Author: David Baratz, USA TODAY

Japan marked the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed towns and led to a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

International Women’s Day organizers hope to inspire people to challenge biases, question stereotypes and celebrate the achievements of women.

Pope Francis traveled to Iraq for a historic three-day trip amid the COVID-19 pandemic and despite security concerns. This is the first-ever papal visit to the country.

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has a recent increase in the size and frequency of eruptions.

Celebrations are somewhat subdued for the 2021 Lunar New Year, as COVID-19 restrictions impact what is traditionally a festive time.

Myanmar’s military seized control in a coup Feb. 1, 2021, detaining the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her top deputies.

A mask shop in Tokyo Japan, Kamenya Omote, sells hyper-realistic masks modeled on real people and created with a 3D printer

Jan. 27, 2021 marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, where Germany’s Nazis were responsible for the deaths of over one million Jews and other victims during World War II.

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