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There are, technically, 133 papal contenders but no official candidates. Here’s how a New York Times team determines the front-runners.

As 133 cardinals were sequestered in the Sistine Chapel where they would vote for a new leader of the Catholic Church, the faithful and the curious gathered in St. Peter’s Square.

President Ahmed al-Shara, speaking during his first visit to Europe, said the talks were aimed at de-escalating tensions amid continued Israeli attacks inside Syria.

The comments from Khawaja Muhammad Asif came after India said its forces had struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir in response to a terrorist attack last month.

Inside the secretive meeting, cardinals will use an array of objects, many steeped in tradition, as they elect the next pope.

Groups representing survivors made last-minute appeals for the next pontiff to definitively resolve the crisis, which has swirled around the Roman Catholic Church for decades.

The cardinals selecting the next pope will take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. One conclave veteran said the fare was “food you could eat at a train station.”

Researchers collected more than 43,000 records of dives and assessed the photos and videos to determine how much of the bottom has been seen by humans.

In a parking lot in Ukraine, hundreds of family members gathered to greet loved ones being repatriated from Russian prisons. Amid happy reunions, there was anguish, too.

The aircraft went overboard on Tuesday as it tried to land on the aircraft carrier stationed in the Red Sea. Two officers suffered minor injuries.

Online oddsmakers correctly predicted President Trump’s election victory last year. They face a far tougher task in forecasting the next pope.

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.

The United States is said to be in talks with the African country about taking in expelled migrants. There may be lessons in London’s experience.

Officials and witnesses said that at least two Indian aircraft had crashed after India struck Pakistani targets, escalating the conflict between the nuclear powers.