Fukushima: Searching for loved ones
The disaster in March 2011 killed nearly 16,000 people along Japan's northeastern coast and left more than 2,500 missing. Family members continue to look for the bodies of their missing loved ones, when access to the area is permitted, as they still try to bring closure to their loss.
As worsening storms slam the Caribbean, St. Vincent fights back
Facing worsening extreme weather, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is making plans to better protect itself
Eternally displaced: Afghanistan’s escalating crisis
In 2016 the conflict - a continued battle for control between beleaguered Afghan forces and both ISIS and the Taliban - has led to unprecedented levels of displacement, with 1.5 million internally-displaced and 3 million refugees. Almost 1 million people, half of whom are children, have already returned from Iran and Pakistan. At least half a million more are expected to return this year, despite a starkly deteriorating economic, political and security situation within the country.
Gay rodeo in Little Rock
Contestants at the International Gay Rodeo in Arkansas, a U.S. state which bans same-sex marriage, compete in events from barrel racing to bull riding
A decades-old temporary life in Thailand’s largest Burmese refugee camp
Most refugees fled 30 years ago, after a Burmese army offensive in Karen state
Charting the decline of hunger
Latest U.N. report on food security provides a graphic glimpse at how hunger has fallen since 1990 - and at how large the problem still looms in parts of the world