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Indian PM Modi salutes Indian troops as French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during the Bastille Day military parade

Indian PM Modi salutes Indian troops as French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during the Bastille Day military parade

Modi's Bastille Day visit stirs controversy in France

The Indian prime minister was the guest of honor at France's Bastille Day parade — for some, a controversial choice.

A woman dressed in black with long hair sits in a park with the Iranian flag, checking her phone

A woman dressed in black with long hair sits in a park with the Iranian flag, checking her phone

Iranians keep up pressure at home and abroad

DW met two Iranian exiles in Paris who are drumming up support for the protesters risking their lives in Iran.

Two hands entwined, surrounded by rainbow flags

Two hands entwined, surrounded by rainbow flags

Pushing for LGBTQ rights in 2021

From Bhutan to Botswana and the United States, many parts of the world have pushed to advance LGBTQ rights this year.

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DW went to the village of Moshchun and the town of Irpin outside Kyiv to get a picture of rebuilding efforts.

DW went to the village of Moshchun and the town of Irpin outside Kyiv to get a picture of rebuilding efforts.

Ukraine: Rebuilding in a war zone

Ukraine: Rebuilding in a war zone

DW went to the village of Moshchun and the town of Irpin outside Kyiv to get a picture of rebuilding efforts.

Flakpanzer vom Typ Gepard

Flakpanzer vom Typ Gepard

Ukraine uses German Gepard tanks to defend its skies

Ukraine uses German Gepard tanks to defend its skies

As Ukraine's air defense steps up increasing attacks, one weapon fills an important gap: the German-made Gepards.

Ukraine | Two women looking at their village, streets and houses are flooded

Ukraine | Two women looking at their village, streets and houses are flooded

Ukrainian farmers worry about aftermath of deluge

Ukrainian farmers worry about aftermath of deluge

DW visited a village in the Mykolaiv region where residents must use a boat to get around.

June 17, 1953 uprising in East Germany

June 17, 1953 uprising in East Germany

GDR Rebellion: The 1953 uprising

GDR Rebellion: The 1953 uprising

Germany marks the anniversary of the June 17, 1953 East German uprising.

Two men stand on rooftops as a boat passes by on the flooded street below them.

Two men stand on rooftops as a boat passes by on the flooded street below them.

Residents of flooded Kherson brace for more hardship

Residents of flooded Kherson brace for more hardship

In the front-line city of Kherson, the floodwaters are just the latest threat its residents have to cope with.

Still Global Us | Indien Altenheime

Still Global Us | Indien Altenheime

Who Will Care for the Elderly?

Who Will Care for the Elderly?

India has a growing number of retirement homes – but only the well-off can afford them.

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