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Dancers with the San Diego Ballet perform in "Giselle" in an undated photo.

The San Diego Ballet's production of "Giselle" takes place May 21-22, 2022 — close to two years after its intended performance. It's a role dancer Stephanie Maiorano has waited her entire career to dance.

Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, left, is turned away by court officials and police as he tried to enter the trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei at the Beijing Number 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday in Beijing.

China holds espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.

Hung Liu, <em>Resident Alien,</em> 1988. Oil on canvas. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art, gift of the Lipman Family Foundation.

Remembering Hung Liu, A Portraitist Who Memorialized The Invisible

A career retrospective for the Oakland-based Chinese-American painter, who died on Aug. 7, opens at the National Portrait Gallery on August 27.

In "Mud Row," two sisters are seated on a couch wrapped in plastic.

In 'Mud Row,' two generations navigate sisterhood and social change

Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, the Cygnet Theatre production of Dominique Morisseau's "Mud Row" is on stage through Jun. 19, 2022.

The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back.

Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away

The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.

Leysha, a vampire with psychic powers, is on the case.

Supernatural sleuthing, bloody frustrations in 'Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong'

A new video game features three vampire investigators sniffing out a conspiracy in modern Boston. But it's not the gothic epic that franchise fans keep waiting for.

The marquee at the Wilbur Theatre advertises a sold out performance by US comedian Chris Rock in Boston, Massachusetts on March 30.

Chris Rock says he's still processing the slap in his first appearance since Oscars

Chris Rock performed in Boston just days after getting slapped by Will Smith on the Oscars stage.

Rubble and a damaged vehicle is seen across the street from the Kyiv TV Tower on Wednesday.

Ukrainian heritage is in peril. The Smithsonian hopes to rescue what it can

The Smithsonian Institution says it is in touch with contacts inside Ukraine who specialize in rescuing and preserving cultural heritage sites in times of crisis.

A man and a boy walk across the almost dried up bed of river Yamuna following hot weather in New Delhi, India, May 2, 2022.

Scientists give Earth a 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026

The latest estimate from various forecast centers around the world say the planet is approaching a warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent.

International special envoys for LGBTQ rights talk about pride around the world

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with envoys assigned to LGBTQ issues – the U.S.'s Jessica Stern, Italy's Fabrizio Petri and Argentina's Alba Rueda – about whether life is improving for queer people globally.

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