There are few ways to make a decent living in Bangladesh, but there are many ways to die trying. The cruel weight of that reality bore down on a Dhaka factory complex on Wednesday as it crashed to the ground and instantly extinguished hundreds of lives and livelihoods.

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro won election as the country's new president April 14 in a close election against Henrique Capriles, leader of the right-wing opposition coalition, the Roundtable of Democratic Unity (known by its Spanish initials, MUD). Maduro, whom deceased President Hugo Chávez designated to be his successor, led the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to a narrow advantage of about 273,000 votes out of more than 14.8 million cast.

The hunt for the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings is over, but the consequences will continue to be felt, affecting everything from the character of mainstream politics; to the scaremongering about "radical Islam," both abroad and on U.S. soil; to the question of civil liberties and whether they should be violated if authorities decide there is a "terrorist threat."

Yesterday, after 21 months in federal custody, climate activist Tim DeChristopher approached the pulpit at his church in Salt Lake City, Utah, as a free man. The First Unitarian congregation rose in uproarious applause, tears streaming down more than a few faces. “It’s good to be home,” DeChristopher told the crowd.

During his sermon, he said that he had never expected to change the oil and gas industry alone. “But I thought that I could change people like you, and I knew people like you have a lot of power.”