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The Pan-African flag, designed by Marcus Garvey in 1920, was intended as an expression of black liberation. It's still used around the world.

In Seoul, three stories above street level, a cafe caters both to people and to dogs. As the human clientele sip drinks and slurp noodles, the canine clientele eat dog food and just about anything else.

She wasn't born when civil war broke out in her native Nigeria. But Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — now 29 — flawlessly chronicles the Ibo people's efforts to create the short-lived nation of Biafra in her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.

Many critics of the American electoral system focus on the nation's low Election Day turnout, a rate lower here than elsewhere in the free world. Some are now arguing about how big a problem voluntary non-participation poses, and what difference it would make if more people voted. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports, as our series Whose Democracy Is It? continues.

Happy Galentines Day! It's the holiday invented by Amy Poehler's character on TV's Parks and Recreation. Many people celebrate Galentines in real life. On Feb. 13, celebrate with your girlfriends.

Iranian-American journalist Farnaz Fassihi was stationed in the Middle East from 2002 until 2006, where she covered the Iraq war and the daily struggles of the Iraqi people. She recounts her experiences in her memoir, Waiting for an Ordinary Day.

Various groups protested the inauguration of Donald Trump on Friday.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, reporting from Paris, explains what is known so far about Friday night's attacks there. She talks to Scott Simon about the killings, and Parisians' attempts to cope Saturday.

Opposition groups in Venezuela are calling for massive demonstrations on Wednesday. The country is mired in economic crisis.

The Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters are back in the streets. The government has said it will use live ammunition to protect public buildings and security forces. After Wednesday's crackdown left more than 600 people dead and nearly 4,000 wounded, the country is is shedding more blood.