Between a global pandemic, racial unrest, natural disasters and looming economic crises, there are plenty of bleak stories making headlines every day. So here is a pick of the week's funny, quirky an
Young people take part in a "Fridays for Future" protest rally in Aachen, Germany, June 21, 2019. /AP Young people, who spent last year marching to raise awareness about the climate crisis, wi
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the most high-profile world leader to announce positive for COVID-19 test late Tuesday, but he is far from the only one to be directly caught up in the globa
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car during a free practice session for the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, June 28, 2019. /AP Fo
A large refugee camp on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, near the town of Atma, in Idlib province, Syria, April 19, 2020. /AP More than one percent of the world's population is curre
"Not all streets are like Sesame Street. On Sesame Street, we all love and respect one another. Across the country, people of color, especially in the black community, are being treated unfairly b
A Black Lives Matter protester sits and holds a sign for change over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles, June 2, 2020. /AP The protests that have engulfed U.S. cities in the past few day
A protester wears a mask reading "I can't breathe" during a protest in Santa Monica, California, May 31, 2020. /AP After weeks and months of stay-at-home measures to contain the spread of COVI
When French police arrested Félicien Kabuga at his flat on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday, it ended 26 years on the run for one of the key figures behind the Rwandan genocide.Neighbors said th
Two men holding a rainbow flag stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate at an event to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Berlin, Germany, June 30, 2017. /AP Harassment at work,
The European Union's ambassador to China, Nicolas Chapuis, criticized growing tensions between the United States and China over the COVID-19 pandemic as unhelpful on Thursday during a video confer
Social distancing poster in Yukon, Canada. /Courtesy of Government of Yukon No, these are not memes. Around the world, authorities have been coming up with fun and whimsical ways to advise peo
Women bang spoons against pots and pans next to a banner in Arabic that reads 'lockdown not lockup' with the number of a domestic violence hotline as part of a solidarity campaign in Beirut, Leba
Women's rights activists protest against a bill that would further restrict Poland's law on abortion in Warsaw, Poland, on April 15, 2020. /AP "Having access to safe and legal abortion is a fu
Migrants gather outside their container homes during a quarantine at the Ritsona refugee camp north of Athens, Greece, April 2, 2020. /AP Aid organizations have been sounding the alarm about t
Stock photo of an elderly person. /Reuters They take care of elderly or handicapped people at home, cooking and cleaning, assisting with errands, taking them for walks and providing company an
Stock photo portraying domestic violence. /VCG In Austria this week, a man nearly beat his wife to death because the isolation and stress of staying at home "had become too much." In the U.S.,
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