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The 19th Guardian of the Pine: a famous Chinese tree and its bodyguard

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The 19th Guardian of the Pine: a famous Chinese tree and its bodyguard

Image: Mesut Ozil plays for Germany

David Ramos / Getty Images

Global Power

When is a German not a German? Identity re-emerges as a thorny issue

Drone video captures scale of Italian bridge collapse

Europe

Drone video captures scale of Italian bridge collapse

Image: Mona Lisa at the Louvre

Pedro Fiuza / NurPhoto / Getty Images file

Culture Matters

Muses for 'Mona Lisa' and 'Venus' inspire descendants centuries later

Image: A badger

Russell Cheyne / Reuters file

World

Animals suffer in Europe's summer of extreme heat

Rescue teams search for survivors after Italy bridge collapse

Nightly News

Rescue teams search for survivors after Italy bridge collapse

Car crashes near Parliament in London ‘terrorist incident’

Nightly News

Car crashes near Parliament in London ‘terrorist incident’

Image: The Greeting Pine is thought to be more than 1,000 years old

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China

China's most famous tree is in danger of being 'loved to death'

Image: Largest One Day Sheep Sale Takes Place In Lairg

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Image: Ilhan Omar

Frank Rumpenhorst / AFP - Getty Images

In Focus

The Week in Pictures: Aug. 9 - 16

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 10:44 PM ET

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Courtesy of Mary Daniel

Asian America

U.S. citizen detained and deported from Vietnam doesn't regret protesting

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 10:16 PM ET

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Filippo Monteforte / AFP - Getty Images

U.S. news

Vatican tells abuse victims 'the pope is on their side'

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 8:36 PM ET

An Afghan man mourns over a dead body after a blast in a hospital in Kabul

Mohammad Ismail / Reuters

World

Bombing kills 48 college hopefuls in Afghanistan

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 7:34 PM ET

Image: A woman captured on security-camera footage who police identified as a suspect in the case of Kim Jong Nam's death

Global Power

Trial to proceed for women accused of assassinating Kim Jong Un's brother

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 7:33 PM ET

Image: Statue outside of Old Trafford in Manchester, England

Mike Hewitt / Getty Images, file

Sports

American teen leaves Manchester United over visa issues

/ Updated Aug.16.2018 / 8:10 AM ET

Image: Crime Scene

Rich Pedroncelli / AP

U.S. news

Iraqi refugee arrested in California on warrant alleging he was ISIS killer

/ Updated Aug.15.2018 / 11:56 PM ET

Image: Pearl diving festival in Kuwait

Noufal Ibrahim / EPA file

World

Searing heat could make North Africa, Arab Gulf countries unlivable

Behind the smile: The descendants of the real Mona Lisa

NBC News

Behind the smile: The descendants of the real Mona Lisa

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World

Hungry Iranians struggle — even before sanctions bite

Image: Boys play in a fountain near the Eiffel Tower

Thibault Camus / AP file

World

How climate change might reshape your dream European vacation

Image: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

Global Power

Saudi Arabia's explosion at a Canadian tweet shows how rules have changed

Image: A construction site in Egypt's new administrative capital

Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

Move over Cairo: Egypt builds a new capital city

Global heat wave indicates a 'tipping point,' experts say

Nightly News

Global heat wave indicates a 'tipping point,' experts say

Image: Ri Yong Ho and Hassan Rouhani

Iranian Presidency Office via AP

Global Power

N. Korea's top diplomat visits Iran hours after Trump sanctions kick in

Journey To Antarctica: Photographer Sails To The Bottom Of The Earth In Three Week Expedition

Massimo Rumi / Barcroft Media via Getty Images

Environment

How hauling icebergs could help sustain the world's thirstiest regions

Image: Taliban ceasefire

Noorullah Shirzada / AFP - Getty Images file

Global Power

Taliban 2.0: Militants talk peace with U.S., but past can't be erased

Image: Federica Mogherini

Stephanie LeCocq / EPA file

Global Power

European companies are caught in the middle of Trump vs. Iran

Meet the many descendants of Renaissance master Caravaggio

NBC News

Meet the many descendants of Renaissance master Caravaggio

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Daro Sulakauri / for NBC News

Global Power

Putin-backed troops quietly move a border on the fringes of Europe

Image: Jordan restoration

Annie Sakkab / for NBC News

Global Power

Civil war destroyed their homes. These refugees are learning how to rebuild them.

Image: Lisbon heat wave

Rafael Marchante / Reuters

World

Lisbon is so hot, even beaches are mostly empty

Image: Pakistan trees

Farooq Naeem / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

New leader of terror-torn Pakistan plans to plant 10 billion trees

Image: Wall clocks

Brian Snyder / Reuters file

Global Power

No turning back: Europe looks at abandoning daylight saving time

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World

Extreme heat wave shrinks Sweden's tallest peak by 13 feet in a month

ISIS claims responsibility for death of American cyclists on trip around the world

Nightly News

ISIS claims responsibility for death of American cyclists on trip around the world

Image: Portugal heatwave

Miguel A. Lopes / EPA

World

Lisbon swelters as the mercury nears European record temperatures

Image: Mexico Airline Crash

Red Cross Durango / AP

World

'Not a miracle': How all 103 people aboard Aeroméxico jet survived fiery crash

Image: Europe drought

Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters file

Global Power

Devastating drought, heat wave hammers farmers across northern Europe

After 500 years, a clue to who inspired Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus’

NBC News

After 500 years, a clue to who inspired Botticelli's ‘Birth of Venus’

Image: Palestinian protesters

Mahmud Hams / AFP - Getty Images file

Global Power

Why protesters put their lives on the line by approaching Gaza fence

Image: Zubair Nazeri

Vladimir Banic / for NBC News

Global Power

Sedated babies, code words: Inside Europe's people-smuggling networks

Image: Taliban fighters

Global Power

Tea, cookies and perhaps peace: Taliban claims secret talks with U.S.

Image: Sigurimi files

Gent Shkullaku / AFP/Getty Images file

Global Power

Secret police files reopen old wounds decades after dictatorship crumbled

Image: Cyprus drought

Petros Karadjias / for NBC News

Global Power

An island nation in the Mediterranean Sea is running dry

Image: MV Aquarius

Karpov / Reuters file

Global Power

Migrant rescue ship's ordeal exposes hardening views as populism blossoms

Image: A farmer harvests coffee beans at a farm near Sasaima city

Jose Miguel Gomez / Reuters file

World

Coffee's survival is in danger. These scientists are fighting to save it.

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Christophe Simon / AFP - Getty Images

Global Power

Wives of ISIS militants file for divorce, try to start over

Iceland is for gun lovers (but nobody gets shot)

World

Iceland is for gun lovers (but nobody gets shot)

Image: Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray outside the Houses of Parliament.

Matt Dunham / AP

Global Power

What's behind the Brexit chaos, and what happens next?

Image: German military in Lithuania

Carlo Angerer / for NBC News

Global Power

Speed is everything when Putin's military is on your doorstep

Image: Nantong

AFP - Getty Images file

Trump Effect

China deploys army of farmers in tit-for-tat trade war with U.S.

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Dusan Vranic / for NBC News

Global Power

Trump's 'deal of the century' can't escape America's past Mideast failures

Image: ANTARCTICA

Eitan Abramovich / AFP - Getty Images file

Environment

Antarctica is melting faster than we knew. Here's what it will take to save it.

Image: Fallout shelter at Torsgatan

Mikael Sjoeberg / for NBC News

The World

Sweden has 65,000 bunkers. A 'wake-up call' from Russia means it's building more.