The Kurt Schork Awards in International Journalism 2012
2012 winners Humberto Padgett and Sarah Topol received their Kurt Schork awards before a capacity audience, predominantly fellow journalists, in London on 7 November.
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.
Defying drought
As climate change brings worsening drought around the world, new ways to tackle the growing risk are emerging, from better insurance policies to smarter water storage and crops that can survive long periods without rain
The Syrian conflict: Besieged Aleppo and Idlib province
More than five years of conflict have left the besieged population of Syria’s rebel-held Aleppo and Idlib province without access to enough food or medical assistance.
Ms Kalashnikovs: Meet Congo’s fearless women fighters
"Ms Kalashnikov", a stunning photo series by photographer Francesca Tosarelli captures the unexpected face of conflict in eastern Congo: fearless women fighters
LIVE TODAY: Disasters hurt more women than men. The solution?
Worldwide, women and girls are up to 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster. They often find themselves confined to traditional gender roles that limit their ability to lead, which can make them more vulnerable when disaster strikes. In an online debate ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13), organised by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the BRACED programme, we will discuss ways of helping women become more resilient to climate extremes. What should governments, aid agencies and businesses do differently to protect lives and put women and girls at the core of disaster risk reduction?