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From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy. (Image credit: Danielle Villasana)

Pat Benatar's longtime collaborator shares the complicated history behind his last name. Continue reading…

Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering "coral IVF" to help save endangered reefs.(Image credit: John Otis)

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the internet-famous remedy are also under fire.(Image credit: Jeremy Drey)

Gen Z protesters from Indonesia and Nepal to Madagascar and Morocco, are rallying behind an unexpected banner: a grinning skull in a straw hat. (Image credit: Claudio Pramana)

Syria is holding parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country's longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December.(Image credit: Omar Sanadiki)

President Trump says one part of the answer to homelessness is civil commitment and forced medical care. Some Democrats agree.(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Ore., which the president had ordered over the objections of local leaders.(Image credit: Jenny Kane)

Rev. Yehiel Curry succeeds Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, who served for 12 years and was the first woman to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.(Image credit: Talia Sprague)

National parks across the country face conflicting demands and uncertainty as a result of the ongoing federal funding dispute.(Image credit: Robert F. Bukaty)