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Mokdad with the instrument he invented, named "Adad." Ameen Mokdad hide caption

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ISIS destroyed his instruments. He made a new one from scraps and composed an album

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مقداد مع الآلة الموسيقية التي اخترعها وأطلق عليها اسم «أدد». أمين مقداد hide caption

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صنع الموسيقى من الخراب: موسيقي عراقي يصنع آلته من أنقاض الحرب

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From left: Shohei Ohtani, Te-Hina Paopao, former U.S. President Donald J. Trump Matt Krohn, Getty Images; Steph Chambers/Getty Images; Megan Briggs/Getty Images hide caption

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Dancers wearing Chechen national costumes perform to celebrate the reelection of Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured in the background) in Grozny, Russia in September 2021. Musa Sadulayev/AP hide caption

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Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption

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Sudanese American rapper Bas in Khartoum during more peaceful times. Kgotso Aphane/The Fiends/Bas hide caption

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Sudanese American rapper Bas on using music to cope with the brutal conflict in Sudan

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People take part in a protest on Sept. 21 in Lagos, Nigeria, to demand justice following the death of Afrobeats star Mohbad. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption

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The Nigerian music star Mohbad died on Sept. 12 in Lagos at age 27. BANG Showbiz via Reuters hide caption

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Fans of a rising Nigerian music star are protesting after his untimely death

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Lauren Mayberry performs at the 9:30 Club in D.C. on Monday. Jordan A. Grobe hide caption

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Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry goes solo — and we got exclusive backstage access

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Minji, Danielle, Hyein, Haerin and Hanni of NewJeans perform at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in 2023. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption

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How K-pop took over the world — as told by one fan who rode the wave

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New York University researchers led by Pascal Wallisch, a professor at the University's Center for Data Science, investigated why people love and hate different music and found that they typically know if they like a song within seconds of listening. Getty Images hide caption

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You've heard of love at first sight. How about love at first sound?

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Russian-born violinist Nataly Merezhuk's new album 'Jazz on Bones' explores the history of jazz in the former Soviet Union. 'Courtesy of Nataly Merezhuk hide caption

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Violinist's album honors the underground effort to keep jazz alive after Stalin's ban

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