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In South Africa, Nelson Mandela is everywhere. The country’s currency bears his smiling face, at least 32 streets are named for him and nearly two dozen statues in his image watch over a country in flux. Every year on July 18, his birthday, South Africans celebrate Mandela Day by volunteering for 67 minutes—painting schools, knitting blankets or cleaning up city parks—in

Before he led the world’s fourth most populous country, the president of Indonesia was consumed by an even more challenging mission: saving Jakarta. For two years, Joko Widodo served as the governor of a capital city that seemed to teeter on the brink of ruin. Since Indonesia’s independence in 1945, Jakarta had expanded from less than a million people to roughly 30 million. It

It is a colossal figure that will be etched in history: India’s population will soon reach 1.428 billion people, pushing it past mainland China, according to the latest UN estimates. With China’s population declining, the margin between the two countries will only grow as India becomes the most populous country in history. (The exact moment India achieves that distinction

On one side of a glass wall, three toddlers in a nursery school flattened play dough with plastic rolling pins. On the other, three old women in a nursing home tapped the pane to get their attention. “Let’s say hi to the nonni,” the children’s teacher said before leading them through a door that connected the two rooms.

In August, in Prague, the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, said it bluntly: “The centre of Europe is moving eastward.” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a shock to the complacent European order, both to the European Union and to NATO. And it has underscored and enhanced the influence of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

To preserve his new government, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making significant concessions to far-right political parties on Palestinian issues, judicial independence and police powers, but also less-noticed moves on behalf of another key member of his coalition: parties that represent the fast-growing ultra-Orthodox public.

With its almost 1.4 billion inhabitants, soon to overtake China as the world’s most populous country, India has a need for cheap Russian oil to sustain its 7% annual growth and lift millions out of poverty. That need is non-negotiable. India gobbles up all the Russian oil it requires, even some extra for export.

It is hard to imagine the United States going for two years without an ambassador representing its interests in Beijing, Berlin, Moscow or Tokyo. Yet Roosevelt House, the American ambassador’s residence in New Delhi has remained unoccupied since January 2021 — the longest gap on record.

When Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, ascended to power more than a decade ago, he repeated two promises that his family has made since founding the country in 1948: to strengthen the military and to improve the economy. On the military front, Kim, 38, has delivered more than his father and grandfather who ruled before him, accelerating the country’s nuclear and missile

With its monumental Art Deco façade overlooking the Eiffel Tower, the Musée de l’Homme, or Museum of Mankind, is a Paris landmark. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to this anthropology museum to experience its prehistoric skeletons and ancient statuettes.