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Naomi Pascal holding Teddy during a hike in 2020.

A girl lost her teddy bear at Glacier National Park. A year later, it's back home

After 5-year-old Naomi Pascal lost her beloved stuffed animal during a hike, her family wasn't sure it would ever turn up again. One park ranger's kind heart changed that.

Life in the Beijing Olympic bubble

The Beijing Olympics are playing out inside a massive quarantine bubble because of the pandemic. Here's what life is like inside the "closed loop" of these Winter Games.

Afghan evacuees debark a C-17 Globemaster lll Aug. 23, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

3 California Families Get Out Of Afghanistan To Safety

Three families from a San Diego suburb have now made it out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban's takeover.

Anti-riot police officers face demonstrators during a protest against the obligation of green pass, in their attempt to reach Chigi Palace government office in Rome, Italy, on October 09, 2021.

Pelosi's trip to Rome was disrupted by violent anti-vaccine mandate protests

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to be escorted from a Mass in Rome on Saturday after major protests against Italy's new vaccine mandates broke out.

Russia's embassy in Washington, D.C. is pictured on Wednesday. The U.S. and European allies are kicking selected Russian banks from the SWIFT messaging system.

Select Russian banks are being booted off the SWIFT bank messaging system

The U.S. and European allies are ramping up sanctions against Russia that include moving to cut off certain Russian banks from the key bank messaging system.

Iraq's average annual temperatures are increasing at nearly double the rate of Earth's temperature rise. This photograph accompanies Ruth Sherlock's <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/11/07/1051468823/iraq-marshes-climate-change-cop26">story about how climate change</a> is affecting marshlands and the way of life in Iraq.

These are the top stories NPR's correspondents around the world recommend from 2021

We asked the network's international journalists to pick one story from the year you should check out. Here are their selections.

A store in New York City stands closed on April 21, 2020. A year after the pandemic started to spread, millions of Americans are still unemployed.

'Why Us?': A Year After Being Laid Off, Millions Are Still Unemployed

Millions who lost jobs at the beginning of the pandemic are still out of the labor force, making up levels not seen since the Great Recession.

A snow plow clears Main St. on January 16, 2022 in Greenville, South Carolina. Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected in the area for the remainder of the day.

A major winter snow and ice storm is battering the Southern U.S. and moving north

The storm system could leave more than a foot of snow and in excess of a quarter inch of ice in some areas, the National Weather Service warned.

Hard work is a point of pride in China. But a culture of slacking off is now in vogue

Younger workers are questioning the benefits of the daily grind as they face worsening prospects. The rise of "Sang culture" embodies the frustration and soul-crushing weariness.

Supporters of then-Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg prepare to caucus for him in the gym of Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, on Feb. 3, 2020. The caucuses were marred by issues and no winner was named.

2 years after the debacle at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats eye changes to the calendar

On Feb. 3, 2020, an app meant to streamline the process for Iowa Democrats' presidential contest failed. That added to longstanding criticisms of the caucuses and Iowa's place on the calendar.

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