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Adri Quiñones, center, leads the prayer during Saturday morning Shabbat services at Beth Shalom on Jan. 18, 2020.

The Youth Of Cuba's Tiny Jewish Minority

2:55pm May 23, 2021

by Rachel Wisniewski

Cuba doesn't have a single rabbi and the Jewish population numbers only about 1,200 on the island. Those left have formed a tight-knit community, with pressure on the young to sustain their religion.

"In the Navajo culture, it's a matriarchal society. And with the matriarch, which is my grandmother, once she passes, the next holder is a two-spirit individual; it's usually a male/female, an individual like me," says Travis Goldtooth, who is part of the

Want To See Inspiring Pix? Check Out These Award-Winning Photos

12:40pm May 02, 2021

by Michele Abercrombie

This year's Leica Women Foto Project highlights girls defying cultural taboos and learning to swim in Zanzibar and a young Native American runner who triumphed despite a coach's lack of faith.

When Concepcion's project started taking off, he told his wife, Liberty, "I think I just started something."

Arts

He Asked Strangers About Things They Regret Not Saying. The Replies Were Cathartic

6:51am May 02, 2021

Photographer Geloy Concepcion asked his Instagram followers to share "things you wanted to say but never did." Thousands of responses came in, touching on themes of love, fear, loneliness and grief.

Arts

'Disaster Girl,' The Stuff Of Memes, Sells For Nearly $500,000 As NFT

1:17pm April 30, 2021

by Avie Schneider

Zoë Roth was just 4 when her dad took a picture of her standing in front a burning house. That photo launched uncounted memes, and now the original copy has sold at auction as a nonfungible token.

Humpback whales, working in teams, circle herring with disorienting curtains of bubbles off Alaska's coast, then shoot up from below with their mouths open. This innovation developed among unrelated groups of humpbacks but is now a widely adopted practice

Photos: The Culture Of Whales

7:40am April 19, 2021

by Taylor Haney

Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.

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Tanya Karina, a resident artist at the House of Yes, was in Texas waiting to perform at South by Southwest when the news broke about the severity of the pandemic. Since March 2020, Karina has been using their free time studying holistic therapy and learni

Arts

House Of Yes Performers At Home: How Artists Persevere

8:40am April 18, 2021

by Laura Beltrán Villamizar

The House of Yes performance venue in Brooklyn is closed for now, but the artists that were active in it are busier than ever, finding themselves and making art that speaks to the times we live in.

A woman fills a bottle from the tap at the Seth Gangalal V. Mulji Nandlal fountain. Researchers and water rights activist say the pandemic has exacerbated the huge inequality in Mumbai's water supply, with lower-income families struggling to find affordab

PHOTOS: Mumbai Falls In Love All Over Again With Its Forgotten Fountains

9:47am April 11, 2021

by Sushmita Pathak

They're majestic. They're neglected. And now they're slowly being fixed up. Conservationists are preserving them — and officials hope the fountains will supply free water for the city's impoverished.

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Black Enterprise, Tradition And Culture At The Bronner Bros. Hair Show

8:27am April 11, 2021

by Di'Amond Moore

Photographer Rahim Fortune visited the Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show in Atlanta in February 2020. He says he found a "sense of Black entrepreneurship in the space."

World News

'The Beautiful Dreams That Are Burnt': Portraits From Iran Under Sanctions

7:01am April 04, 2021

Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.

A crack in the pavement and a Black couple kissing. Both photos are in black and white in Al J Thompson's book, Remnants of an Exodus.

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Arts

Visualizing Gentrification In 'Remnants Of An Exodus'

1:18pm March 21, 2021

by Maura Friedman

Photographer Al J Thompson came of age in a community of Caribbean immigrants in Spring Valley, N.Y. His new book Remnants of an Exodus documents his return to a changed community.