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A protester holds a placard after India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned following nationwide protests as part of the Cockroach Janta Party's protest movement in Mumbai, India on Saturday.
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India's 'cockroach' movement ousts minister, but can Modi calm youth?
Diaa Hadid, Omkar Khandekar
Led by Gen-Z youth across India, the movement has become perhaps the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 12 years in office
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COMIC: Temps are predicted to hit 106 in Egypt this week. How do people stay cool?
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Zubedah Hassan, 32, at home in Kibera. She works as a champion for the Stop Sex for Water program, encouraging women and girls to speak out if they face sexual violence from water vendors or are groped or peeped on in public bathrooms. "The main problem is poverty," she says. "A girl tries to save money on water by doing favors for a vendor. Another challenge is drought. You find schoolchildren waking up very early to go and look for water and being raped along the small paths they take."
Nick Parisse for NPR
Some women who can't afford water are often pressured to provide sex for it
Raul Roman, Rafe H. Andrews, Camille Sachs
Hundreds of people gather in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to mark World Cancer Day on February 7, marching to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of early diagnosis. The World Health Organization cites Nigeria as a country with a rapidly rising number of cancer cases.
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Cancer rates are rising faster here than anywhere else. Are healthcare systems ready?
Durrie Bouscaren
Texas Standard
Texas’ school finance system is controversial. This district is suing to change it.
Midland ISD officials say the state’s “Robin Hood” system gives the state too much power over local taxes.
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‘Time is passing’: Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to find missing Vietnam-era troops
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