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Collective prayers and struggles are core to Islam's Hajj, but heat took a toll this year: many died and thousands sought treatment for heat exhaustion.

Best-selling mystery novelist Michael Connelly roams the streets of Los Angeles in search of a good story. He doesn't have to look far to find real-life inspiration for his Harry Bosch detective series among the city's people and places.

Enticed by what young adults had to share about the pandemic, historian Alexandra Zapruder set out to document history through an online gallery called Dispatches from Quarantine.

The producers of comedy news shows in Brazil and the U.S. compare notes on how to make humor amid the pandemic. They find many similar problems and solutions.

NPR Investigative Correspondent Joe Shapiro tells host Michel Martin about the growing use of fines in the criminal justice system.

Those displaced by the fires have found temporary quarters in hotels and with family and friends. One host opened their home to 87 evacuees, most of them from one extended family.

Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesman Adam Kennedy about the rise of apprehensions of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in on the conversation.

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.

The Israeli military said it killed two Hamas militant leaders in the strike but Palestinian health officials say dozens of civilians who had sought shelter in an encampment were killed and injured.

There are many things driving tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets. But a small part of this is what the economic and political crisis is doing to a basic food item — arepas.