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