.

Ukraine 2026: A trust exercise, part of basic military training. A soldier with his eyes closed stands on a wooden platform and lets himself fall backwards. Below him, several colleagues wait to catch him.

Is Ukraine running out of soldiers to fight Russia?

Four years into the war against Russia, new recruits are being pushed to the limit for deployment on the front line.

The Russian flag is seen flying on the Ivangorod fortress, as people look over the river from the Estonian side

Does the Estonian city of Narva really want to join Russia?

Recently, there have been rumors that some locals in Narva want to secede from Estonia and join Russia. Are they true?

Nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit of Tbilisi University Hospital, Georgia. A nurse is washing her hands at a sink. In the background, separated by a glass pane, incubators with newborns are visible.

Victims of Georgia adoption scandal seek biological parents

For decades, tens of thousands of babies were declared dead in Georgian hospitals and sold for adoption.

Bundeswehr soldiers of the Lithuanian Armored Brigade standing in formation (file photo)

Germany rehearses mass evacuations for a NATO war

The threat from Russia has pushed Germany to carry out its biggest war drill of its kind in decades.

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Germany's new religious diversity

As Christian churches are abandoned other religious buildings are emerging, making the urban landscape more diverse.

Pear blossoms in an orchard in Weixian County

Beautiful blossoms herald arrival of spring

For a few weeks each year, cherry blossoms and other early-blooming flowers transform urban spaces around the globe.

A visitor walks by a billboard showing a young smiling Korean woman with beauty products at the Seoul Beauty Week event in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 28, 2025.

How South Korea's K-beauty trend boosts soft power

K-beauty is more than just cosmetics: South Korean beauty products are part of an economic and political strategy.

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Singing against dementia at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw

A choir in the Netherlands' premier concert hall helps people with dementia lift their spirits through song.

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How to make delightfully fluffy chocolate mousse

Despite having only a few ingredients, there's plenty that can go wrong with this delightful dessert.

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