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December 16, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

From the Middle East to Europe, one of the biggest questions today is: How many Syrians who fled their homes during the civil war will return? Dominique Soguel offers the first glimpses of an answer today.

My attention turns to the al-Khansour family, who stayed in Syria, resettling in the city run by the rebels who now control the country. It is a slice of what Syria was – and perhaps could be.


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Lee Jae-myung, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, and other lawmakers bow after the South Korean parliament passed a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol, at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 14, 2024.

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Angeth Nhial sits with her 12-year-old son, Majok Garang (right), who has a cognitive disability, and a grandchild, near their thatched mud hut in Panpandiar, South Sudan.
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Photographer Francisco Valdean plays around with a projector that is part of his Maré Itinerant Museum of Images following a community photography class in the Mangueira samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 26, 2024.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wears virtual reality (VR) goggles as he welcomes the German WorldSkills team after their championship in Berlin, Dec. 3.

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A look ahead

Thank you for spending time with us today. Please come back tomorrow for a charming holiday story about a new musical production celebrating 19th-century Swedish seagoing knitters, called “sweater dears.” When a choir conductor skeptically asked, “Shall we sing about some old ladies going to Stockholm selling cardigans?” the answer was an emphatic yes.

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