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
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