Majd kept a journal about a time in her life when she was torn between getting married or going to school. Courtesy of Madj hide caption
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A cart in the garden of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem displays produce grown in Gaza: tomatoes, sweet potatoes, eggplant, sweet and hot peppers, green onions and herbs. Like all products leaving Gaza, this shipment needed Israeli approval. Emily Harris/NPR hide caption
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A Korean Air Boeing 747 aircraft takes off before storm clouds at Gimpo airport, south of Seoul. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A Tunisian woman waves her national flag as international activists gather for the World Social Forum in Tunis on March 25, 2015. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Pedestrians in Moscow walked past a sign showing a drop in the value of the ruble last week. Russia is one of the oil-producing nations cited by the IMF as facing lower-than-expected growth. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
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Mohammed al-Nimr is the son Shiite Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who was executed by Saudi Arabia. Courtesy of Mohammed al-Nimr hide caption
Shiite Sheikh Executed By Saudi Arabia Preached Against Violence, Son Says
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One of the trendiest videos in India in 2015? This comedy sketch on Indian weddings. YouTube hide caption
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Ohio Governor John Kasich speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kasich: 'Reasonable' To 'Pause' Resettlement Of Syrian Refugees
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Jacob LaLoush poses beside bougainvillea flowers outside his kosher restaurant in Sidi Bou Said, outside Tunis, in 2012. He says his is the only kosher restaurant left in all of Tunis. John Poole/NPR hide caption
Amid Security Threats, Tunis' Only Kosher Restaurant Shutters
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was opened on Feb. 26, 2008. Carved into the Arctic permafrost and filled with samples of the world's most important seeds, it's a Noah's Ark of food crops to be used in the event of a global catastrophe. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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As U.S. Announces Plan To Accept More Refugees, Michigan Gets Ready
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Hundreds of migrants walk to a holding center in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, near the Austrian border. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption
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Gargur, No'maan, Melsoon and Shams — four of the Muppet stars of Iftah Ya Simsim, the first Arabic-language version of Sesame Street. The show went off the air 25 years ago, and other Arabic-language Sesame Street spinoffs have launched since — but now, the original is debuting again. Sesame Workshop hide caption
After 25-Year Hiatus, First Arabic-Language 'Sesame Street' Opens Again
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Dalaa al-Aydi, 4, and her family left Syria just before the start of the civil war. Her only memory of Damascus is, "Takh, takh," the sounds she makes mimicking the gunfire. Holly Pickett for NPR hide caption