5 facts you need to know about malaria in Africa
Malaria is estimated to cost Africa more than $12 billion every year in lost GDP, but could be controlled for a fraction of that sum. Here are 5 facts you need to know about malaria in Africa
Extreme weather
Extreme weather, from worsening hurricanes and cyclones to more droughts, floods and heatwaves, is causing problems around the world. What can be done to cope?
East African drought
East Africa is suffering through its worst drought in years, with million at risk as famine threatens to take hold
Hardship and hope: Typhoon Haiyan survivors in their own words
Two years after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Phillipines, survivors told the Thomson Reuters Foundation their stories. Yolanda, as it is locally known, was the strongest typhoon ever to make landfall, killing more than 6,300 people and uprooting 4.1 million from their homes.
5 facts: World Refugee Day
For the first time since World War Two, the number of people forced to flee their homes has topped 50 mln. Here are five facts about refugees
One Day in Port-au-Prince
Extraordinary stories of the Haiti quake and its aftermath