US President Donald Trump participates in a multilateral lunch with visiting African Leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2025 JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — The presidents of the West African countries of Senegal
Enlarge this image In the visitor center in the town of Civitella Alfedena inside Italy's National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise, you can see wolves rescued inside the park. Paolo Picciotto/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paolo Picciotto/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In the visitor center in the town
Loading... Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was exactly a week after the Assad regime fell in Syria last December, and Damascus was euphoric. My colleague and I came across a bar in the center of the city called
Edith Johnson and Dorothea Lambert Chambers face off in the 1910 Wimbledon tournament in London. Lawn tennis — the game we know today — started in the late 19th century but has its roots in a medieval sport. Paul Thompson/European Picture Service/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul Thompson/European Picture Service/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images If
Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the State Department, June 27, 2025, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State
Enlarge this image The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters. Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford hide caption toggle caption Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters. Elisabeth von Boch/Stanford A typewriter recently discovered in a basement in upstate New York holds important
Main entry to the Hotel Oloffson, built as a private residence by Simon Sam in about 1886. American Marines leased it and turned it into a military hospital in the early 20th century. In 1936 Walter Oloffson converted it to a hotel. In the 1950s through 1970s it was a Hollywood jetset destination. Don Bartletti/Los
The Chenab, one of the three rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, seen from the riverbank in early June in Punjab province, Pakistan. Betsy Joles for NPR hide caption toggle caption Betsy Joles for NPR ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — High in the Himalayas, the Indus River flows over the Tibetan Plateau before branching
