"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
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.
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
PHOTOBLOG: Celebrating International Women's Day
On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. It is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change, the U.N. says
Burkina Faso turns to communities to protect its forests
Population growth, expansion of farms and grazing and cutting of wood for cooking and charcoal all threaten the forests of Burkina Faso. But an effort to involve communities in forest protection aims to reverse that trend in places like the Tiogo Forest.
Solar expansion in Rajasthan aims to power India's energy future
The sunshine of Rajasthan's deserts is being turned into a surge of solar power