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Is it possible to hear the music of 2020 without getting lost in the noise? NPR Music's critic Ann Powers studies a year during which nearly everything about loving music was turned upside down.

A man stands at a Uritrottoir public urinal on the Île Saint-Louis in Paris.

Nope, Those Aren't Mailboxes: Paris Rolls Out Sidewalk Urinals

The urinals are not at all subtle. They're bright red and placed in heavily trafficked areas — for example, directly next to the Seine near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

French Ice Skating Federation (FFSG) president Didier Gailhaguet speaks to the media during a press conference in Paris on Wednesday.

French Skating Chief Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Scandal

Didier Gailhaguet, the head of France's ice skating federation, has resigned. French figure skating has been mired in a sexual abuse scandal after skaters accused coaches of rape and sexual abuse.

Christian faithful of the Legio Maria African Mission Church hold candles as they attend the Easter vigil Mass in their church in Nairobi, Kenya.

Photos: Easter Services Around The World

Christians gathered Sunday to mark the end of Holy Week and celebrate Easter. Pope Francis addressed a crowd of nearly 70,000 people at St. Peter's Square and denounced the violence in Sri Lanka.

Flutist Demarre McGill will perform Debussy's "Syrinx" as part of an SDMA+ Art of Elan virtual performance collaboration, inspired by Maximilien Luce's "Notre Dame" painting, available to stream on June 23, 2020.

Transformations In ‘Notre Dame’ And Debussy With SDMA+ And Art Of Elan

Demarre McGill finds renewed purpose in lifting up emerging black musicians amidst an uprising, and finds his own stories in hundred-year-old works of art and music.

Shefet is part of a much larger movement in Europe pushing back against the power of the tech titans under the banner of the "right to be forgotten."

The Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares

Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.

Methane emitted by ruminant animals like cattle and sheep accounted for 34% of New Zealand's greenhouse emissions in 2017. A flock of merino sheep on the country's South Island are seen here in April 2017.

New Zealand Commits To Being Carbon Neutral By 2050 — With A Big Loophole

The Zero Carbon bill is ambitious but contains a major exception for methane emitted by plants and animals. Methane from animals like cattle and sheep made up 34% of the country's emissions in 2017.

Tufts University stripped the Sackler name from several of its buildings and divisions earlier this month, citing the billionaire family's role in the opioid crisis. The founders of Purdue Pharma have come under intense scrutiny for how their company misled doctors and patients about the addictiveness of its signature medication.

Sacklers Withdrew Nearly $11 Billion From Purdue As Opioid Crisis Mounted

According to a court filing Monday, the family pulled about $10.7 billion from Purdue since 2008 — ramping up withdrawals even after executives pleaded guilty to misleading regulators about OxyContin.

Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg join these four candidates — Pete Buttigieg (left), Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders — onstage Wednesday night.

6 Democrats Are Set To Debate In Nevada. Here's What You Need To Know

Three days before the Nevada caucuses, six candidates will face off in a debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas.

NYC Emergency Room Physician Who Treated Coronavirus Patients Dies By Suicide

"She tried to do her job and it killed her," Dr. Lorna Breen's father said of the 49-year-old doctor, who contracted the coronavirus. His daughter was a hero, Dr. Philip Breen says.

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