5 facts: Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons
Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons
India battles extreme heat
India is facing ever more extreme summer temperatures as climate change takes hold. What can it do to cope?
In photos: Airstrike in Aleppo
Images from the aftermath of what activists say was a targeted airstrike by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria
Air pollution
Can cleaning up air pollution help improve health and beat climate change?
"Comfort Women": survivors tell their stories
Reuters photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon portrays surviving “Comfort Women”, the Japanese euphemism for the tens of thousands of Chinese and Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels before and during World War Two
World Refugee Day - A life displaced
June 20 marks World Refugee Day, an occasion that draws attention to those who have been displaced around the globe. The UN reports that by the end of 2011 some 43.3 million people were displaced by conflict and persecution, and an estimated up to 12 million people were thought to be stateless