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A robust economy and massive population migration are fueling a building boom across the country. But what the rash of new structures says about changing Chinese society may be as important as the buildings themselves.
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The population of the town by Beichuan has been reduced to zero, but former residents return daily to try to find what remains of their loved ones, a task that is nearly impossible.
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Li Shan Fu's 16-year-old daughter was pulled from the rubble only be to lost after being taken away in an ambulance. As Li continues his search, other parents' grief turns into anger.
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The 20,000 earthquake victims crammed into a stadium in Mianyang survive largely based on the goodwill of volunteers, and each other's helping hand.
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In the town of Dujiangyan, China, workers continued to search collapsed buildings for survivors and victims four days after the earthquake. Tian Rong Li has waited since Monday for the bodies of her parents to be retrieved. Others held out hope survivors still might be found, and captured on film.
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Female entrepreneurs in Maraba built thriving coffee farms and other successful businesses as society transformed in the wake of Rwanda's genocide.
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Pakistanis pay their respects to Benazir Bhutto at Liaqat Bagh Park in Rawalpindi, the site of the former Pakisitani prime minister's final speech and assassination.
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Videojournalist Travis Fox returns to New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina, where efforts to revive the city are slowly moving forward.
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Life in American Samoa revolves around family and football. High Schooler Ne'emia Vitale aspires to leave the island to play college football in the U.S.
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The birthplace of the roller coaster and American hotdog could be headed for an upscale redevelopment makeover.
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China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society.
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The crisis in Darfur, Sudan, is spilling over into eastern Chad, where the ethnic make up is the same and the border porous.
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For decades, Vietnam and the U.S. have wrangled over responsibility for the U.S. military's use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Now there are signs of cooperation between the former foes.
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Burmese forces are waging the largest military offensive against their own people in more than a decade.
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From the nearly constant artillery fire in the north to the endless amount of martyr posters, war is part of the landscape in Gaza.
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Romania sees its entry into the European Union as a final break from communism. In order to gain membership on Jan. 1, 2007, Romania must adhere to strict E.U. standards on everything from the justice system to the slaughter of pigs.
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Aceh, an isolated province of Indonesia on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was hit hardest by the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Four videos and 12 panoramic photographs track the progress of Aceh one year later.
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washingtonpost.com video producer Travis Fox and Post reporter Philip Kennicott report from Azerbaijan on the upcoming elections in the resource-rich former Soviet republic.
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Panoramic photographs from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Robert Gillespie is D.C. United's biggest fan. He leads the distinctive cheers of Barra Brava, one of the soccer team's fan clubs.
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Egypt's burgeoning pro-democracy movements prepare for battle with president Hosni Mubarak ahead of September's election.
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Overseas Journalist Relies on Technology to Send His Images Home.
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Video, panoramic images and blog entries chronicle the rebuilding a small Sri Lankan fishing village hit by the 2004 tsunami.
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Citizens in the Middle East and Central Asia struggle to find the Democracy that's right for them.
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The pundits try to get a good feel for the candidates' body language. The public in New Hampshire, however, just goes for a good feel.
Iowa | South Carolina
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In five vignettes of daily life, Return to Afghanistan captures a conservative society struggling to cope with enormous change.
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Sheet metal worker Michael Flocco is helping rebuild the Pentagon after his son was killed in the attack there on Sept. 11, 2001.
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New Yorkers reflect on the week's events and honor the dead at makeshift memorial sites around Manhattan.
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Nineta Daia, an HIV-positive orphan in Romania, walks everyday to the hospital for live-saving drugs. She usually finds none.
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While some observers described the ouster of president Slobodan Milosevic as a "revolution," many people in Yugoslavia are less exuberant.