Almost a year into Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas in Gaza, life there continues to be dire. Some 42,000 have been ...

In host Marco Werman's latest conversation with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek, Salopek arrives at the shores of Incheon in South Korea. He explores an old fort there connected to the US ...

In the Indian tech hub of Bengaluru, water has become a precious commodity. One initiative leverages an age-old, well-digging ...

Parts of Antarctica are turning green at an alarming rate, according to new research. Scientists used satellite imagery and data to analyze vegetation levels on the Antarctic Peninsula, a long ...

In Paraguay, the Indigenous Guaraní language is spoken as an official language alongside Spanish. Most Paraguayans speak ...

Lebanon’s facing a massive crisis right now. More than 2,000 people have been killed in the past two weeks amid Israel and Hezbollah’s war. One million people have also been internally displaced in ...

Spellcheck and auto-correct can be helpful when you’re drafting an email or a text message. But if that red, squiggly line appears under your own name, it’s a different story. The World’s Bianca ...

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, one of the leading museums of the world, just acquired a botanic book about Surinam for its collection. The author, Maria Sibylla Merian, was a 52-year-old divorcee who ...

The Chagos Islands were once part of the British Empire, and islanders were forced out to make way for a military base that is run by the United States. Now, the UK is returning the islands to ...

Former President Donald Trump has promised mass deportations if he makes it back to the Oval Office. Vice President Kamala Harris says if she wins in November, she’ll back a revamped version of the ...

Much of the rhetoric in the US presidential race has zeroed in on immigration. Republican candidate Donald Trump blames the Biden administration for challenges at the US-Mexico border. The Democratic ...

Alexander Smalls helped curate the book. The James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur joined The World’s host Marco ...