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Khushdil Shah of Pakistan plays a shot during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between Pakistan and India at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 22: Germany votes, Britain ups defense spending, and Bolivia inaugurates a new plant.
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Two men wearing gloves sit side by side on the ground, bent over pieces of pottery in their hands. One man in a baseball cap uses a paintbrush to dust a shard, and the other wears a vest over a striped sweater and squirts something from a bottle onto another shard. Tools and intact clay vessels are scattered around the men, and a low stone wall is visible behind them. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 15: European leaders hold emergency meetings, Trump and Zelensky trade rebukes, and Brazil’s ex-leader is charged with plotting a coup.
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A man and a woman stand on either side of a snowman about the same height as they are, both packing more snow into its base. The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building looms in the background beyond a snow-covered lawn. The sky above is pale gray, and the trees that surround the lawn are bare. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 8: Sudan’s army advances on a key city, France and India co-host a summit, and Canadian officials plead with Washington.
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A bearded man in a black coat and old-fashioned top hat holds up a groundhog with one hand up above his head, smiling as he does. Other people in top hats and formal attire stand on a stage behind him, and bare tree branches loom overhead under a lightening dawn sky. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Feb. 1: China’s BRI loses a customer, the Trump White House hosts its first foreign leader, and Greece declares a state of emergency.
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Dancers carry massive puppets portraying dragons and lions as they dance through a street in Manila. Smoke from displays of fire drifts around them as they move the colorful puppets above their heads. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 25: Congolese rebels take a major city, Denmark boosts defense spending, and Trump announces new plans to detain migrants.
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A wide aerial shot shows a river snaking through the valley between two tall green hills. The sky above is blue, with fluffy white clouds, and the colorful roofs of low buildings can be seen at the edge of a settlement on one bank of the river. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 18: Cease-fires go into effect in Myanmar and Gaza, world leaders gather in Davos, and the ICC issues new arrest warrants.
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Pete Hegseth, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, drinks water during his Senate confirmation hearing in Washington on Jan. 14. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 11: The U.S. Senate holds confirmation hearings, South Korean authorities detain President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Mozambicans take to the streets in protest.
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Two small figures are seen from behind as they stand rocky outcrop and look out at a vast expanse of snow-covered icebergs scattered across the landscape beneath a cloudy sky in Greenland. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Jan. 4: The leaders of Austria and Canada announce their resignations, an earthquake shakes Tibet, and Lebanon elects a new president.
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A person on horseback wearing a full suit of armor leads a procession of French military officers carrying the flags of dozens of countries during the Olympics opening ceremony. What in the World?
Elections, Olympics, assassinations, and more—test yourself on the whirlwind of international news in the past year.
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Justin Trudeau stands in front of a row of Canadian flags, wearing a serious expression and holding his hands clasped in front of himself. Trudeau has thick dark hair and wears a navy blue suit and tie. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Dec. 14: Canada’s cabinet crumbles, a top Russian general is assassinated, and Vanuatu reels from a major earthquake.
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A woman with lilac-colored hair waves a Georgian flag, white with a red cross, while also clutching a teddy bear the size of her torso. She stands in front a gray wall covered with indistinguishable layered graffiti. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Dec. 7: Mass protests in Georgia, the end of the Assad regime in Syria, and hacking allegations in South Korea.
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A woman with braided gray hair is seen from behind as she prepares her phone to take a photo of a banana affixed to a plain white wall with a strip of duct tape. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Nov. 16: Gabon approves a new draft constitution, New Zealanders protest a divisive bill, and Brazil eyes criminal charges for a former president.
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About two dozen mariachi performers, including both men and women, pose for a photo in a crowded square with their instruments, including violins, trumpets, and guitars that the performers lift to wave in the air What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Nov. 9: COP29 kicks off, Peru inaugurates a major Chinese-backed project, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces cabinet picks.
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Moldovan President Maia Sandu claps her hands and smiles, surrounded by a small crowd of people who are also clapping. Sandu also has a bouquet of flowers tucked under her arm. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Nov. 2: The United States votes, Interpol convenes its General Assembly, and several cabinet ministers get the boot.
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A woman stands among a group of about two dozen dogs and sprinkles orange marigold petals on the head of the yellow dog standing closest to her. Most of the dogs also wear marigold garlands around their necks. What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Oct. 26: Botswana votes, Colombia hosts a U.N. conference, and torrential rainfall hits Spain.
