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The beached pilot whales lie in clusters, dead on the shore of Hanson Bay in the Chatham Islands. Workers with New Zealand's Department of Conservation sought to prepare the 51 bodies for burial Friday.

Dozens Of Pilot Whales Die In New Zealand's 3rd Mass Stranding In A Week

Answers remain elusive for the country's Department of Conservation, which believes these incidents are not related. In the latest one, more than 50 pilot whales died in the remote Chatham Islands.

Disastrous Effects Of Climate Change Are Happening Now, Report Says

The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report. Noel King talks to Kristie Ebi, a co-author of the report, about what it says about the consequences of climate change.

Japan once labeled its whaling vessels with prominent "Research" tags. The country will resume commercial whaling hunts in 2019. Here, the whaling ships Yushin Maru (right) and Yushin Maru No. 2 are seen before leaving for the Antarctic Ocean for a whale hunt in 2015. In the future, Japanese whaling ships will not operate in the Antarctic.

Japan Embraces Commercial Whaling, Pulls Out Of Global Alliance That Banned It

Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission, which put a moratorium on commercial whaling in the 1980s. The country will allow commercial hunts for the first time in 30 years next July.

Congolese Are On Edge Following Presidential Election

The Democratic Republic of Congo finally voted Sunday in a long-delayed election meant to usher in a peaceful transfer of power after Joseph Kabila's long rule.

People walk in El Paso, Texas after crossing the border between the U.S. and Mexico at the Rio Grande.

1A Across America: Boiling Point At The Border

About a year after President Trump said he was ending family separations at the border, questions about the treatment of migrant children and families remain.

Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams (right) dribbles in a playoff game against the Washington Mystics last year.

WNBA Suspends Riquna Williams For 10 Games Over Alleged Domestic Violence

The Los Angeles Sparks guard was charged months ago with assaulting an ex-girlfriend. She will miss nearly a third of the regular season, and the WNBA players union plans to file a grievance.

Cocoa producers of the Yakasse-Attobrou Agricultural Cooperative gather cocoa pods in a certified Fair Trade-label cocoa plantation in Adzope, Ivory Coast.

Fair Trade Helps Farmers, But Not Their Hired Workers

According to a new study of cocoa-producing cooperatives, Fair Trade certification boosts the income of small farmers, but those benefits aren't shared with their hired workers.

Revelers celebrate the official opening of the 2019 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday.

Organizers Of Pamplona Bull Run Step Up Efforts To Address Sexual Assault Concerns

It's the latest move by festival planners in responding to a scandal that engulfed the festival after an 18-year-old woman was sexually attacked by a gang of five men at the festival in 2016.

Members of the European Parliament have voted to abolish daylight saving time in the EU. Here, workers remove the calendar dial of Prague's astronomical clock during a renovation of the building in 2017.

European Parliament Moves Toward Ending Daylight Saving Time

Under a proposal, each EU member state would need to choose either "summertime" (daylight saving time) or "wintertime" (standard time). The change would go into effect in 2021.

"There seems to be this sense where disabled people are kind of seen as oddities and forced to go through this world to be singled out and othered," says Imani Barbarin. "There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people."

#AbledsAreWeird: People With Disabilities Share Uncomfortable Encounters

"There's really no common sense attached when able-bodied people approach disabled people," says activist Imani Barbarin, who started the hashtag.

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