June 30, 2015 8:27 PM EDT About 2.4 billion people — or roughly one-third of the world’s population — still lack access to proper toilets, according to a report published Tuesday by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. The study warns that progress on sanitation is falling short of the targets outlined in the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals, even though significant improvements have been made in related areas including access to safe drinking water.

Profession: Actress and Singer Biography: Vanessa Hudgens is an American actress and singer, best known for playing Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical film series (2006-2008). While she had previously starred in the film Thirteen (2003), it was High School Musical which brought her into the limelight. Subsequently Hudgens acquired a recording contract with Hollywood Records and released two studio albums: V (2006) and Identified (2008). She has since continued her acting career, including roles in Sucker Punch (2011) and Bad Boys for Life (2020).

December 9, 2015 6:37 AM EST Last August, as Person of the Year runner-up Donald Trump was establishing himself as a real contender, the candidate agreed to pose with a bald eagle for a TIME cover story. The idea came from Martin Schoeller, the award-winning portrait photographer and frequent TIME contributor who shot the cover. The eagle’s name, for the record, is Uncle Sam, and he’s 27 years old. .

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. Raised in northern Iraq’s small Yezidi religious minority, S. was 9 years old when the so-called Islamic State killed his father and brother, kidnapped him and turned him into a child soldier. He witnessed unspeakable violence, saw friends tortured and was beaten by the “teachers” who indoctrinated him into the group’s severe version of Islam. Three years later, when his mother ransomed him back from ISIS for $10,000, he was returned against his will to a family he barely remembered.

According to Damilare Adenola, the Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, Lenin was arrested at his residence in Apo around 2 am on Monday, August 5. "Lenin has been arrested by the DSS. He was picked up during a raid on his house around 2 am. "He was arrested and tortured in the presence of his family. We are demanding his immediate and unconditional release,"