Episodes

  • The World's Largest River is Running Low (Encore)

    The World's Largest River is Running Low (Encore)
    Dec 27 2024
    The region drained by the Amazon River, including the Amazon Rainforest, is in the second year of a punishing drought. That has lead to the lowest water levels in more than 100 years for the Amazon and its major tributaries. Millions of people and an array of wildlife depend on those quickly disappearing waters. In a story we first brought you in October, we travel to the region to see the effects.

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    5 mins
  • A Tour of Gaza's Ancient Sites, Now Lost to War (Encore)

    A Tour of Gaza's Ancient Sites, Now Lost to War (Encore)
    Dec 26 2024
    Among the vast destruction of buildings in Gaza, some historically valuable and irreplaceable sites are now in ruins. In a story we first brought you in February, our correspondent visited some of these places before the war and brings us to them, then and now.

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    7 mins
  • Norway's Salmon Farming Dilemma (Encore)

    Norway's Salmon Farming Dilemma (Encore)
    Dec 25 2024
    Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. And while some of those fish are wild-caught, many are raised in "fish farms"- large cylindrical pens made of nylon in the open water. Sometimes these farmed fish escape, mixing with the local population and causing ecological issues. In a story we first brought you in October, we see farmed fish in a Norwegian fjord and hear about potential solutions to the problem.

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    9 mins
  • A Sound Mirror: Notre Dame Cathedral's Restoration Can Be Heard in Its Resonance

    A Sound Mirror: Notre Dame Cathedral's Restoration Can Be Heard in Its Resonance
    Dec 24 2024
    Notre Dame's longest serving organist Olivier Latry tells of the cathedral's transformed acoustics. After a horrific fire in 2019, craftspeople resurrected the cathedral in just five years. The organist says the thorough cleaning of the instrument and the structure's stone makes the cathedral even more reverberant. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR journalists. Visit plus.npr.org.

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    6 mins
  • The Refugees Trapped in a Corner of Syria, Now Free

    The Refugees Trapped in a Corner of Syria, Now Free
    Dec 23 2024
    In a remote corner of southeastern Syria near the border with Jordan, some 7,000 people have been trapped in a refugee camp for more than nine years. They had fled Syrian regime forces and ISIS attacks and had nowhere else they could go. Our reporter is the first person to visit the camp and learns what the future of the residents looks like now that the regime has fallen.

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    9 mins
  • The Fight for a Crucial City in Ukraine

    The Fight for a Crucial City in Ukraine
    Dec 20 2024
    Ukrainian soldiers are struggling to stabilize defensive lines near the city of Pokrovsk, in the country's east, against Russia's much larger advancing army. We go to the front lines of Pokrovsk, to see how the fight is playing out.

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    5 mins
  • Examining The Biden Administration's International Legacy

    Examining The Biden Administration's International Legacy
    Dec 19 2024
    The outgoing U.S. national security advisor, Jake Sullivan, has been a top advisor and envoy to President Biden on issues of foreign policy. He talks to NPR about his view of recent events in the Middle East, the U.S. relationship with China and the future of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

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    13 mins
  • Why Syria's Military Imploded So Quickly

    Why Syria's Military Imploded So Quickly
    Dec 18 2024
    Former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad depended on his military to keep him in power for years. Then in just a matter of days, that same feared military disintegrated as rebel groups took control of the country. Our reporter in Damascus talks to former military members to understand why the military collapsed so fast.

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    8 mins