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The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 viral disease a pandemic Wednesday. Here, workers in Spain place a mask on the figure that was to be part of the Fallas festival in Valencia. The upcoming festival has been cancelled over the coronavirus outbreak. Alberto Saiz/AP hide caption toggle caption Alberto Saiz/AP The World Health Organization …

Italy Orders Quarantine Of Whole Country To Contain Coronavirus : Goats and Soda  NPR All of Italy is now on lockdown due to coronavirus  CNN Italy expands its quarantine to the entire country as coronavirus cases and deaths surge  CNBC This Is Life Under Lockdown in Italy  The New York Times Italy expands travel restrictions to cover whole country …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly issues “Travel Health Notices” that address disease outbreaks and other health-related matters in international destinations. The newly discovered coronavirus is now a topic of concern. The point of the warnings is to indicate countries where the CDC believes there is a risk of infection with COVID-19, the …

On a trip to India, Abraar Karan (second from right) interviews a local woman to talk about the challenges of cataracts. Daniel Carvalho hide caption toggle caption Daniel Carvalho On a trip to India, Abraar Karan (second from right) interviews a local woman to talk about the challenges of cataracts. Daniel Carvalho “Any western medical …

Photo highlights from our top stories: Inuit parenting teaches kids how to control anger; a fisherman holds up a fish caught in Lake Malawi, where transactional sex is part of the fish trade; the Dandora Landfill in Nairobi, Kenya. Johan Hallberg-Campbell for NPR; Julia Gunther; Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas …

The winners of this year’s iPhone Photography Awards call to mind the Dr. Seuss book: Oh, the Places You’ll Go. With a compact device in hand, world travelers are sharing intimate images from the far corners of the globe. When the competition began 12 years ago, Kenan Aktulun, its founder, says the first submissions showed …

Pakistani women jostle to receive their ballot papers prior to casting their ballot at a polling station on May 11, 2013 in Lahore. A study in The Lancet provides evidence that free and fair elections are associated with a lower burden of chronic diseases. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Pakistani …

I didn’t make it to the village this past Christmas but I kept in touch with my people, whip President Obasanjo any which way you like, but thank his administration for giving Nigerians GSM (pronounced g-i-s-i-m) mobile phones. It was through the small wonder that I was able to keep in touch with my folks …