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Can a 4-year-old go out alone? Why did a payphone in China keep ringing? Does stinky sweat have an upside? These are some of our non-pandemic global stories that drew the most readers in 2022.

Four decades after the New York City Rap Tour made history in Europe, Hip-Hop's influence is everywhere - in art, fashion and even the 2024 Olympics.

Bruce Morrow helped introduce The Beatles 60 years ago when the British band kicked off a new era in rock 'n' roll by headlining at Shea Stadium on Aug. 15, 1965, in New York City.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Chris Smith, director of Netflix's documentary WHAM! — George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley went from school friends to global stars.

Child labor is a reality in Bolivia, where an estimated one in three children work. But few face the danger of the country's child miners. A journalist who reported on the issue says some 3,000 children work in Bolivia's mines, children as young as 6. Some in Bolivia are trying to raise the working age; others want to lower it to legalize this employment of very young children.

The brothers behind the pop band AJR lost their father just prior to the release of their latest album The Maybe Man. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Adam, Jack and Ryan Met.

Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."

Donna Skoda is retiring at the end of the year. She led the department through major health crises including the opioid epidemic and COVID-19.

African musicians have recorded a fund-raising song to help fight Ebola. They say it truly reflects what's happening in their homeland — unlike the Brit pop Ebola song "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Check out the songs (and back stories) of women musicians from around the world.