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Scandinavia's largest festival, the Goteborg Film Festival, is going ahead this year ... but for an audience of one. Lisa Enroth, an emergency nurse from Southern Sweden, has been holed up this week on a deserted island, watching the films in an old lighthouse. As The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports, she's been keeping a video diary of her experience.

One society of nudists — or naturists — in the UK says they’ve experienced an uptick in interest during the pandemic. And, with many of their events going virtual, they’ve also seen new people join from all over the world. Host Marco Werman speaks with Andrew Welch, spokesman for British Naturism, from Buckinghamshire, UK.

If you're in China, then you, too, could be close to getting your fishtail. The World’s Rebecca Kanthor takes us to mermaid school.

Off the coast of South Africa, along the Indian Ocean there's a woman who is trying to change the story of who belongs in the water. Zandile Ndhlovu is South Africa's first Black free-diving instructor. 

Last Spring, Greenpeace and the group DJs for Climate asked musicians around everywhere to create a little inspiration for Earth Day. They scored work that samples sounds from nature. One person who contributed was Elodie Suzanne, or Dilo. She's a jazz and electronic musician from Reunion, the French territory in the Indian Ocean. The track she composed for the project is called, "Yela Mama."

Before envelopes were commonly available, people used to use "letter locking" to seal their messages from prying eyes — that's when you fold a piece of paper in such a way that it becomes, essentially, its own envelope. Using high-tech scanning and a computer algorithm, a team of multidisciplinary researchers has "virtually unfolded" one such sealed letter, written in the 17th century but never op...

At a highway opening ceremony this fall an Indian lawmaker proposed that "the horns of all vehicles be replaced by Indian musical instruments so that it is pleasant to hear.” Host Marco Werman tells us what the busy streets of India might sound like if the law passes. 

Britain shares many holiday traditions with the United States: Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and awkward family reunions. But there is one essential element of a British Christmas that Americans have not adopted: the ancient ritual of the Christmas pudding. Reporter Leo Hornak, an Englishman and a veteran of The World's newsroom, offered to cook his very first Christmas pudding and serve it up for...

The pandemic, and social isolation, have been especially hard on people in long-term care. So, in Canada, a toddler and his mom wanted to bring a little joy to residents at a retirement home. As The World’s Bianca Hillier reports, a little personal connection in Toronto goes a long way.

Public attitudes about psychedelics like LSD or psilocybin mushroom have run the gamut from excitement in the 1950s and 1960s to vilification in the 1980s and 1990s. The pendulum is swinging back. And a crop of entrepreneurs and investors are betting that psychedelics will be the next big thing. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports.

The Spanish Christmas Lottery, celebrated annually since 1812, is the world’s largest lottery draw. It’s known as el gordo — “the fat one” — for its large sum: The payout this year was 2.4 billion Euros. But the Christmas Lottery is more than just a money-making opportunity — it’s a community event. The World's Lucía Benavides has the story.

Some people have origin stories. Pardis Mahdavi has a hyphenation story. Her Iranian family was the target of a hate crime in Minnesota. She was stripped of her citizenship in Iran. Eventually, she embraced the hyphen between the words Iranian and American as her identity. But what, she wondered, is the function of a hyphen? Does it unite two ideas, or divide them? From its beginnings in ancient R...

The long-awaited election in Libya was set for Dec. 24, but it has been called off even though the term of the current government will expire. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jalel Harchaoui, a Libya expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, about the weakness of the current government and the potential for future discord in a country that has managed to avoid internal c...

Serge Gellé, Madagascar's police minister, said he swam 12 hours to safety after his helicopter crashed off the Indian Ocean. In a video taken after he was rescued, the 57-year-old says, "my time to die has not yet come." He says he can be back at work in 12 hours. The World's Marco Werman has the story.

Hong Kong authorities dismantled a prominent sculpture on the University of Hong Kong campus commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Kacey Wong, a former professor of art now in exile in Taiwan, tells The World’s Marco Werman the destruction of the statue reminds him of the desecration of a graveyard.

If all goes to plan, there will be a new town floating off the coast of Busan, South Korea, by 2025. It will be composed of hexagon-shaped city blocks that can be rearranged. The energy will be largely solar, the streets (yes, there be streets) will be mostly free of cars and when the seas rise, the town will effortlessly rise with it. South Koreans didn’t come up with this, they’re just the hosts...

Haitian migrants are suing the US government, arguing that immigration officials at the US-Mexico border physically and verbally abused them as they sought to enter the United States. In September, thousands of Haitian migrants arrived at the Texas border and many were kept in squalid makeshift camps; others were pushed back into Mexico by Border Patrol agents on horseback. The World's Daisy Contr...

As many Americans travel to see loved ones for the holidays, rapid tests are in short supply. If they can be found, they are often expensive. Irene Bosch is a disease expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston who specializes in rapid tests. She has been using tests from Britain, France, India and South Korea to better understand how affordable testing options can result in bett...

In Spain’s northeast region of Catalonia, Santa Claus is not the protagonist during Christmas time. Instead, kids have a magical wooden log that — on Christmas Eve — gives them presents by, well, "pooping" them out. And that's not the only scatological Christmas tradition particular to the region. The World’s Lucía Benavides has this story from Barcelona's oldest Christmas market.

If you’re in a park in China, you might well see groups of older folks dancing in formation to pop music. Public dancing groups have become controversial because the music they play is often really loud, eliciting complaints from neighbors. Now, the Chinese government is responding.  The World’s Rebecca Kanthor reports.

Scientists have discovered something truly amazing: a dinosaur embryo. And perfectly preserved. The World's Sarah Birnbaum explains.

Across the globe, the omicron variant is slowing down travel this holiday season, including in the place where Christmas began: the Holy Land. Israeli authorities have banned most foreigners from visiting the country. Host Marco Werman speaks with AFP's Jerusalem reporter, Daniella Cheslo, who was able to visit the cities of Nazareth and Bethlehem. 

As in parts of Latin America, many Latino communities across the US celebrate Las Posadas, a celebration reenacting the Nativity scene featuring Mary and Joseph searching for an inn. We head to a small farmworker town in California where the processions continue, with safety measures in place, after last year's cancelation because of the pandemic. KVPR’s Madi Bolaños reports from Firebaugh, Califo...

The snow is falling in Kabul, Afghanistan, and humanitarian workers are bracing for a difficult winter. Mahbouba Seraj runs a shelter there for women and girls who've escaped domestic abuse. She tells The World's Marco Werman how she's able to keep the shelters' doors open, despite pressure from the Taliban.

"Freda" is the first film by a female Haitian director to premiere at Cannes. The film is also being considered for an Oscar nomination for best international feature and is backed by Director Francis Ford Coppola. Host Marco Werman speaks to the film's director, Gessica Généus