Feature
List of Feature articles
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Wounded patients are offloaded from a hospital train and transferred to waiting ambulances in Kyiv. How Ukraine’s Trains Are Adapting to War
From wheelchair accessibility to better tea, the national railway service aims not just to keep trains running but to improve.
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A line of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms kneel on the ground while disassembling rifles. The Somali Underdogs Taking on Terrorists
Inside the U.S.-led training program which aims to finally eradicate al-Shabab.
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People walk in the distance atop cracked soil in a dried-up irrigation canal through a wheat field in Iraqi Kurdistan's Rania district. The Cradle of Civilization Is Drying Up
Climate change endangers the Tigris and Euphrates—but it’s not the only reason the rivers are vanishing.
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A giant orange mushroom cloud explodes on the horizon during the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. The Long Shadow of Oppenheimer’s Trinity Test
Today’s nukes would make the destroyer of worlds shudder.
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An illustration shows the black outline of a German eagle with distressed and torn zeroes within it for a story about Germany's obsession with zero debt. Is Berlin Ready to Break the Bank?
Germany is obsessed with avoiding debt. But retrofitting the country may require taking it on.
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A photo collage illustration shows the two warring generals at the center of Sudan's unrest alongside images of U.S. President Joe Biden and the seal of the state department for a story about U.S. diplomacy in Sudan. How the U.S. Fumbled Sudan’s Hopes for Democracy
The East African country, once a beacon for change, now faces civil war.
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A resident looks through a hole in the fence from inside a locked-down area in Beijing under covid-19 restrictions. China’s COVID-19 Failure Isn’t a Win for Democracy
The pandemic years strained every system of government.
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New-illustration-lucie-wimetz-election-2023-finland-estonia-poland-pakistan-turkey-nigeria Elections to Watch in 2023
From Pakistan to Poland, here are this year’s biggest presidential and parliamentary races.
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Mbaaba Kaper, an employee at an illegal timber trafficking warehouse in Yipala, Ghana, that was initially shut down in May 2019, sits on equipment in the warehouse on June 9. How China’s Appetite for Rosewood Fuels Illegal Logging in Ghana
Soaring demand for luxury furniture in Asia is decimating Ghana’s forests while creating a lucrative but environmentally destructive industry.
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Camp 41, a remote scientific research station in the Amazon rainforest, is viewed from above in Brazil on Oct. 18. Who Owns the Earth’s Lungs?
The battle to save the Amazon goes beyond Brazil.
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Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran. Meet Iran’s Gen Z: the Driving Force Behind the Protests
They’re shaking up the aging clerical establishment to a degree not seen since the 1979 revolution.
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putin childhood and ukraine war How Putin Learned to Hold Deadly Grudges
Russia’s president has been shaped by decades of bitterness and revenge.
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1a-afghanistan-embassy-illustration-hero-1200x628 The Last Days of the Afghan Embassy
The Biden administration shut down a touchpoint for thousands of refugees from Afghanistan—and left its diplomats in agonizing limbo.
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U.S. President Richard Nixon in China in 1972; Harned Hoose in Beijing in the early 1970s. ‘I Can Think as the Chinese Do’
Harned Hoose played both sides of the U.S.-China relationship—including during Nixon’s famous trip.
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A Halo Trust member lifts a tarp covering explosive debris. In Iraq, the Bitter Legacy of War Still Lies Hidden Underground
Baghdad can’t rebuild its infrastructure and agricultural sector when its land remains littered with thousands of explosive devices.
