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Behind Mexico's Most Violent Month

9:16pm June 25, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Official figures from the Mexican government show that more than 2,000 people were killed in May, making it the deadliest month on record in Mexico since the government began tracking murders in 1997.

Local residents look at burnt bodies after an oil tanker caught fire on a highway Sunday in Pakistan.

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At Least 150 People Killed After Oil Truck Catches Fire In Pakistan

3:55pm June 25, 2017

by James Doubek

Hundreds of people had gathered around to try to collect oil after an oil tanker truck overturned and began leaking. Someone lighting a cigarette may have sparked the fire.

A child stands among the people taking part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania. Members of the country's Muslim community gathered at the massive Dinamo soccer stadium in the Romanian capital.

PHOTOS: Here's How Muslims Worldwide Are Celebrating Ramadan's End

1:30pm June 25, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

For many Muslims around the world, Sunday marks the start of Eid al-Fitr, a time of prayer and celebration. Here's a peek at the festivities, which are often as different as the places they're held.

A man looks on during government airstrikes in the early morning Friday in Marawi. Residents had a brief respite from the fighting Sunday, but gunfire quickly returned to the city after a cease-fire was lifted.

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For Besieged Marawi Residents, A Brief Respite Ends In Gunfire

10:22am June 25, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Partly to mark the end of Ramadan, the Philippine military declared a unilateral truce with ISIS-linked militants in the southern city. But not long after the peace expired, the violence resumed.

An officer stands at the Fresnes Prison in France in September 2016. Fresnes was the first French prison to separate radicalized inmates from the general prison population.

Inside French Prisons, A Struggle To Combat Radicalization

7:07am June 25, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

Some of the home-grown terrorists who have struck France in recent years were petty criminals who were radicalized in prison.

Kailash Satyarthi receives flowers from school children in Bangalore.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner's Message To America: 'All Children Are Our Children'

7:00am June 25, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

Kaiilash Satyarthi came to Washington to encourage the U.S. government to fight for the freedom of child laborers.

Chinese military police and rescue workers at the site of a landslide in in Xinmo village, Sichuan province on Saturday.

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15 Dead After Landslide In Southwest China Buries More Than 120

11:32pm June 24, 2017

by James Doubek

Rescue crews found 15 bodies on Saturday, Chinese state news says. But 118 people remain missing, after a landslide of mud, rocks and boulders buried the town of Xinmo in Sichuan province.

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of an explosion in Quetta on Friday. All told, dozens of people were killed Friday in several cities across Pakistan.

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Dozens Of People Killed In A Bloody Day Of Attacks Across Pakistan

7:35pm June 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Between twin bombings at a Parachinar market, a car bombing near a police office in Quetta and a shooting in Karachi, Pakistan is reeling from attacks claimed by several extremist groups.

A Yemeni child suspected of having cholera sits outside a makeshift hospital in the capital, Sanaa, earlier this month. World health authorities say that of the more than 1,300 people who have died of the disease, a quarter have been children.

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Yemen Now Faces 'The Worst Cholera Outbreak In The World,' U.N. Says

6:30pm June 24, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

World health authorities say the war-torn nation now has upwards of 200,000 suspected cases, and that number is increasing at an average of 5,000 a day. A quarter of those who have died are children.

Barbershop: Reflections On A Particularly Difficult Ramadan

6:03pm June 24, 2017

In anticipation for Eid, U.S. Representative André Carson, D-Ind., Buzzfeed News reporter Hannah Allam and CAIR Executive Director for the Cleveland chapter Julia Shearson look back at this Ramadan.

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