World Good Rain Day
A day for the rain people hope for, prepare for, complain about, celebrate, and remember.
Sudan Edition
World Good Rain Day leads today's complete edition for Sudan.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the rain people hope for, prepare for, complain about, celebrate, and remember.
Argentina declared independence in Tucuman in 1816, and the Casa Historica stands there still. Families gather for locro, empanadas, and pastelitos, the fried pastry with sweet potato that appears on every independence table. The asado runs all afternoon and someone always plays folklore on guitar.
The anniversary of South Sudan's independence in 2011. In Khartoum, the day is complicated. Some mourn the loss of the south, some celebrate it, and many simply remember the families that were split across a new border that was drawn with a ruler and a prayer.
A day for traffic, weather, jokes, songs, news, and the voices that keep people company while the day begins.
A day for borrowing, lifting, watching, warning, checking in, and making the block feel less anonymous.