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Indian ministers Kiren Rijiju, left and Anurag Thakur, right, applaud as Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra displays the gold medal he won in the men’s javelin at the Tokyo Games during a felicitation function at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.9 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Olympic gold medalist Chopra returns to India as superstar

By Shonal Ganguly Aug. 09, 2021 09:27 AM EDT

In this Dec. 23, 2020, photo provided by courtesy of George Peters, the Peters family outdoor socially-distanced Christmas exchange is held on the front lawn at Renee and Dan Schauer's home in Cincinnati. Left to right are the grandchildren of Joe and Nancy Peters: Taylor J. and Oliva Meade in strollers; front row, Jane Matthews, Ben Felblinger, Amelia Hoying, Abby Felblinger, Maggie Hoying and Zach Felblinger; back row, Brad Schauer, Sarah Schauer, Nate Hoying, Ellie Schauer and Grandma Nancy Peters. The pandemic and its isolating restrictions have been especially tough for many of the nation's some 70 million grandparents, many at ages when they are considered most vulnerable to the deadly COVID-19 virus. (George Peters via AP)
Grandparents in the pandemic: a lost year, but now some hope

By Dan Sewell Mar. 21, 2021 05:00 AM EDT

FILE- In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, file photo, India's former President Pranab Mukherjee arrives for a joint services guard of honour before leaving Presidential palace after swearing in ceremony of new president Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi, India. Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who was a key troubleshooter in managing fractious coalitions as a member of India's long-governing Congress party died Monday evening. He was 84. Mukherjee had emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain on August 10 at New Delhi's Army Hospital Research and Referral. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup,file)
Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee dies at age 84

Aug. 31, 2020 09:05 AM EDT

Danssanin Lanizou, 30, right, sits with her husband, Yakouaran Boue, as their one-month old daughter, Haboue Solange Boue, receives medical treatment for severe malnutrition at the feeding center of the main hospital in the town of Hounde, Tuy Province, in southwestern Burkina Faso on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Boue used to sell onions to buy seeds and fertilizer, but then the markets closed. “I’m worried that this year we won’t have enough food to feed her,” he said. “I’m afraid she’s going to die.” (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Virus-linked hunger tied to 10,000 child deaths each month

By Lori Hinnant And Sam Mednick Jul. 27, 2020 06:55 PM EDT

Estimated number of people who will go without food early in 2021. Chart shows the most vulnerable countries ranked from highest to lowest.;
Hunger to kill 128K more children over pandemic's first year

By Lori Hinnant And Sam Mednick Jul. 27, 2020 06:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 1, 1982 file photo, Israeli medics from the occupying forces in Lebanon, give medical aid to two Druze children who were wounded during fighting between rightist militiamen and Druze gunmen in the Lebanese mountains near Bhamdoun. The 1975-1990 civil war killed more than 100,000 people and included Israeli invasions, bombardment, political assassinations, and occupation during and after that period. (AP Photo/Rabi)
National traumas familiar for virus-hit, unscathed countries

By Tamer Fakahany May. 04, 2020 01:10 AM EDT