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The death of Pope Emeritus Benedict marks an unfamiliar junction for modern Catholics.

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day’s work. (Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR)

Russia will end 2022 in a weaker global standing than when the year began. Its struggles in Ukraine surprised the Kremlin, and the global punishments are starting to hamper the Russian economy. (Image credit: Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)

He defined a conservative course for the Roman Catholic Church, but his papacy was noted for his struggle with the clergy sexual abuse scandal and for his unexpected resignation.

He is remembered as a staunch conservative who opposed modernizing reforms and as the first pope to step down since the 15th century. (Image credit: Marco Secchi/Getty Images)

Former pope Benedict XVI, who became the first pontiff to resign in some 600 years, has died aged 95.

Far-right minister says he and Tomer Lotan ‘agreed on termination of his position’ at newly-formed National Security Ministry; Shlomo Ben Eliyahu said to be frontrunner for job

The Canadian folk singer wrote the modern standard “Four Strong Winds” as one half of Ian & Sylvia and helped influence such future superstars as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. (Image credit: Ted S. Warren/AP)

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