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The World
Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.
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106 episodis
A special look at China
In this holiday special, The World takes you to China. We visit Shenzhen, which has become the most thriving megacity in the world — without the air p...
A New Year’s special celebrating The World’s 30th anniversary
It’s been an adventurous three decades for The World and we’re glad to have you with us as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. In this special New Year...
A special show looking back at 2025
As we wrap up the year, The World takes a look back at some of our favorite stories from 2025. We visit coffee raves in Barcelona. Also, a landmark pe...
Iranians grapple with a weakening currency
Fueled by a cost-of-living crisis and a weakening currency, Iranians are taking to the streets. While the government says it's offering dialogue, the...
US conducts airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria
The US fired Tomahawk missiles into Nigeria's Sokoto State late last week, claiming to target members of ISIS targeting Christians in the country, but...
2025: In Memoriam
This special show takes a look back at some important and influential people who passed away in 2025, leaving behind their legacies. They include Pope...
A special holiday show all about Greenland
In this holiday special, The World visits Greenland. Former Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute B. Egede stated this year, “We do not want to be Danish, w...
A holiday special all about Greenland
In this holiday special, The World visits Greenland. Former Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute B. Egede stated this year, “We do not want to be Danish, w...
A holiday special full of laughs
In this comedy special, The World takes you around the globe where artists find humor in unconventional places. Chinese-language open mic events becom...
Finding the joy of Christmas amid the war in Ukraine
In Ukraine, the Christmas season is being observed even amid war. We hear one story from a Christian ministry leader and Kyiv resident. Also, the Trum...
Cubans brace for fuel shortages as US tightens oil blockade on Venezuela
The US Coast Guard pursued a third vessel off Venezuela’s coast this weekend. The US oil blockade on Venezuela is also sending shockwaves through Cuba...
People in Portugal react to citizens' connections to US shootings
This week saw two shootings in the US that made national and international headlines. The suspected gunman and one of the victims were from Portugal....
EU summit seen as critical for Ukraine’s war effort
European leaders are locked in talks in Brussels over how the EU will fund future support for Ukraine. Also, a Chinese man who documented human rights...
Relations between the US and European Union remain tense
EU-US relations remain tense after Washington’s new national security strategy slammed the European Union’s migration policies, warning that the bloc...
Service member deaths raise questions about future of US presence in Syria
The killing of two US service members in an attack in Syria over the weekend has raised questions about the future of American forces in the country....
Australia mourns Hanukkah celebration shooting
Australia's Jewish community is reeling from a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Also, Chile elects José Antonio Kast in its run...
US sanctions Colombians hiring out mercenaries to Sudan
This week, the Trump Administration announced sanctions against Colombians involved in hiring out mercenaries to the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary...
Police in Spain take down white supremacist terror cell
Three men arrested last month in Spain have been accused of plotting an imminent terrorist attack and of belonging to a neo-Nazi terrorist organizatio...
The implications of sperm donors carrying cancer-causing genes
A sperm donor whose genetic material was used to conceive nearly 200 children in at least 14 European countries has discovered he carries a mutation t...
Iraq sees worst drought in nearly a century
In Iraq, 2025 has been the driest year on record since 1933, with water storage levels dropping dramatically. Politicians blame climate change, but th...
Syrians look back on one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad
Today marks one year since the regime of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in Syria. The World caught up with Syrians to hear their per...
In China, the future of transportation is here
Some of the auto industry's biggest innovators gathered in Shenzhen earlier this year for the Automotive World China Exhibition. From electric cars to...
Shenzhen, China, becomes electric car capital of the world
China produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s electric cars, and no city embodies that dominance more than Shenzhen, home to industry giant BYD....
Multi-lateral military force for Gaza takes shape just outside the enclave
At a large warehouse in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, dozens of US officials and soldiers — along with counterparts from other nations — ar...
Trump formally pardons former Honduran leader
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted last year in a New York courtroom of flooding the US with tons of cocaine. This week, U...
As US pressure mounts, Venezuela's president cracks down on dissent
As the US ramps up military pressure on Venezuela, the Maduro government is tightening its grip at home. Families of political prisoners describe disa...
An environment holiday special
The World take a look at a variety of environment stories in this holiday special. A new report finds that renewable energy sources made up more of th...
A holiday transportation special
The World brings you a collection of transportation stories from across the globe. Air carriers around the world expand premium seats and luxury cabin...
Fishermen avoid Caribbean waters over fear of US strikes
The Trump administration's airstrikes in the Caribbean are having a chilling effect on small-scale fishermen, who fear being attacked by mistake. Also...
Taiwan watches US diplomacy with China and Russia closely
Taiwan is closely following Washington’s diplomacy with Beijing and Moscow, as it hopes for US support to stay independent from China. Also, Indian au...
Fires threaten ancient forests in drought-stricken Iran
Fires in drought-stricken Iran are threatening ancient forests that are home to endangered species. Also, Ireland considers making a program permanent...
How agriculture gets overlooked in climate change talks
This year's COP30 summit in Brazil has highlighted food, forests and land as key topics. One sector that spreads across all of these is agriculture, a...
US-Russia plan pressures Ukraine to concede
A look at a 28-point framework to end the war in Ukraine, secretly drafted by the US and Russia in Miami last month without Ukrainian officials at the...
US wants Venezuela's 'Cartel of the Suns' on the terror list
The Trump administration is moving to label Venezuela’s “Cartel of the Suns” as a foreign terrorist organization, but some experts say the label doesn...
Saudi crown prince meets with Trump at White House
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with US President Donald Trump today, visiting the White House for the first time in seven years. Also, Per...
China becoming biggest source of renewable exports
China is making huge investments in eco-friendly technology and is quickly becoming the biggest source of renewable exports around the globe. Also, a...
Sudan's civil war escalates, humanitarian crisis grows
Sudan's civil war is escalating as the paramilitary RSF group, which now controls the Darfur region, escalates its attacks and turns its focus east, a...
France remembers its deadliest terror attacks a decade later
Exactly a decade ago, 10 ISIS gunmen opened fire on people across Paris, killing 130 and wounding hundreds more. Ten years on, survivors are slowly re...
Venezuela digs in as US sends warship to the Caribbean
As the largest US warship sails into the Caribbean, Venezuela announces a "massive mobilization" of its land, air, naval and reserve forces. Also, the...
Indonesia hopes 20-mile long wall can defend Jakarta from rising seawater
More than 20 miles of gigantic wall, out in the ocean, are hoping to defend Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital and Southeast Asia's biggest mega-city, from...