A general election puts the UK on the cusp of a new era. But in Stoke, a battleground city battered by cuts during the Conservatives' stint in power, many are skeptical that much will change.
Britain's King Charles III was officially crowned on May 6 in a magnificent ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Thousands of people gathered in London to take in all the pageantry of the event - Britain's first coronation in 70 years.
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Senegal is one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, but it still struggles with public health issues like iodine deficiency — the leading cause of preventable mental impairment globally. Marie Diouf, known as Senegal's "Queen of Salt," is striving to ensure members of her community and other Senegalse have access to one basic solution.
The pandemic could have been the decisive moment in the fight against climate change. Instead, some of the biggest fossil fuel-producing countries are injecting taxpayer money into propping up polluting industries.
The police killing of George Floyd has resonated around the world. In London — some 4,000 miles from where Floyd died in Minnesota — thousands of protesters gathered on Wednesday to show solidarity with mourning Americans.
Story by Eliza Mackintosh; Photos by Sarah Tilotta
Senegal is the only African country where sex work is legal and regulated by public health policy. The program has been applauded for helping control the nation's HIV rate, but it's come at a steep cost for these women.
This gay cricket club in London -- the first in the world when it was formed -- is proving a haven of acceptance for players from countries where same-sex activity is still illegal.
Story by Salma Abdelaziz; Photographs by Sarah Tilotta
Once the de facto capital of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, Liverpool has attracted the attention of several groups with Confederate sympathies in recent years.
Story by Sheena McKenzie; Photos by Sarah Tilotta; Video by Lauren Cook and Carla Howe
As the UK faces its most momentous election in recent history, a key issue for Scottish voters will be whether they want to stay part of the union -- or break away and become an independent country.
In May, as the United Kingdom began to emerge from one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, Kitty Grew started doing dry-runs of the commute from her home in north London to her office five miles away.
The ground beneath Hong Kong shifted at an astonishing speed this year, courtesy of sweeping security law imposed by Beijing that outlawed opposing China in any form, on any platform, anywhere in the world.
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The #MeToo movement in Senegal is known as #Nopiwouma (I will not shut up), but it's been difficult getting people to speak out about abuse. Meet the courageous women leading the conversation.
A sister's tragic loss of her teenage brother. Another young man's salvation from gangs through a grassroots youth program. CNN takes a deeper look at what's behind a rising trend in knife crime violence and gang culture among London's boys.
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Photos by Sarah Tilotta
Across the European Union, seasonal agricultural workers are at a premium. But as economic conditions in their home countries improve, the number willing to travel elsewhere in Europe for short-term manual work is dwindling.
The UK Home Office is under fire for revoking the visas of tens of thousands of foreigners after it accused them of cheating in an English language test.
A group of UK lawmakers are calling for an independent inquiry into the Home Office's treatment of tens of thousands of foreign nationals, mostly students, whose visas were revoked or refused after they were accused of cheating on an English language test in 2014.
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As US President Donald Trump took tea with the Queen in the exalted halls of Windsor Castle on Friday, tens of thousands of people thronged the streets of central London, in a huge and colorful demonstration against a visit that aroused deep opposition in the UK.
Story by Angela Dewan; Photos by Sarah Tilotta; Video by Muhammad Darwish
For Miguel Alves, it doesn't feel like it was a year ago that a fire gutted his London home and reduced much of it to ashes -- it feels a lot longer than that.
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A series of deadly terror attacks in Britain in recent weeks had left Muslims in north London fearing reprisals, but they never thought that violence would happen on their doorstep.
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The sky opened up over London, drenching hundreds of mourners who had gathered along the River Thames -- less than a mile from where a deadly attack left at least seven people dead.
Khalid Jone is -- in theory -- one of the lucky ones. He fled bloodshed in Sudan after his family was killed in bomb attacks, and made it to safety in the Netherlands.
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A community of ultra-Orthodox Jewish families struggling to afford property in London are opting to plaint roots in the small, 97% white coastal British town of Canvey Island.
Story by Bryony Jones; Photos by Sarah Tilotta; Illustrations by Kouzou Sakai
The Britain that Samuele Marcora fell in love with still exists: He can ride his motorbike along winding mountain roads and past unspoilt sandy beaches, laugh at stand-up comedy nights, enjoy live music at rock gigs, or meet his PhD students for coffee.
As World War II looms, a six-year-old Jewish boy escapes Nazi-occupied Europe on a rescue train to Britain. Five decades later, a woman in war-ravaged Sarajevo takes a United Nations flight to London, where she's given a scholarship to study. In 2015, a young Syrian man pays smugglers thousands t