Italy
A man and his dog refresh in a fountain of Catania, Sicily, on Wednesday, where the temperature reached 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). Salvatore Cavalli/AP hide caption
Few tourists venture as far as Trieste, a city tucked in Italy's northeast corner on the Adriatic Sea. Arianna Pagani for NPR hide caption
A Once-Forgotten Port Of Italy Is Alive With A Diverse Cultural And Literary Legacy
Giuseppe Dave Seke (center) plays a superhero who helps save his neighborhood from gentrification in Netflix's Italian-language series Zero. It's Italy's first TV series with a predominantly Black cast. Francesco Berardinelli/Netflix hide caption
In New Italian Netflix Series 'Zero,' A Black Hero Makes Invisibility His Superpower
An aerial tramway car fell to the ground Sunday in northern Italy, killing 14 people and leaving a child hospitalized. The cable line appeared to have snapped, but the cause hasn't been determined. Italian Police via AP hide caption
The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was "one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals." Emanuele Antonio Minerva/Italian Culture Ministry via AP hide caption
In 2008, people hold portraits of Marina Petrella, a former member of Italy's disbanded Red Brigades group, during a rally in Paris against her extradition to Italy. Petrella is one of seven individuals whose arrest in France was announced Wednesday. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Real Madrid players, left, duel with Getafe players during the Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain, Sunday. Manu Fernandez/AP hide caption
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Wednesda. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
A health care worker in Sydney, Australia receives their COVID-19 vaccination this month. Italian authorities got the European Commission to block a shipment of 250,700 doses of vaccine destined for Australia from Europe this week. Dean Lewins/Getty Images hide caption
New Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi presides over a meeting of his first cabinet in Rome Saturday. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
Former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi gives a press conference after a meeting with the Italian president, at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Wednesday. Alessandra Tarantino/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte replies to questions ahead of a confidence vote last week at the Senate at Palazzo Madama in Rome. Conte handed in his resignation Tuesday. Yara Nardi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Italy's Prime Minister Quits As COVID-19 Response Splits Coalition Government
The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today. Francesco Cacchiani/AWA hide caption
'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists
A girl walks past a buchetta del vino, a small window to serve wine, typical in Florence. Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waving at members of the media in Rome, Italy, in 2011. Berlusconi's staff announced Wednesday that he has tested positive for coronavirus but is showing no symptoms at present. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Aboubakar Soumahoro speaks at a protest in Rome last month. "If the workers lack dignity and rights, the food they provide is virtually rotten," he says in a new short documentary, The Invisibles. Patrizia Cortellessa/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
A COVID-19 patient lies in a hospital bed at Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital, in Bergamo, Italy, in April. Prosecutors are investigating whether regional or national authorities mismanaged the response to the coronavirus as it quickly spread through northern Italy. Claudio Furlan/AP hide caption
Pedestrians in face masks pass a mural in Naples depicting the city's patron saint, St. Gennaro, in a face mask too. Italy has set a timeline for lifting its strict coronavirus travel restrictions, after its outbreak overwhelmed medical centers across the country earlier this year. Carlo Hermann/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Commuters crowd Cadorna train station in Milan on Monday. Italy has begun stirring again, after a nearly two-month coronavirus shutdown, as restrictions on movement ease. Claudio Furlan/AP hide caption
A Senegalese migrant collects oranges on the plain of Rosarno and San Ferdinando in Calabria, Italy, on Feb. 6. The lockdown countries imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic have cut off the usual flow of seasonal farmworkers. Alfonso Di Vicenzo/LightRocket via Getty hide caption
Italy Considers Permits For Undocumented Migrants To Fill A Big Farmworker Gap
A vendor wearing protective masks and gloves serves a customer at a market in Rome on April 16. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In Italy, 'Suspended Shopping' Helps Those Facing Economic Hardship During Pandemic
A view of the Neapolitan suburb of Scampia, notorious for drug wars and battles between rival Camorra mafia factions. KONTROLAB/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty hide caption