From the immigrant camps housing children in Texas to yogis greeting the summer solstice, The Daily Beast brings you the most insane photos of the week.

Xi Jinping promised that China will head to the moon. The plan is to occupy it like the South China Sea. And after that? Mars.

Family threats, militia murders, persecution, and fear: The first ever study of its kind by advocacy group IraQueer reveals a heart-wrenching portrait of LGBT life in Iraq.

A cease-fire in Kabul and encouraging words from Washington have convinced current and former officials that there’s an opening for negotiations.

The fact is, Trump’s ‘insane’ America is leaving many former friends and potential allies with the feeling they’d better tighten ties to Moscow.

The founder of Britain’s anti-extremist Quilliam Foundation says that now he’s won millions and an apology from the Southern Poverty Law Center, he wants to move forward with them.

A trio of conservative henchmen are now working closely with each other against the pontiff’s efforts to defend human rights and equality—even on World Refugee Day.