SLIDESHOW: Earthquake hits China's Sichuan province
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits a remote, mountainous area of China killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than 11,000
Tensions in the Niger Delta
Tension is building in the Niger Delta swampland ahead of the end-year expiry of an amnesty aimed at bringing stability to the region
"Water wives" of Maharashtra, India
“Water wives” allows women, often widows or single mothers, to regain respect in conservative rural India by carrying water to their household
Indian boat clinics save lives on Assam's remote river islands
Doctors in northeast India say floating clinics are cutting maternal mortality rates on the region's islands
War widows of the Central African Republic
Three years of conflict in Central African Republic have taken a huge toll on the country's women.