Reportage
Antarctica Lawyers Up
Antarctica has neither a government nor a fixed population. But a group of environmental lawyers is arguing that the flora, fauna, ice and mountains of the southern continent should have legal standing on the world stage.
Echoes of Past Lives
This month, Lebanon marks 50 years since the start of its civil war. In the country’s Druze mountains, belief in reincarnation means that memories of past lives intertwine with the enduring trauma.
In Syria’s Detention Camps, Fears Grow of an Islamic State Resurgence
The al-Hawl and Roj camps in northeastern Syria house the remnants of the Islamic State group, including many foreign nationals, women and children. Amid uncertainty over U.S. funding for the camps and political change within Syria, fears are growing of some form of resurgence from among the radicalized detainees.
A Russian Priest in Kyrgyzstan Has a Parish With No Followers
Suluktu in Kyrgyzstan is a desolate, far-flung spot of the former Soviet empire, where some remain faithful to Russia, or at least their idea of it. The Russian-speaking minority here is engulfed in a battle over control of their Orthodox heritage, while their new priest tends to an empty church.
How Weightlifting and Bodybuilding Are Taking Burkina Faso by Storm
Since the powerlifter Iron Biby became the strongest man in the world, youth in his home country of Burkina Faso have taken up training to bulk up and get cut.
The Women Helping the Afghan Refugee Community Connect with Literature and Culture in Delhi
In Delhi, two Afghan women are teaching the Dari language to children of fellow refugees, born far from their homeland. Beyond the needs of survival, they insist, refugees deserve beauty, joy and connection to their cultural heritage.
The Mysterious Sinking of the Bayesian
British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others drowned in a purportedly unsinkable luxury yacht. In England on the same day, his lifelong friend and business partner was hit and killed by a car on a country road. A conspiracy theorist couldn’t make up the background story.