Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart and Ben Casselman    Plus, a visit to the Gates to Hell.

Jenny Gross    A flaming crater of gas has burned in Turkmenistan for decades. Satellite imagery suggests that the fires are decreasing, but the environmental...

Hannah Beech    For people in countries like Afghanistan and Myanmar, the president’s order dimmed hopes for sanctuary in the United States.

Raymond Zhong    The crop-devouring pests love arid conditions and the occasional downpour. Global warming is offering more of both.

Edward Wong, Anton Troianovski and Stanley Reed    Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is making the first trip by a Biden administration cabinet official to the former Soviet republics of Central...

The Associated Press    The oil-rich country’s dealings are largely opaque, but its central election commission said Serdar Berdymukhammedov had captured nearly 73 percent...

Lara Jakes    The number of cases of online sex exploitation, including of children, appeared to skyrocket last year as people spent more time on computers.

Natasha Frost    Here’s what you need to know.

Isabella Kwai    President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov proclaimed his love for the Central Asian shepherd, a breed known locally as the Alabai, by memorializing it in...

Reuters    President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov memorialized his Central Asian shepherd with a 19-foot golden sculpture.