When the police came looking for his son, Abu Morgan told the truth: after stealing money from a relative, the boy had fled. Then Abu Morgan found himself locked up...


For some years now, Sierra Leone has stayed off the front pages of the newspapers. People are slowly and arduously rebuilding their country after one of the most savage civil...


Across southeast Asia, indigenous communities often lack formal legal title to their ancestral lands. As a result, traditional holdings can face expropriation and encroachment by business interests or by the...


Two Danes, one mountain, one dream. Ten years ago, my friend Lee Z Berg and I stood at the foot of the majestic mountain Ama Dablam (6856m) in the Everest...


On the rapids of the Congo river, the Wagenia people practice a form of fishing perfected over hundreds of years. Shot by Andrew McConnell Edited by Panos Pictures


This is the story of a group of friends who commute together to work in Warsaw. About 500 thousand people commute every day to Polish capital. This film is part...


In September 2010, the Danish newspaper Berlingske published a photo of an 18-month-old orphan from Nepal. The story brought about a flood of reactions from readers. But one reader, 36-year-old...


Northern Norway: The island of Røst is part of the Lofoten archipelago and has a population of approx. 600 poeple. Røst has been inhabited for hundreds of years and is...


The Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon is one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet. It is home to many indigenous people including some who voluntarily maintain...


In 2008, the Ghanaian government introduced free health care for all pregnant women. However, due to an acute shortage of midwives in the country, nearly half of all women still...


Wika Szmit is 74 years old and a pensioner. Three times a week she runs discos at the Bolek club in Warsaw. Produced, edited and shot by Piotr Malecki. Part...


Ekon Association in Warsaw is a recycling plant that provides jobs for people with learning difficulties or mental health issues; who would otherwise find it difficult to get work. When...


Nairobi Lights: circus as a means to build capacity and create a positive impact on people’s lives. Shot and edited by Sven Torfinn for the Vertical Circus and the Sarakasi...


Ian Willey, 28, had his first experience with hip hop early. “I wrote this great poem once in second grade called Fat Pat. It started like this, “Once there was...


Multimedia presentation by Chris de Bode. Editing by Panos Pictures. Music : Rebel Music


Part of Save the Children’s project “Our Lives”. A glimpse into the lives of UK children growing up in poverty. Photography by Abbie Trayler-Smith Editing by PanosPictures