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Senegal Votes in an Election That Almost Didn’t Happen

The top opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, is barred from running. So Sunday’s vote is widely seen as a choice between his handpicked candidate and the departing president’s designated successor.

Voting on Sunday in Ziguinchor, Senegal, in an election that many young people see as a chance to overhaul the political and economic order.

In Ayodhya, Modi Opens Ram Temple in Triumph for Hindu Nationalists

The temple inaugurated by the prime minister is on the disputed site of a centuries-old mosque destroyed in a Hindu mob attack that set a precedent of impunity in cases of violence against Muslims.

In front of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, in northern India.

Why India’s New Ram Temple in Ayodhya Is So Important

Its site is sacred to Hindus, and it also represents the much more recent victory of Hinduism as a political identity.

Security was high at the temple before the consecration on Monday.

They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn’t Prepare Them for Oct. 7

Volunteers with ZAKA, an Israeli group that recovers dead bodies, were among the first to reach the victims of the Hamas-led attacks. The trauma of what they witnessed may last a lifetime.

David Weissenstern, left, Menachem Weissenstern, Israel Ganot, Yossi Weisenstern, Duby Weisenstern and Efi Epshtein, all volunteers with ZAKA, last month in Yesodot, Israel.

Pope Raises Concerns About Church in Nicaragua

Speaking at his traditional New Year’s Day message, Francis highlighted the arrests and expulsion of clergy.

During his New Year’s Day address, Pope Francis said he was “following with concern what is happening in Nicaragua” and its crackdown on the Catholic Church.

How to Start the New Year? Keep the Sea Goddess Happy.

Followers of Afro-Brazilian religions have been displaced by New Year’s revelers. But they still find ways to make their offerings to the ocean.

Carrying offerings to the sea on Friday in Rio de Janeiro as part of an annual rite by devotees of Afro-Brazilian religions.

At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other

At a time when support for peace is at a low, conversations at Israel’s Hand in Hand schools about the Oct. 7 attack and the war in Gaza sound different than they do elsewhere.

Haya Saleh, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, with students this month at the Max Rayne Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem. She teaches a class on tolerance and empathy with a Jewish Israeli teacher.

The World in Stories: 13 Favorite Dispatches From 2023

Our correspondents ventured to some of the world’s most remote, and dangerous, locales to report stories that reveal a country’s culture and the human condition. Here are our favorites from the year.

For Archbishop of Canterbury, Heading Anglican Church Is ‘High-Wire Act’

Serving as the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans in an increasingly secular world is just one of the challenges for Justin Welby. He also had a king to crown and immigration policy to condemn.

The Most Rev. Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, in the chapel at Lambeth Palace, his residence in London, in December.

Inside Pope Francis’ Shift on Catholic Blessings of Same-Sex Couples

Pope Francis spoke with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and their supporters for years before letting priests bless same-sex couples. But the move’s timing also owed something to its conservative opponents.

This week, Pope Francis approved a new rule which allows priests to bless-same sex couples.

Government Offices in E.U. Can Ban Wearing of Religious Symbols

The bloc’s Court of Justice, ruling in the case of a female employee in Belgium who was told she could not wear a hijab in the office, said the restriction was lawful.

Hijabs for sale in Brussels in 2016. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday that public-sector offices could bar workers from wearing religious garments such as head scarves.

A U.K. University Will Confer a New Title: A Master’s Degree in the Occult

The postgraduate degree, to be offered at the University of Exeter starting next year, will focus on the history of magic, folklore and rituals.

The new postgraduate degree program at the University of Exeter in Britain taps into growing interest in the history of witchcraft and other related subjects.

Vatican Conference Draws All Stripes to Rome, Welcome or Not

A major meeting to discuss sensitive issues in the Catholic Church is being held with the utmost secrecy and discretion. Outside, it’s a different story.

The opening session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, or the Synod on Synodality, at the Vatican last week.

Here’s What to Know About Tensions Over Tibetan Buddhism

Much centers on the question of who gets to choose the successor of the Dalai Lama when he dies.

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama. Beijing considers the Dalai Lama a separatist and asserts that only the ruling Communist Party can name his next incarnation.

Vatican Synod Puts Catholic Church’s Most Sensitive Issues on the Table

Pope Francis’ calls for open-minded discussion will be tested this week as bishops meet with lay people, including women, to debate topics such as married priests and the blessing of gay couples.

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

In an Israeli Oasis, a Model for Peace, if Messy and Imperfect

In a small village, Jews and Arabs have chosen to live side by side, share power and imagine a more hopeful future. But even here, the agonies of the conflict can’t be escaped entirely.

The Oasis of Peace, a small village in Israel where an evenly split number of Arab and Jewish families live side by side.
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