The 23-year-old Cuban composer, director and singer didn't pay attention to Santería until she learned its music.

The World's Marco Werman wanted to get a taste of what the people who patrol our waters do, and what their job is like these days. So he joined the Coast Guard on patrol at their base, right here in Boston harbor.

Mexico’s estimated 25.6 million indigenous people are largely absent from their nation’s mainstream political life. María de Jesús Patricio Martínez aims to change that.

“We won’t call something anti-Semitism until we really know it’s anti-Semitism."

According to reports on Monday, the Mexican authorities used advanced spyware technology created by an Israeli company to spy on journalists, lawyers and activists critical of the government.

Cole uses text and photography to find connections that might easily be overlooked in 25 locales around the world.

Protesters calling for action Friday over the fire at London's Grenfell Tower stormed Kensington and Chelsea town halls, the center of local government in the area.

Iraqi musician Rahim AlHaj tells us a powerful story about his song "Running Boy." It's part of The World's new partnership with Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Challenging prohibitions on driving in Saudi Arabia is no easy task.

This month in Mexico, Markus Rindt, a German symphony conductor who grew up in East Germany under Communism, brought his "Tear Down This Wall!" tour to Mexico, and the US-Mexico border. Things got complicated.