Bhopal – 30 years on
Thirty years after the Bhopal gas disaster, a look at the people and places affected by one of the world’s worst industrial accidents
Nigerian trafficking survivors in Italy help each other
Photojournalist Quintina Valeria’s images focus on West African women who have been trafficked into sex slavery
San Carlos: The Colombian town recovering from its bloody past
A hotel once used as a torture chamber is now a community centre; a memorial honours war victims; and more than 20,000 people have returned in the biggest homecoming of internal refugees in any town in Colombia.
Four unexpected ways life changes without water
More than 10 million people in Ethiopia, including 5.6 million children, will require food relief in 2016. An estimated 5.8 million people have been affected directly by water shortages.
Refugees Got Talent
The UNHCR launched the “Refugees Got Talent” competition to mark World Refugee Day and showcase the talents of young refugees of university age.
Japan's women wrestlers fight to win
Professional women's wrestling in Japan means body slams, sweat, and garish costumes. The brutal reality of the ring is masked by a strong fantasy element that feeds its popularity with fans, most of them men
Swaziland: livelihoods threatened as El Nino drought digs in
Affected by a prolonged drought, 201,000 people of Swaziland's population of 1.2 million face food and livelihoods insecurity
Tribal festival of Maralal
Maralal, a town north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, holds an annual camel festival, bringing together members of the Samburu, Turkana and Pokot semi-nomadic cattle-herding tribes. The event aims to ease tensions between the tribes, which sometimes clash over cattle rustling and land disputes.
5 facts about child labour
The global number of children in child labour has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children, according to the International Labour Organisation. Despite this sharp decline child labour remains entrenched among the youngest children - more than 70 percent are between 5 and 14 years old and work in agriculture.