Liberia, the West African nation founded in 1847 by American freemen and freed slaves, was torn apart by more than a decade of some of the most savage civil wars of the 20th and early 21st century. Ten years after the conflicts ended, the nation still has an unemployment rate as high as 85 percent...

In the heart of the horn of Africa live the Afar people. Their origins go back millions of years when their ancestor Lucy was discovered buried in the ground. Inhabitants of a coveted region, these nomads and herdsmen are victims of persecution. Military invasions have progressively chased the...

Runway is a place where aircraft take off and land. In Dhaka, Bangladesh there is a locality near the runway. People come to visit here to see aircraft closely as well as local people passing their normal life as well...

For 17 continuous years, Vitaliy takes care of his ill daughter Sasha. Her condition is thought to be from the fallout of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant meltdown in 1986 in Ukraine.

Ukraine was always in a difficult economic and political situation and it didn't matter to the leaders. Politicians always care about themselves but not the people who live in this country. The level of corruption and crime increased especially in the last few years. At that time protests became...

'Missionary of Charity Mother Teresa' helps mothers and unwanted children. For 43 years, they have given continuous service to the mother and child.

In the forest, trees rise majestically as the world's sentinels of life, goodness, and clean air. In the city, packed with cars, people, and structures, trees become hindrances to progress, nuisances to be eliminated. Does it have to be this way? 

Burkina Faso is a unique and colorful world. The deep red of the earth and the colorful pattern of cloths worn by the Burkinabe people are just a visual expression of the bright attitudes and cultural diversity to be found there. These images are a window into their way of life and the customs...

Unlike most refugees in the world, Iranians don't escape from their homeland because of battles, genocide or civil war. Most of them mention lack of freedom in their cases to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They mainly include journalists, activists, homosexuals, converted...

Bali is a tropical vacation paradise, but there is a dark side just a few tourists get to see. People with mental illness are chained by their family members, they are often tied up or locked up in shocking living conditions. Around 20 million people in Indonesia have a mental illness. Help...

Owning a home was once the American dream. At the peak of the foreclosure crisis, more than one in seven American homeowners were either behind on their mortgage payments or in the process of foreclosure. After a house is foreclosed, there is a fleeting moment when the ghosts of the one...

Plague, Yersinia pestis, Scourge of God, or the Black Death -- the plague has many names. It is known if at all, from the history books. Plague is a disease with a long history. Especially in the Middle Ages numerous plague epidemics carried large parts of the European population off, so that the...

The East Side Setnet Fishery on Alaska's Upper Cook Inlet has been sustainably harvesting wild sockeye salmon for over a hundred years. Largely multi-generational family owned operations, these families and crews gather together each summer along the shores of the Cook Inlet not only...

They left clothes strewn around, unmade beds, open books, the TV turned on, as if they were about to come back soon. They left their rooms unprepared for emptiness. Every year, the Polish police file 15,000 missing person reports. Every day, the faces of missing people...

Road Bowling is played with a 794 grams solid iron bowl with a circumference of approximately 18 centimetres. Contestants match their individual skills in throwing the bowl with optimum speed, controlled delivery, and international accuracy along a carefully considered and tactically selected path...

Mokpangumba is a small village in the heart of Upper Banta Chiefdom, Moyamba province, Sierra Leone. Being so close to hugely profitable rutile mines, it was utterly destroyed during the civil war of 1991-2001. Rebels attacked and kidnapped many of the villagers for use as soldiers and labourers...