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The United States' popularity dropped among many nations as the war in Iraq developed. The show gauges opinions about America in a series of conversations with a variety of people from around the world, including Ivan Menshikov, a vice president of the Russian oil company TNK.

Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage Tuesday. Similar legislation is pending in many states. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and Kavan Peterson, staff writer for Stateline.org.

The gates of Buckingham Palace and many other sites across the U.K. are covered in flowers as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth.

NPR's Philip Reeves in Baghdad reports on reaction among ordinary Iraqis to the televised court appearance of Saddam Hussein. Many Baghdadis, glued to television footage of their former leader, want Saddam executed.

No community in Puerto Rico saw more devastation from Hurricane Fiona than Salinas. Heavy rainfall caused a river to flood, destroying many homes.

Novelist Dinaw Mengestu's debut work, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, explores the intense loneliness felt by African exiles, many of whom have fled bloodshed and turmoil in their homelands.

Many were shocked by the beheading of Aasiyah Hassan, wife of a Muslim television executive in New York this week. Hassan's husband has been charged with second-degree murder.

Reporter John Otis catches up with one Colombian mayor who faces so many threats from criminal groups — that he's been forced to govern — largely from exile.

Crowds of Iraqis descend on the passport office in Baghdad, demanding documents to travel abroad. Many are upset that bureaucrats representing the new interim government are not doing a quicker job of issuing the documents. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

With foot-and-mouth disease scaring many people away from beef, Europeans are increasingly turning to a different red meat -- kangaroo. Australian trade officials say they expect sales to Europe to rise by 20 percent this year. Linda Wertheimer talks with John Kelly, the development manager of the Kangaroo Industries Association in Australia.