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Once a Janitor, Now the Bar Mitzvah Photography King of Montreal

Why Did Uganda Send Troops Into Congo?

With restoration nearly complete, Big Ben will ring again at midnight.

Asma Khader, Fighter for Women’s Rights in Jordan, Dies at 69

In Remembering Tutu, South Africa Reckons With Lasting Challenges

Covid claimed 2021, but 2022 has the potential to be the reset we all need.

India enters 2022 with restrictions, fearing another deadly virus surge.

Paris reintroduces an outdoor mask mandate.

In Sydney, Australia, the fireworks go on.

Omicron wave brings new rules for New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Australia relaxes its isolation rules to adapt to Omicron.

Indonesia Accepts Stranded Refugee Boat After Vowing to Turn It Away

Britain plans field wards to meet the Omicron surge.

Former Afghan President Says He Fled Nation to ‘Save Kabul’

Will more rapid tests change how America counts Covid cases?

China, holding to its ‘zero Covid’ strategy, keeps a city of 13 million locked down.

Años Viejos: Torching the Old Year to Toast the New One

Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions?

A World Divided by Covid and Other Ills United to Explore Space

In 2021, We Were There: The Year’s 14 Most Popular Dispatches

A Colorado slaughterhouse has upped vaccinations, but workers still feel fear, and anger.

Israel Faces a Severe Blow to Wildlife Amid Outbreak of Avian Flu

The W.H.O. warns of a ‘tsunami’ of Delta and Omicron cases as U.S. officials stress Omicron’s ‘milder’ effects.

A Movement to Unify the French Left Might Be Its Last Chance for the Elections

11 Years After Trying to Kill Each Other, a Marine and a Talib Meet Again

Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice.

Britons seeking Covid tests find themselves out of luck across most of the U.K.

Air filters and outdoor spaces: Office costs rise as workers return.

Omicron tears across Europe, leaving tests and patience in short supply.

The U.S. record for daily cases is broken as an Omicron ‘tidal wave’ grows.

Saudi Arabia will require booster shots to enter many public places.

Singapore charges a man accused of letting another use his vaccination record to enter a bar.

Russian Court Orders 2nd Ban of a Major Human Rights Group in 2 Days

Two Georgia Republicans have racked up $100,000 in fines for defying a mask mandate in Congress.

Fears of Omicron as an unstoppable threat are tempered by signs of milder symptoms.

India Cuts Off Foreign Funding of Mother Teresa’s Charity

An Australian teenager who partied while positive is charged with ignoring health orders.

Thousands protest in Germany as frustration with Covid rules swells.

How a fund for pandemic-strained restaurants picked winners and losers.

Russian Court Orders Prominent Human Rights Group to Shut

Covid now accounts for a larger share of deaths among white and young Americans.

Delta Air Lines blames new cleaning rules in Shanghai for the midair turnaround of a flight from Seattle.

‘Bless and Protect My Team’: An Italian Town Hopes Its Basketball Patron Advances to National Status

‘Bless and Protect My Team’: An Italian Town Hopes Its Basketball Patron Advances to National Status

Cities around the world pare back New Year celebrations, again.

South Korea approves Pfizer’s coronavirus pill for emergency use.

Somalia’s President Suspends Prime Minister Over Corruption Allegations

A lab in Australia mistakenly tells hundreds of people they tested negative.

As Other Arab States Falter, Saudi Arabia Seeks to Become a Cultural Hub

‘Help Us’: After Typhoon Rai, Miles of Destruction and the Smell of Death