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A young boy has his arm measured in October 2016 to see if he is suffering from malnutrition during a nutritional assessment at an emergency medical facility supported by UNICEF in Kuach, on the road to Leer, in South Sudan. Famine has been declared Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 in two counties of South Sudan. (Kate Holt/UNICEF via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
As civil strife threatens greater disorder, a famine looms in South Sudan; Pope Francis urges intervention.
Jasper Spillman, of Lawrence, Kan., joins others departing from the "water protectors" main camp on Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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Kevin Clarke
The Jesuits invite people of good will and members of Congress to call on the administration to reverse its decision the Dakota access pipeline.
Bilal Ali, a human rights advocate and organizer with the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness, participates in a small group session on Feb. 17 at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, Calif. (CNS photo/Dennis Sadowski) 
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Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
"The diversity of ideas, it takes us farther," said Bilal Ali, 64, a human rights advocate and organizer.
Afghan women hold placards as they take part in a protest demanding better living conditions at the refugee camp of the former international Helliniko airport in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 18. (CNS photo/Yannis Kolesidis, EPA) 
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
When Pope Francis affirms basic Christian principles, he is not singling out one person or nation, but he definitely is not excluding them either.
Rosenbloom Monument Co. workers from left, Nathan Fohne, Derek Doolin and Philip Weiss hoist a headstone at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., where over 150 headstones were tipped over. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)
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Jim Salter - Associated Press
Muslim groups has raised nearly $75,000 in a crowdfunding campaign for the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri.
Rosenbloom Monument Co. workers from left, Nathan Fohne, Derek Doolin and Philip Weiss hoist a headstone at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., where over 150 headstones were tipped over. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)
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Jim Salter - Associated Press
Muslim groups have raised nearly $75,000 in a crowdfunding campaign for the Chesed Shel Emeth Society cemetery in University City, Missouri.