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2024 is an extraordinary year of global elections, with dozens of national votes worldwide. Here are some of the ones we are closely following.

Misinformation about the war between Israel and Hamas is spreading on social media. Videos are being taken out of context or mischaracterized.

Details are coming in about how voting demographics broke down in the election. So far, it seems Republicans made gains with Latino voters, a demographic that has reliably favored Democrats.

The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?

NPR asks Chris Borick of Pennsylvania's Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion about swing state polls that predicted narrow margins in the presidential race.

The news agency says it found evidence that Israeli forces were responsible for the October death of journalist Issam Abdallah. Israel's military is investigating but says it doesn't target the press.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas about how Israel's government is balancing its goal of destroying Hamas with the desire to save hostages held by the group.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein about the operation, which is aimed at securing one of the world's crucial waterways for shipping.

President Biden says he ordered a series of airstrikes on Houthi forces in Yemen because of what he called "reckless attacks" by the Houthis on commercial ships in the Red Sea.

In the mixed community of Israel's Lod, some groups are trying to deliver calls for peace and unity. But that is a message not everyone wants to hear at a time of war.

Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.

2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here's a guide for the perplexed.