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Artist Edvard Munch's "The Scream" is one of the most recognizable paintings in history. It's been discussed, pored over, and gawked at for more than a century. But in the top left-hand corner lies an inscription that is barely visible to the naked eye. Now, following a series of tests, The National Museum of Norway says the words were written by the artist himself. The World's Bianca Hillier has...

The top two candidates for president in Ecuador are going to a runoff election in April, while the third-place candidate, an Indigenous leader who lost by a tiny margin, is leading a march to the capital. Michael Fox reports that the contentious election comes amid COVID-19 and economic crises.

The British government’s handling of the coronavirus has been widely criticized. Even so, the country's vaccine rollout is one of the fastest worldwide. But it’s becoming clear that some communities are falling through the cracks. Take-up of the vaccine is notably lower among Britain's Black, Asian and other minority communities. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

The COVID-19 vaccine campaign is one of the biggest global challenges in history. The World’s global health reporter, Elana Gordon, speaks with host Marco Werman about why this effort is in many ways like no other, even to organizations like UNICEF, which have been in the vaccine outreach business for decades.

For the first time in memory, a commercial vessel sailed through Arctic sea ice in the dead of winter, navigating Russia's Northern Sea Route, which is normally impassable due to thick sea ice. This passage is the latest sign of how much climate change has affected ice formation in the Arctic. Host Marco Werman speaks to Victoria Herrmann, head of the Arctic Institute, to discuss what it means for...

Authorities in Israel ordered that the country’s Mediterranean beaches be shut down after a massive oil spill hit the coast. It’s the country’s worst maritime pollution disaster in decades. Thousands of volunteers have already taken part in the cleaning efforts, which authorities say could take years. Host Marco Werman speaks with Ya’ara Peretz, a climate justice activist at Green Course, in Tel A...

The UN Secretary-General says COVID-19 has exacerbated human rights violations around the world, and human rights workers on the ground — who keep the UN informed — are increasingly under attack. That makes the Human Rights Council's work crucial as it starts its regular session on Monday. The US is rejoining the council as an observer but, as The World's Rupa Shenoy reports, experts say it can st...

Thinzar Shunlei Yi, a prominent protest organizer in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the risks that she and fellow activists are taking despite the military junta’s threat of more violence.

The landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars yesterday was accompanied by NASA's first-ever Spanish language broadcast for a planetary landing. Host Carol Hills speaks to NASA aerospace engineer Diana Trujillo, who worked both on the robotic arm of the rover and hosted the broadcast.

Back in April 2019, Polish activists Elzbieta, Anna, and Joanna hung up posters of the Virgin Mary with a rainbow halo in front of a Catholic church in Plock. They now face up to two years in prison. LGBTQ advocates say the women's freedom of expression is being curtailed. The World's Bianca Hillier reports.

This month President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing his administration to report on options for protecting and resettling people displaced by climate change. The World’s environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler reports.

Lots of new coronavirus variants that have emerged in recent weeks. Beyond worries over how some of them may impact the pandemic, it’s also prompted concerns over what to name them, and the unintended harms of using shortcuts that link the variant to a specific country. Without a universal naming system, urgent debate has opened up over how the world talks about variants and more specifically — wh...

Getting soldiers and militias fighting wars to lay down their weapons for a vaccine rollout seems unlikely. But Jan Egeland, the former UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and current head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, tells The World’s Carol Hills it can happen, and it can be a first step to ending conflicts.

Years of civil war have forced several million of Yemenis to find homes elsewhere. Many have gone across the waters to Ethiopia, in East Africa. The World's Halima Gikandi reports on one family that has started a new life there.

The war in Yemen has entered a new phase as Houthi fighters seek to take control of Marib, the only city in the north still controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. Yemeni scholar Nadwa Al-Dawsari tells host Carol Hills about this full-on assault by the Houthis, which comes as both the UN and the US urge a mediated solution to the war, now in its sixth year.

In China, female stand-up comedian Yang Li has found that a whole lot of men don't find her funny. In fact, some men are not laughing that female comedians are on the rise in China. Stephanie Studer writes about China for The Economist. She talked about this topic with Jason Palmer of The Intelligence, a podcast from our partners at Economist Radio.

Prison or exile — that's the choice standing before many opposition politicians in Belarus under the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, Belrus' president for more than 26 years. Now journalists there are facing similar threats. Yesterday, two independent journalists, Katerina Andreyeva and Daria Chultsova, were sentenced to two years in prison for covering protests. Belarusian authorities say they viol...

In a break from the previous administration, the White House said on Thursday that it is ready to meet with Iran and other signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal. This is a step toward returning to the deal which limited Iran’s nuclear program but which the Trump administration and some regional powers believed was not strong enough. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

Seiko Hashimoto, a seven-time Olympian, has been named the new head of the organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics. Her predecessor, Japan's former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, resigned last week following an uproar over sexist comments he made. Host Marco Werman has the story.

France's #MeToo movement began in 2017, but it didn’t quite take off. Now, a new wave of stories — this time focusing on sexual violence against children — may lead to new protections. Rebecca Rosman has this story from France.

Around the world, the Ethiopian diaspora has watched the military conflict unfold in northern Ethiopia. They wait for information and try to make sense of their personal stories against the backdrop of this unfolding conflict. This includes Meklit Hadero, an Ethiopian American musician and culture activist. She shares a story that takes us back to Ethiopia, before the conflict, before COVID-19. Th...

President Joe Biden has been in office roughly four weeks. On Day 1, he started undoing several Trump-era immigration restrictions. Today, his administration is rolling out a sweeping immigration proposal. To go over this dramatic policy turn, Cristobal Rámon, an immigration policy consultant, joins The World's Marco Werman, from Washington. 

On Australian Facebook today there is a total news blackout. Media organizations in the country aren’t allowed to post news and users aren’t allowed to share it. And they can’t access news from international organizations, either. Facebook imposed these restrictions on Thursday. The move is being widely condemned and comes in response to legislation that would force Facebook to pay news publishers...

During the first weeks of the Biden administration, the president signed a stack of executive orders and many of them reversed Trump-era immigration policies. Now, comes the harder part — changing things on the ground. The World’s Monica Campbell reports on the complicated unwinding of one Trump administration initiative known as the Remain in Mexico program. 

Rolling blackouts across Texas extended to most of northern Mexico is affecting millions and shutting down thousands of factories. The World’s Jorge Valencia has the latest.