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Thursday

Middle East

A farmer mediates the exchange of soldiers' remains between warring sides in Yemen

A man becomes a mediator between two warring sides in Yemen's civil war. He helps exchange bodies of fallen soldiers.

A farmer mediates the exchange of soldiers' remains between warring sides in Yemen

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Report from Yemen: The fate of the children

Laila Aseel, 24, holds her 1-year-old daughter, Aram. Aseel came to the hospital from an internally displaced persons camp, where she was living with her husband and four children after fleeing fighting in the north. She says she is unable to feed her kids more than one meal a day; when she arrived at the hospital, her daughter was near death from malnutrition. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Report from Yemen: The fate of the children

Peace talks and diplomatic progress have raised hopes of an end to the war. But has there been any progress in addressing the country's devastating degree of hunger?

Monday

Middle East

The honey industry in Yemen is feeling the impacts of war and climate change

Yemen produces some of the best honey in the world, from trees in the mountainous north. But the war and climate change make it difficult for beekeepers to produce it.

The honey industry in Yemen is feeling the impacts of war and climate change

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Sunday

Middle East

Yemen's famous honey provides a sense of place and pride to residents

Even though production has been hampered by the civil war, Yemen still produces honey famous for its taste and the pride people there take in it.

Yemen's famous honey provides a sense of place and pride to residents

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Monday

Middle East

Hunger and food shortages remain a severe problem for millions in Yemen

Even though the fighting in the long civil war has decreased, millions of women and children in Yemen face severe malnutrition amid a lack of aid.

Hunger and food shortages remain a severe problem for millions in Yemen

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Friday

She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen

Shaimaa Ali Ahmed, 12, lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Yemeni children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Goats and Soda

She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen

Shaimaa Ali Ahmed lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape.

She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen

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Tuesday

Middle East

Mere miles apart, a family in one city have been separated for years due to Yemen war

A family lives on the government side of Taiz, Yemen, while their parents and siblings are on the Houthi side. They haven't seen each other in eight years despite being a close drive away.

Mere miles apart, a family in one city have been separated for years due to Yemen war

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Monday

Middle East

After the death of his family, one man's search for justice in Yemen's civil war

A Yemeni man who lost 10 members of his family in a Saudi airstrike eight years ago is still searching for justice, his life and the neighborhood forever changed after the strike.

After the death of his family, one man's search for justice in Yemen's civil war

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Wednesday

World

The consequences of war are evident at a prosthetic center in Yemen

The war in Yemen is slowing down but one of the lasting effects can be seen in the large numbers of people — many of them children — who need prosthetic limbs.

The consequences of war are evident at a prosthetic center in Yemen

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Tuesday

World

Amid a never-ending war, Yemenis find respite at the beach

Despite years of civil war, people in Yemen can sometimes find an escape — like at a local beach. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 1, 2023.)

Amid a never-ending war, Yemenis find respite at the beach

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Saturday

Monday

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on television in St. Petersburg, Russia, addressing his nation in connection with the Wagner Group rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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World

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

Russians who fled to Turkey after their country invaded Ukraine worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin may increase repressive measures that will affect their loved ones back home.

Anti-war Russians watched the Wagner mutiny from Turkey, and worry about what's next

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Europe

Anti-war Russians who fled to Turkey react to the failed mutiny

Russians react to the mutiny by Wagner mercenaries and express their opinions on what it says about Putin's grip on power and the future of the country.

Anti-war Russians who fled to Turkey react to the failed mutiny

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Wednesday

A front-line city in Yemen is desperate for change after nearly a decade of civil war

Abdullah Saif Ahmed Numan and his grandson, Mohammad, stand in the building where they live in Al Dawah neighborhood of Taiz, Yemen. The neighborhood is on the front line of a divided city in Yemen's civil war. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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The Picture Show

A front-line city in Yemen is desperate for change after nearly a decade of civil war

Nearly a decade of civil war has destroyed millions of Yemeni lives, but perhaps nowhere has it been felt more than in the neighborhoods in Taiz that are closest to the fighting.

A front-line city in Yemen is desperate for change after nearly a decade of civil war

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Saturday

Asia

Yemen is in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

After years of fighting, hunger and destruction, people in Yemen reflect on what they've lost and their low expectations for ending a war that has devastated the country.

Yemen is in one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

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