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    1. PhotoVisitors listening to the audio portion of the Mirror Field memorial at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Site in Ukraine on Sunday.
      CreditBrendan Hoffman for The New York Times

      A Tech-Savvy Holocaust Memorial in Ukraine Draws Critics and Crowds

      Traditionalists chafe at the contemporary-art approach to Holocaust commemoration being employed at Babyn Yar, a site of mass shootings in World War II. But it has brought visitors for an anniversary.

      By Maria Varenikova and

    2. PhotoMembers of the elite Taliban 313 Badri Unit amid destroyed vehicles, holding  American-made rifles, at a former C.I.A. base in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month.
      CreditVictor J. Blue for The New York Times

      For Sale Now: U.S.-Supplied Weapons in Afghan Gun Shops

      The Taliban seized troves of American weapons and vehicles from surrendering Afghan soldiers. Now, gun dealers are doing a brisk business.

      By Ruhullah Khapalwak and

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    Desaparecidos

    Casi 100.000 personas han desaparecido en México. Ahora, sus familias buscan pistas entre los muertos.

  2. PhotoUnos trabajadores separaban los residuos médicos afuera de un hospital que atiende pacientes con COVID-19 en Veracruz, México, el año pasado.
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    La crisis de basura que nos deja la covid

    Los temores exagerados de que el coronavirus podía transmitirse por las superficies estigmatizan el manejo de residuos seguros, dicen los expertos.

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  1. PhotoProsecco vineyards in the hillsides and within the town of Valdobbiadene, Italy.
    CreditNadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times

    A Battle of the Bubbles: War Comes to the Prosecco Hills

    A Croatian wine, Prosek, seeks an official designation, and Prosecco makers are up in arms. But they also can’t agree on what, exactly, should be called Prosecco.

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  2. PhotoThe Giostra neighborhood in Messina, Italy, which was ravaged by a coronavirus outbreak in December that spread from shack to shack.
    CreditGianni Cipriano for The New York Times

    In Sicily Slums, a 113-Year Wait for Housing May Be Over

    After a 1908 earthquake in Messina, the displaced were moved into temporary shacks. Thousands still live in squalor, but the pandemic has pushed Rome to take action at last.

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  3. PhotoA destroyed Afghan police pickup and a ransacked outpost outside Kabul, Afghanistan, last week.
    CreditJim Huylebroek for The New York Times

    This Is Life in Rural Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover

    Since the Taliban takeover, much of Afghanistan’s countryside has seen a big drop in violence after 20 years of fighting. “It has been a long time now since a bullet hit our homes.”

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