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A poster with the face of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, reading "Wanted, Again", is displayed at a newsstand in one Mexico City's major bus terminals on July 13, 2015, a day after the government informed of the escape of the drug kingpin from a maximum-security prison. Mexican security forces scrambled Monday to save face and recapture "El Chapo" as authorities investigated whether guards helped him escape prison through a tunnel under his cell. AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world
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GettyImages-478328930_1-8 Long Walk to Deportation
Hundreds of thousands of migrants have braved the journey from Central America to the U.S. border. Washington wants to turn them back, before they even arrive.
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U.S. Army soldier provides security for infantry patrolling through Dandarh village, Afghanistan. 10 Conflicts to Watch in 2016
From Syria to the South China Sea, the conflicts and crises the world will face in the coming year.
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Medical personnel look for survivors following a reported airstrike on the Tariq al-Bab district of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 1, 2014. Syrian government and opposition delegations leave 10 days of peace talks with few results and a follow-up meeting uncertain, but analysts and negotiators say the discussions are an important beginning. AFP PHOTO/Mohammed Al-khatieb (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images) What Will Be the Big Story of 2016?
From new flu strains to refugees to Obama’s final moments as U.S. president, FP’s Voices predict a year of big change and challenges.
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URIBE, COLOMBIA: Members of the revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla forces, (L-R) Ivan Rios, an unidentified woman fighter, Joaquin Gomez, Marcos Calarca, Jairo and Pedro Aldana, arrive in Uriba, Colombia, 25 October 1999, for a new round of peace talks with government representatives. The talks resumed 24 October 1999 after months of delays and setbacks renewing hopes for an end to more than three decades of civil war. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read PEDRO UGARTE/AFP/Getty Images) Stories You Missed in 2015
From the winding down of Colombia's 50-year war to Ireland's booming economy, here are the stories that flew under the radar this year.
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GettyImages-452436496 Why Can’t Ex-Chinese Leaders Travel Abroad?
Xi Jinping’s secret strategy for dealing with China’s powerful retired elite.
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Screen Shot 2015-12-22 at 1.13.16 PM Last-Minute Gifts for Wonks: 2015 Edition
Holiday shopping suggestions for the discerning international politics connoisseur.
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<> at London Zoo on May 2, 2013 in London, England. Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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FP_GT2015_cover_FBcrop Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2015
Meet the artists, moguls, and inventors who shaped the world this year.
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Syrian refugees fleeing violence in their country cross into Jordanian territory, near Mafraq, on the border with Syria, on February 18, 2013. Jordan says it is hosting around 350 Syrian refugees, including more than 90,000 at Zaatari desert refugee camp, near the border with Syria. The country provides free health and education services for more than 200,000 UN-registered Syrian refugees, according to officials. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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Najibah tried to comfort her daughter Zahra (8) as they both wept over the grave of their husband and father, just south of Kunduz City. Sub Caption: During the two week takeover of Kunduz City by the Taliban from September 28 - October 12, 43-year-old Baynazar Mohammad Nazar (***First name only to be used because of potential threats to his family***) was shot in crossfire between government forces and Taliban fighters on his way home from where he works as a Chowkidor (unarmed guard) in Kunduz City. He spent the next two and a half days being operated on and recovering in the nearby MSF Kunduz Trauma Center. At around 2AM on Saturday, October 3, however, Baynazar was one of at least thirty patients, patient carers and staff who were killed when a U.S. AC-130 gunship destroyed much of the hospital after receiving a request for air support from Afghan Commandos in the area. Baynazar's family spent ten days searching for him - from Kunduz to Baghlan Province to Mazar-e Sharif and back to Kunduz, eventually being told by a shopkeeper near the hospital that he and 12 others had been taken from the hospital and buried on the edge of the city. He is survived by his wife, Najibah, sons, Samiullah (19) and Mohammad Khalid (6) and daughters Raiana (10) and Zahra (8). Longform’s Picks of the Week
The best stories from around the world.
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20151010_quilty_msf_knz_afg_027 The Man on the Operating Table
Baynazar Mohammad Nazar was a husband and a father of four — and a patient killed during the attack on the MSF hospital in Kunduz. This is his story.
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gaymarriage1crop Anthony Kennedy and Jim Obergefell
For ensuring that love wins.
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Anas_BWcrop Anas Aremeyaw Anas
For exposing Ghana's broken courts without exposing himself.
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Alizadeh_BWcrop Sonita Alizadeh
For refusing to be bought and sold.
