December 2015 Spotlight
by Probal Rashid/Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The regular and severe natural hazards that Bangladesh already suffers from -- tropical cyclones, river erosion, flood, landslides and drought -- are all set to increase in intensity and frequency as a ...
by Yanina Shevchenko/Belarus
A vanishing village is a village that has, for some reason, been deserted. The problems of extinction of rural areas and over population of large cities are very important for almost every country in the world, and especially for Belarus. The disintegration of the traditional social and political...
by Craig Stennett/Thailand
On the outskirts of the sleepy village of Tambon Baan Tuek, near the ancient town and former Thai capital of Sukhothai, lies Boon Lotts Elephant Sanctuary (BLES). It is an elephant sanctuary with a difference. The Mahouts, elephant keepers or drivers, lead the way in welfare for these animals....
by Eric Smith/United States
Within the city of Detroit it is conservatively estimated that over 50% of the residents live in poverty. At Cass Park, an inner-city park in downtown Detroit, volunteers bring food and clothing to help those residents who are in need. ...
by Craig Stennett/Palestine
The history of how these families found themselves living in a graveyard stretches back to 1948 and the establishment of the state of Israel. The majority of the families in El-Sheikh Shaban fled from the then named Palestinian town of Majdal after it came under bombardment during the first Arab-Israeli war...
by Manuel Meszarovits/Nepal
Child labor in Nepal has a long history as a regular source of income for many families across the country. Children start to work at tender ages to support economically poor families. In the brick kiln sector, children work for a meager hard-earned sum as parents prefer their children to work at a...
by Tony Savino/Haiti
Parc Kado Refugee Camp, Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti, October 2015. Hundreds of refugees live in squalor in refugee camps in the southern border town of Anse-a-Pitres, since the Dominican government started deporting Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent. The region is non-arable with no possibility ...
by Nejc Trpin/Slovenia
"Behind the fence" is a series of photographs taken in October 2015 on the peak of the migrant crisis on the so-called Balkan route, which leads from the Middle East to Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia towards Austria and Germany. The refugees and migrants had to travel in ...
by Dania Reichmuth/Chile
The role of the circus is both complex and simple, it is in itself a contradiction, but also shows how fragile human nature can be. The role of the circus folks is complicated in its simplicity. They are of course there to carry out the role that they are paid to perform as actors or performers as well...
by William Farrington/United States
The sounds of steelpan ringing out on hot summer nights over the bustle of Flatbush is a familiar sound. It came here with Trinidadian immigrants and established a hold in Flatbush and Crown Heights. The music's roots lie in resisting colonial laws banning drumming in Trinidad...
