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The view from the ground.

  • In a snowy landscape looking slightly downward from a hilltop, a side profile of a man holding a gun stands on the left of frame beside two other men on skis having a discussion. In the distant background, a group of military personnel stand in a large clearing with their equipment bags. Trees line the horizon and surround the environment.
    In a snowy landscape looking slightly downward from a hilltop, a side profile of a man holding a gun stands on the left of frame beside two other men on skis having a discussion. In the distant background, a group of military personnel stand in a large clearing with their equipment bags. Trees line the horizon and surround the environment.

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  • People in a crowd smile as they look up at the yellow exterior of the Ram Mandir temple, festooned with flowers, which looms above them as light beams illuminate the night sky.
    People in a crowd smile as they look up at the yellow exterior of the Ram Mandir temple, festooned with flowers, which looms above them as light beams illuminate the night sky.

    The Temple Modi Built

    How a small town in an electorally significant state captured India’s imagination.

  • A child wearing flip-flops walks across the dusty ground amid dozens of makeshift tents at a refugee settlement in Tina, Sudan.
    A child wearing flip-flops walks across the dusty ground amid dozens of makeshift tents at a refugee settlement in Tina, Sudan.

    Europe Is Making Sudan’s Refugee Crisis Worse

    Faced with an indisputable emergency, the EU is erecting new barriers and ignoring its asylum obligations.

  • British Royal Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Rory Cheyne, an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy, flies an F-18 Super Hornet past HMS Prince of Wales.
    British Royal Navy pilot Lt. Cmdr. Rory Cheyne, an exchange officer with the U.S. Navy, flies an F-18 Super Hornet past HMS Prince of Wales.

    Britain’s Navy Is Diminished. Its Ambitions Are Not.

    The Royal Navy could be the key to America’s Pacific pivot.

  • A tram car moves along a street in Lisbon, framed on either side by buildings in the foreground. Another building looms over the tram in the background, with plaster siding and balconies in front of some of its windows. A woman in a sleeveless shirt and jeans walks on a crosswalk in front of the tram.
    A tram car moves along a street in Lisbon, framed on either side by buildings in the foreground. Another building looms over the tram in the background, with plaster siding and balconies in front of some of its windows. A woman in a sleeveless shirt and jeans walks on a crosswalk in front of the tram.

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    Wealthy investors pulled the country out of a financial crisis, but they also sent house prices skyrocketing.

  • French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.
    French President Emmanuel Macron answers journalists' questions on the tarmac of Cairo's airport following his crisis diplomacy visits to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.

    Macron Breaks Ranks With the West on Israel-Hamas War

    Amid deepening internal rifts, France is trying again to punch above its weight on the world stage.

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