The exhumation began Thursday morning. Spain's Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month the government could move Franco's remains from the Valley of the Fallen, where he's been buried since 1975.
This year, the European Union has had almost triple the average number of wildfires. NPR follows a special unit into the woods in Spain to see how they let them burn for prevention.
While many Catalans are outraged at the central government's crackdown on the independence movement, the huge demonstrations have obscured deep divisions in Catalan society.
Police and protesters clashed on Monday in Barcelona after Spain's high court sentenced nine leaders for their involvement in an independence referendum two years ago that Madrid says was illegal.
After matadors kill bulls, restaurants and butcher shops will sell the meat during bullfighting festivals. One Madrid restaurant sells it all year long, despite opposition from animal rights groups.
A Colombian man trying to sneak more than a pound of the drug into Spain was caught with the package (poorly) hidden under his fake hair, a police official told NPR.
The five men were initially sentenced on the lighter charge of sexual abuse, but judges on Friday ruled they are guilty of rape and increased their jail time. The case prompted national protests.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party took 123 seats Sunday, short of the 176 needed to form a government. It's uncertain what a coalition government will look like.