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The world media captured the 1989 protests and crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. But across China, similar protests were taking place. Students in the southwest city of Chengdu began their own hunger strike in Tianfu Square several days after their Beijing counterparts. The photographer of this image — and several below — asked not to be identified because of current ties with China.

After 25 Years Of Amnesia, Remembering A Forgotten Tiananmen

The bloody 1989 crackdown in Beijing changed China, NPR's Louisa Lim explains in a new book. She also chronicles the brutal repression that took place in another city — and remained hidden until now.

George Murray, who served in Vietnam, was able to access his medical benefits from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs relatively easily while living in Boston. But veterans living in other parts of Massachusetts, like Cape Cod, have more difficulty. Across the U.S., VA data show the unevenness in its benefit spending.

VA Data Show Disparities In Veteran Benefits Spending

Nationwide veteran benefits data show a huge variation in coverage from state to state, and even within states. In Massachusetts, access to VA services changes dramatically from Boston to Cape Cod.

Senators and officials from the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority speak at recess during an emergency Committee on Budget, Appropriations and Finance meeting Wednesday in the Earle B. Ottley Legislative Hall on St. Thomas. (Clockwise from left) Senate Majority Leader Kenneth Gittens; Senator Donna Frett-Gregory, committee chair; Ashley Bryan, WAPA interim chief operating officer; Senator Ray Fonseca; Lorraine Kelly, WAPA interim chief financial officer; and Dionne Sinclair, WAPA general counsel.

Senators drill down for information to address WAPA’s financial crisis; Subpoena govn’t officials

Senators question WAPA officials for information during emergency committee meeting to address the Authority’s financial crisis; Subpoena executive branch officials.

A mobile lab visits a village in the war-torn Kharkiv region. Villagers line up for general checkups. HIV testing and treatment is a big part of the agenda.

Ukraine keeps up the fight against HIV while fighting a war

Progress in preventing infections was being made in the country with Europe's second-highest number of HIV cases. Then came the Russian invasion.

Army veteran Ray Queen stands with his wife, Rebecca Queen, outside their home in Bartlesville, Okla. An NPR investigation has found that thousands of U.S. military service members and veterans, including the Queen family, are at risk of losing their homes through no fault of their own.

Thousands of veterans face foreclosure and it's not their fault. The VA could help

An NPR investigation finds that many people with VA loans who got a COVID forbearance are at risk of losing their homes. The VA has a fix, but it could be too late unless it halts foreclosures.

Olowan Magarang, 61, lost his home, business and mushroom farm during the ISIS siege in Marawi, Philippines. He said he worked as a medical technician in the Middle East, where he saved enough money to return to the city to build a house and business. "Now, it is all gone," he says.

The Philippines' Marawi City Remains Wrecked Nearly 2 Years After ISIS War

The city has a rich heritage of buildings and mosques. Today, the battle scars are as prominent as ever and residents displaced by the conflict complain about the sluggish reconstruction.

Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery.

A rare and neglected flesh-eating disease finally gets some attention

It's called noma. It's a potentially fatal bacterial infection. And it's been so neglected that it wasn't even on the official WHO list of Neglected Tropical Disease — until now.

One of the hot button issues in the presidential debate will be the economy

On this day before the presidential candidates debate, we have some debate prep for voters. Tuesday's briefing was on immigration -- and now the issue is the economy.

A tsunami makes its way across the Pacific, with waves hitting the U.S. West Coast

A powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Far East is sending tsunami waves to Hawaii, Alaska, California and Oregon. More countries, like Peru and Chile, are bracing for impact.

'Hell on Earth': Doctor describes 'mass casualty incidents' every day after aid sites open in Gaza

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been using American contractors to distribute boxes of food in four sites in Gaza. Since they began operations over a month ago, the Gaza Health Ministry has reported hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed while seeking this aid.

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