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Pope Francis travels to Rio de Janeiro on Monday for Catholic World Youth Day. Host Rachel Martin talks about the trip with Rocco Palmo, who writes the Catholic blog, Whispers in the Loggia.

President Obama took it upon himself Friday to speak candidly about Trayvon Martin and the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Host Rachel Martin talks to NPR senior political correspondent Mara Liasson about why and how the president shared his thoughts.

The vote is seen as a mandate on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus programs, which have spurred growth after decades of deflation.

Who the heck are all of these 20-somethings and how in the world are they able to drive all these Ferraris and Maseratis? It's the first thing that struck NPR's Anthony Kuhn upon his return to Beijing after a few years away. It's also clear the city's distinctive dialect and foods are growing scarcer.

Officials in Sheboygan, Wis., scrambled to contain a deadly, drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. An outbreak there serves as a reminder that the contagious disease still poses a threat in the U.S. Treating just nine cases will take months and cost millions of dollars.

In high-tech Estonia, home of Skype, one group is using the Internet for a different kind of venture: the Bank of Happiness, an online market for good deeds. The concept is that people do nice things for each other, just because — no payments or products are involved. The bank has more than 500 ads.

For a moment, Chris Reynolds was the world's richest man. The Pennsylvania resident checked his PayPal account expecting a zero balance. Instead, he found a credit of more than $92 quadrillion. The error was eventually fixed.

Magaretta Wolf has owned a grocery store in Marshfield, Wis., for more than 50 years. When a masked robber demanded she hand over the store's cash, Wolf refused. She didn't even budge when the robber displayed a small knife. Noticing a security camera, he finally ran out the door.

Moscow mayoral candidate Alexei Navalny was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison. The case against him heightened criticism that Russian authorities are stifling opposing voices.

A former aid worker turned his photography hobby into a career after taking pictures of patients in the tuberculosis wards at hospitals in the former Soviet Union. His award-winning photos show inequities in treatment and also glimpses of hope.