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Closing in on Mosul
Iraqi forces move closer to driving Islamic State from their last major stronghold in the country.
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos draws protests
Former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos is buried almost 30 years after his death, amid scattered protests around Manila.
This week in Aleppo
The besieged population of eastern Aleppo faces a "very bleak moment" with no food or medical supplies, winter approaching, and an increasingly fierce attack by Syrian and allied forces, a U.N. humanitarian adviser said.
Trump's inner circle
Donald Trump lays the groundwork to take office, gathering loyal advisers and family to plot his transition strategy and take on senior roles in his administration.
Obama's last tour of Europe
President Barack Obama takes his final trip to Europe as president before handing over power to Donald Trump.
North Dakota pipeline protest
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and environmental activists protest the Dakota Access pipeline project, saying it threatens water supplies and sacred tribal sites.
Obama and Merkel: an enduring friendship
From summits to private dinners, U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have together tackled the global financial crisis, promoted free trade and forged an international accord to fight climate change.
Barbed wire, glass and masks: Mexico's lucha extrema
The wrestlers of Total Ultra-Violent Disaster offer a bloodier version of Mexico's traditional, deeply-rooted wrestling spectacles, bashing each other with chairs and neon lights and sticking each other with plastic knives and forks. Full Coverage
The art of becoming Santa
At the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Michigan, some two hundred Santas and Mrs. Clauses came from around the world to learn wood toy-making, brush up on storytelling skills, drive sleighs, feed reindeer and, most importantly, spread the Christmas spirit. Full Coverage
Children of caliphate face stateless future
Hundreds and perhaps thousands of children born in Islamic State-controlled areas are stateless. Full Coverage
El Salvador's young emergency workers
Young people in El Salvador find an escape from the gang rivalries in their schools and neighborhoods through a civil corps of voluntary rescue workers. Full Coverage
Serbia's bungalow cemeteries
From a distance, the cemetery in the eastern Serbian village of Smoljinac looks like a residential neighborhood eerily placed among graves. Full Coverage