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Yom Kippur break fasts are notoriously epic — all manner of smoked fishes and delicate pastries are piled high on the best china (or, if you're feeding dozens, paper plates). For many of those gathered around a table heaped with traditional Eastern European delicacies, engaging in the holiday meal is a way to connect with their Jewish roots.

How Yom Kippur Fasts Became All About The Feasts

The Jewish holiday of reflection and hope tends to bring everyone to the heaping table of traditional foods when fasting is over, But celebrating with a huge feast was not always the case.

Attention, Trump: Some Cultures Treat Menstruation With Respect

The candidate has created a "menstruation moment" with his apparent implication (later denied) that a Fox News anchor who asked tough questions was having her period.

Two boats that capsized while carrying fleeing Rohingya, seen Thursday after they were recovered by Bangladeshi villagers. About two dozen bodies were also recovered, according to local officials.

'Where Would I Go?' Thousands Of Rohingya Flee Myanmar After A Bloody Week

Since a militant attack last week, the military has cracked down on the mostly Muslim minority, whom Myanmar doesn't consider citizens. More than 27,000 people have fled for Bangladesh.

Debnath Mondal (front right), who survived a tiger attack in 2010, patrols the banks of the Sundarbans tiger preserve with another forest guard and a boat skipper.

In India's Sundarbans, People And Tigers Try To Coexist In A Shrinking Space

The vast patchwork of islands on a delta where three rivers meet is home to hundreds of tigers and 4 million people. As climate change squeezes the land they share, is increased conflict inevitable?

A construction excavator demolishes a so-called B-Hut at the huge Bagram Air Field norht of Kabul. The military used the structures as bunks and offices during the 13-year war but is tearing them down as most of the military prepares to leave by year's end.

Before Leaving Afghanistan, U.S. Troops Must Declutter

American troops are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan by year's end. So the military is sifting through 13 years of accumulated stuff to see what will be scrapped, given away or sent home.

As the drought has extended into yet another rainy season, some herders walk for hours to get to this dam.

As The Climate Changes, Kenyan Herders Find Centuries-Old Way Of Life In Danger

Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

Some of the devastation caused by the fight to remove ISIS from Raqqa, Syria.

U.S. Military Mission In Syria Endures As ISIS Nears Defeat

Up to 2,000 U.S. troops are in Syria defending Kurdish allies. The threats come from regime forces, Iran, Turkey and even Russia.

An ambulance and rescue workers arrive on the scene after someone drove a truck through a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday.

At Least 12 Dead After Truck Driven Into Berlin Christmas Market, Police Say

German police said at least 12 people were dead and at least 48 people were injured. Police said a possible suspect was in custody.

Camels in the western Indian state of Gujarat. These animals are part of a herd owned by the nomadic Maldhari herders.

India's Largest Dairy Brand Prepares To Market An Acquired Taste: Camel Milk

A nomadic community of camel herders in India has long relied on camel milk as their source of dairy. Now, a big Indian company is getting ready to mass market camel milk as a health food.

A Christmas market in central Berlin is seen on Tuesday, a day after a truck smashed into the market, killing 12 people and injuring dozens more.

Man Arrested Following Berlin Truck Attack Is Released

A truck crashed into a Christmas market on Monday, killing 12 people in what police call an intentional attack. A suspect was detained, but German officials say he is no longer in custody.

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