Dispatches

The Games brought billions to redevelop this Paris suburb. What will the thousands of homeless people who live there do?

By Sarah Hurtes

“I’m just bringing the cool factor to it,” said the American hip-hop producer, who has spent millions of dollars on 48 camels for a team he calls “Saudi Bronx.”

By Vivian Nereim

British Columbia recognized the Haida’s aboriginal title to their islands decades after the Indigenous group launched a battle on the ground and in the courts.

By Norimitsu Onishi and Amber Bracken

In the towns of Tulkarm and Jenin, armed militants are flocking to more hard-line factions, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, while the Israeli military tries to rein them in.

By Steven Erlanger and Sergey Ponomarev

Indonesia’s Bajo people, who once spent most of their lives in boats or offshore huts, are adopting more sedentary habits, but without forsaking their deep connection to the sea.

By Muktita Suhartono and Ulet Ifansasti

Some aging residents of Ste.-Mère-Église in Normandy can still recall the American paratroopers who dropped into their backyard. It’s been a love affair ever since.

By Catherine Porter and Andrea Mantovani

Since the war in Gaza began, armed Israeli settlers, often accompanied by the army, have stepped up seizures of land long used by Palestinians.

By Ben Hubbard and Sergey Ponomarev

A festival of classic cars from the communist era brings out some nostalgia in eastern Germany for pre-unification days, although the abuses that occurred behind the Iron Curtain aren’t forgotten.

By Christopher F. Schuetze

In a small English village, a group of dedicated locals has unearthed the remains of a long-vanished palace that had been home to Henry VIII’s grandmother.

By Megan Specia

When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.

By Elian Peltier and Annika Hammerschlag

The Louvre is joining in the celebration for the Olympics by opening up for dance and exercise classes early in the morning. Tickets sold out in a flash.

By Catherine Porter and Dmitry Kostyukov

On an island whose religious diversity is part of its democratic identity, many of the faithful participating in a pilgrimage for Mazu, Goddess of the Sea, were in their 20s and teens.

By Chris Buckley, Amy Chang Chien and Lam Yik Fei

As the war drags on, communities that were steadfast in their commitment to the effort have been shaken by the unending violence on the front line.

By Natalia Yermak and Brendan Hoffman

Even through the Myanmar army’s communications blackout, residents of a conflict zone find moments of grace, and occasional connectivity, away from the battlefield.

By Hannah Beech and Adam Ferguson

Coffee shops and kiosks are everywhere in Ukraine’s capital, their popularity both an act of wartime defiance and a symbol of closer ties to the rest of Europe.

By Constant Méheut, Daria Mitiuk and Brendan Hoffman

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

By Richard C. Paddock, Muktita Suhartono and Nyimas Laula

Al-Shifa Hospital lies in ruins after a battle there between Israeli soldiers and Gazan gunmen. Shortly before withdrawing, the Israeli military brought journalists from The Times to witness the damage.

By Patrick Kingsley and Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

Thirteen years ago, a stork landed on a fisherman’s boat looking for food. He has come back every year since, drawing national attention.

By Ben Hubbard, Safak Timur and Ivor Prickett

Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Yukihiro Shimura has now become a baseball missionary.

By Jack Nicas and Dado Galdieri

Business is good for snake catchers in Australia, as the period of brumation, a sort of hibernation for reptiles, is shrinking — a result of the warming earth.

By Natasha Frost and David Maurice Smith