Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, from the past three days.

Local leaders signed off on election results with little fanfare, even in counties where certification has previously been met with skepticism.

He accuses Carmack-Altwies of violating the New Mexico Governmental Conduct Act by posting ... Carmack-Altwies posted a video on her official government Facebook page on Election Day endorsing ...

Judicial independence is not a luxury but the bedrock of any functioning democracy. The reform risks turning courts into political battlegrounds by subjecting judicial appointments to popular vote.

Women will for the first time make up a majority of state legislators in Colorado and New Mexico next year, but at least 13 states saw losses in female representation after the November election.

Colorado's Latino population is becoming increasingly influential in politics. Recent trends show a shift to the right, with ...

Mexico's first round of elections of judges by popular vote, the product of a contentious constitutional overhaul passed in ...

Colorado's Latino population is becoming increasingly influential in politics. Recent trends show a shift to the right, with ...

Past a pawn shop and thrift store in the working-class section of Socorro, New Mexico, Jose Benavidez stood on the porch of ...

Mexico is banking on its ability to negotiate with a deal maker like Donald J. Trump, and many officials say the country is ...

He helped design Trump's Muslim ban. Now, he will help the president-elect carry out his signature campaign promise: mass ...

Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some ...