WIDER IMAGE-Ebola survivors battle grief and stigma in eastern Congo
As of this month, more than 1,000 people have survived the 14-month Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, the world's second deadliest
California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world
The system is designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking
Mothers of Colombia's disappeared seek justice at war tribunal
Some 200,000 people were killed, 7.7 million displaced and 60,000 listed as missing during Colombia's five-decade war
Desperate African refugees pay to get into Libyan jails - UNHCR
Despite continuing shelling and air attacks - fighting has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 28,000 since April - few countries have agreed to take refugees out of Libya
African refugee women report surge of sex attacks in Egypt
African migrants often have no recourse to the police or family to protect them
Council of Europe, UN agency urges Bosnia to move migrants camp
The Vucjak camp, about eight km (five miles) from the border with Croatia, lacks running water and electricity and was built over a former landfill
Afghanistan suffers record 4,300 civilian casualties in three months - UN
The tally is up 42 percent from the same period last year
Aid agencies struggle in northeast Syria with water shortages
MSF has evacuated dozens of foreign staff from the northeast after it was unable to negotiate safe access
Syrian Kurds fleeing to Iraq wonder if life will ever be the same
Tens of thousands have abandoned their homes across northern Syria, a new humanitarian crisis in a part of the country where a semblance of stability had been established
Death toll rises to 3 from Philippines earthquake
The earthquake knocked out power and communications and opened cracks in buildings in central Mindanao