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When the first explosion rang out, the men on the hotel patio looked up for a moment, then at one another — and kept on eating breakfast. Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, long ago grew accustomed to such jarring sounds, and nobody seemed surprised by a loud bang somewhere not too far away.

"A Bloody Reminder for Somalia: Chaos Is Never Far Away" is from the January 25, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

India’s government has declared condom commercials “indecent” viewing for children and restricted them to the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., when relatively few people watch TV. Conservative groups were outraged by recent ads, including one that featured a former porn star undressing piece by piece, and they pressured the government to step in. But progressive social groups said it was a bad move. India, they argue, desperately needs more condom use, not less.

"India Bans Condom Ads From Prime-Time TV" is from the December 12, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A pack of soldiers stepped toward a petite young woman with light brown eyes and delicate cheekbones. Her name was Rajuma, and she was standing chest-high in the water, clutching her baby son, while her village in Myanmar burned down behind her.

"Rohingya Recount Atrocities: ‘They Threw My Baby Into a Fire’" is from the October 11, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

For ethnic Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, home doesn’t exist anymore. Myanmar’s army wiped out their villages in August, turning their houses, their mosques, their corrals, their grain stores, their fields, even their trees into dunes of ash. The muddy camps just inside Bangladesh, where more than 600,000 Rohingya have since fled, provide no solution, either.

"Fate of Stateless Rohingya Muslims Is in Antagonistic Hands" is from the November 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The sting began, as so many things do these days, on social media. “The way they do business,” he said of ape traffickers, “makes the Mafia look like amateurs.”

"Smuggled, Beaten and Drugged: The Illicit Global Ape Trade" is from the November 04, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

What’s one of the best ways right now to crack into the Trump family inner circle? Buy a swanky condominium in India.

"On New Indian Condos, the Name Is Trump, and the Lure Is Meeting One" is from the January 19, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

He was a fixture in Kenya’s wildlife scene, an eccentric American with a shock of white hair, known for meticulous work on the black-market prices of ivory and rhinoceros horn. Now he is the victim in a murder mystery.

"No Suspects in Killing of Eccentric American, a Kenyan Wildlife Expert" is from the February 05, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

NEW DELHI — Thirteen children were killed after their school bus was hit by a train in northern India on Thursday. The accident’s cause may have been infuriatingly simple: The bus driver was wearing earphones.

"Bus Driver in India Is Distracted by Music, and 13 Children Die" is from the April 26, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj and narrated by Kristi Burns.

NEW DELHI — Hundreds of thousands of India’s Dalits — once known as Untouchables — skipped work and poured into the streets this week, waving the dark blue flags of Dalit resistance.

"Lower-Caste Fury Shakes India, and Hints at Fiery Election Ahead" is from the April 06, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

A toxic cloud has descended on India’s capital, delaying flights and trains and causing coughs, headaches and even highway pileups, prompting Indian officials on Wednesday to take the unprecedented step of closing 4,000 schools for nearly a week.

"In India, Air So Dirty Your Head Hurts" is from the November 08, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kai Schultz, Hari Kumar and Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

What happens in India when you rip up someone else’s plants and saunter away? You go to jail. Even if you’re a donkey.

"India’s Punishment for Plant-Eating Donkeys: Jail Time" is from the November 28, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and Kai Schultz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A passenger plane from Bangladesh slammed into an empty field and erupted in flames just beyond the runway at the airport in Nepal’s capital on Monday, and officials said at least 49 of the 71 people on board had died.

"‘Save Me, Save Me’: Scores Dead in Plane Crash in Kathmandu" is from the March 12, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

The last time anyone saw Gauri Kumari Bayak alive, she was gathering grass and firewood. Considered impure because she was menstruating, she was about to sleep outside in a cold hut. She never woke up.

"In Nepal, a Taboo Claims Another Victim" is from the January 10, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

NEW DELHI — In early January, Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old girl in a purple dress, was grazing her horses in a meadow in Kashmir when a man beckoned her into a forest. She followed.

"An 8-Year-Old’s Rape and Killing Fuels Religious Tensions in India" is from the April 11, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

First the trees dried up and cracked apart. Then the goats keeled over. Then the water in the village well began to disappear, turning cloudy, then red, then slime-green, but the villagers kept drinking it. That was all they had.

"Drought and War Heighten Threat of Not Just 1 Famine, but 4" is from the March 27, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Somali security officials said that the bomb had been packed into a truck that a suicide bomber drove into the Kawo Godey market, near the center of Mogadishu, the capital.

"Suicide Bombing at Market in Somalian Capital Kills Dozens" is from the February 19, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Hussein Mohamed and Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Politicians have been peeling off wads of hundred dollar bills to buy votes. Others have shown up for parliamentary races standing next to a political nobody who was bribed or coerced into running against them, to make the race look fair. In one case, the mysterious candidate was the politician’s maid.

China announced Friday that it was banning all commerce in ivory by the end of 2017, a move that would shut down the world’s largest ivory market and could deal a critical blow to the practice of elephant poaching in Africa.

"China Banning Ivory, Thrilling Nature Groups" is from the December 31, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Now, with millions of its people hungry or displaced by civil war, a radical question has emerged: Should South Sudan lose its independence?

"Quandary in South Sudan: Should It Lose Its Hard-Won Independence?" is from the January 23, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Gettleman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

China’s internet detox boot camps have drawn wide condemnation for abusive treatment of children that includes beatings and electroshock therapy, prompting the government to draft a law that would crack down on the camps’ worst excesses.

"China Says It Will Ban Abuse at Internet Detox Camps" is from the January 13, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mike Ives and narrated by Corey M. Snow.