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The pandemic inspired a cartoonist to explore their Wuhanese roots and queer identity

In the funny and heartfelt coming-of-age graphic memoir 'Messy Roots,' artist Laura Gao unpacks their relationship with their Asianness, queerness and their ever-changing home city of Wuhan.

A makeshift shelter for Ukrainians in Tijuana, Mexico. Thousands who fled the war have been arriving here and waiting to be admitted by border agents into the United States.

Ukrainians have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border by the thousands

Tijuana's border crossing with San Diego has become the main point of entry into the United States for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war.

Angelina Voychenko (left) and her children and Yuliya Bortnik (right) and her son fled Mariupol after hiding for weeks in the basement of Voychenko's parents' home, with no electricity, phone service or heat, as the building shook from fighter jets and explosions. When they emerged to buy food, what they saw made them decide to leave: destroyed buildings, looted stores, no food in sight.

Ukrainians navigate a perilous route to safety out of besieged Mariupol

"It is either die or leave. We had no other way," says one woman who arrived in Zaporizhzhia after three attempts at escape. Officials say nearly 100,000 people are still trapped in the besieged city.

Mike Joe Sr. and family are packed and ready to evacuate St. Mary's if necessary. The family plans to cross the Yukon River by boat and camp if they have to leave their home.

The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire

Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.

Law enforcement detains 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front after they were removed from a U-Haul truck near the LGBTQ+ community's "Pride in the Park" event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on June 11, 2022.

Police in Idaho are getting death threats after arresting Patriot Front members

Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend.

Josif Feny, left, Anet Pchelnikova, right, Natasha Nykolyn, center, have dinner at their apartment in in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Friday, April 22.

Orthodox Easter will be very different this year for thousands of Ukrainian refugees

This weekend would normally be a celebratory one for Ukrainians. But Easter Sunday marks two months since the latest Russian invasion. More than 40,000 refugees have found themselves in Bulgaria.

Pianist Lara Downes has released a new album of contemporary and historical works called <em>Love at Last</em>.

Pianist Lara Downes heals loss with 'Love At Last'

Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.

No floats or beads at this Mardi Gras, but there are chickens

Faquetaigue Courir de Mardi Gras is all about chickens, mischief and gumbo. Photographer Bryan Tarnowski captured it all.

Students interact with a teacher during a lesson at Poland's Warsaw Ukrainian School, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

This school takes kids from the most traumatized parts of Ukraine — and offers hope

Teachers in Warsaw work to address student-held trauma in classrooms after the Polish school system absorbed tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugee students.

Dominic Gilbert Petit-Frère and Melvis Twum-Barima in Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1992. "Two immigrants lovers who fell in love at first site. One from Ghana and the other from Haiti. The love was profound and timeless."

Black and Latinx New Yorkers reframe their experiences through archival photos

Inspired by Veteranas and Rucas, Djali Brown-Cepeda, a Black Indigenous Latina, created the NuevaYorkinos and BLK THEN archival projects to showcase people like herself in New York City.

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