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A man holds an Iranian flag during a parade in western Tehran.

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Fireworks and 'Death to the dictator': Iranians assess the Revolution, 44 years on

6:49am February 12, 2023

Following protests and crackdowns over the past five months, authorities held events to mark the 1979 Revolution this week. They show Iranians have mixed feelings about their nation.

An F-22 fighter jet is pictured during a NATO exercise in Lask, Poland, in October. The same type of jet shot down an "unidentified object" over Canadian airspace on Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada's Yukon territory

10:12pm February 11, 2023

by James Doubek

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Biden ordered the takedown "out of an abundance of caution" after the object violated Canada's airspace, the White House said.

A Belorusian tractor laden with harvested sugarcane idles outside a sugar mill.

The glam makeovers of Pakistan's tractors show how much farmers cherish them

6:09pm February 11, 2023

Marian Lewyeka's delightful novel, A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian spurred NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid to tell another tractor story — the history of Belarusian tractors in Pakistan.

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Deputy Secretary of State on U.S-China relations

5:35pm February 11, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman about ongoing global challenges, including the earthquake response, relations with China, and the war in Ukraine.

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People walk past collapsed buildings on Thursday in the town of Jinderis, in Syria's Aleppo province, days after a massive earthquake devastated the region.

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Northern Syria, already ravaged by war, is desperate for aid after the earthquake

3:04pm February 11, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

In northern Syria, people already displaced by civil war are now suffering from the effects of this week's earthquake. But aid has been unable to reach them.

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The Russian Progress MS-21 cargo craft is pictured on Oct. 28, 2022, shortly after docking at the International Space Station. On Saturday, the Russian space corporation said the spacecraft lost cabin pressure.

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An uncrewed Russian spacecraft docked at the space station loses cabin pressure

2:47pm February 11, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The incident does not pose a danger to the station's crew, Russian space officials said. The announcement came shortly after a new Russian cargo ship docked at the station.

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Iranians are protesting their government on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

1:25pm February 11, 2023

Today is Revolution Day in Iran, the anniversary of the Islamic revolution that toppled the U.S.-backed shah. This year, many Iranians are protesting the government that came to power.

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Nicolas Lopoukhine, head of the Russian Orthodox Graves Maintenance Committee, points to a grave containing the remains of descendants of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy.

Even a cemetery in France is affected by Putin's war

1:10pm February 11, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

The largest Russian Orthodox cemetery outside Russia is in a suburb of Paris. This normally tranquil place has become a battleground between Russia and the West.

A 26-year-old pregnant woman named Talibe Gezginci cleans her tent in a makeshift camp for displaced people in Gaziantep.

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After Turkey's quake, some people left homeless say they haven't eaten in days

1:06pm February 11, 2023

by Erin O'Brien

In a camp in Gaziantep and in makeshift settlements in the fields around it, survivors of Monday's quake say they do not have enough food, water, heating or basic amenities to keep themselves alive.

Turkish rescue workers carry Ergin Guzeloglan, 36, to an ambulance on Saturday after pulling him out of a collapsed building in Hatay, southern Turkey, five days after an earthquake devastated the region.

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Survivors are still being found as the earthquake's death toll tops 25,000

10:45am February 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

Rescue crews pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the quake in Turkey and Syria surpassed 25,000.