This series of portraits looks at a slice of life for women in Iraq in the wake of Islamic State (ISIS). In Autumn 2016 the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, supported by a US-led coalition, converged on Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, ...
Parisians are still trying to come to terms with the events of 13th November 2015. The Living still come, many days later, to the sites of the killing or to the Place Du Republique, symbol of Parisian defiance and strength. They gaze with a ...
'Life at the ballet is naturally alluring. Ballet dancers must live in absolute discipline, and from childhood they encounter many defeats, not to mention the constant fear of being rejected. They live and breathe to deliver sublime art. In this ...
On Friday, 13 November 2015, starting at 9.20pm, three teams of terrorist professing allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS) carried out shooting and bombing attacks on six targets across Paris and the surrounding suburbs. Using assault ...
"When I first visited The Central African Republic (CAR), the country had just descended into the most serious crisis of its short history. In 2013, rebels from the Seleka alliance, a predominantly Muslim militia, overthrew the government, ...
After more than two months of heavy fighting the battle for Mosul continues unabated, even as the news media's gaze has long ago moved on to other matters. Over 2,000 civilians have already died in the fighting while 100,000 more have been displaced....
No one knows the actual number of people who have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa to Europe. The figure is sure to be in excess of 20,000, making this the deadliest border crossing in the world. The larger disasters are ...
The panda is much more than just an iconic animal associated with China, instantly recognisable by its distinctive black fur patches around its eyes and ears. It has also been a vital diplomatic tool for the Communist government ever since Richard ...
With its mushrooming cities, power-hungry heavy industry and steadily, if less rapidly, growing economy, China's demand for power appears unstoppable. Yet while the country burned its way through billions of tonnes of coal, a fuel it is well endowed ...
The South China Sea is one of the most important maritime environments in the world. Some $ 5.3 trillion worth of goods are shepherded along its shipping lanes every year, accounting for around a third of maritime traffic worldwide. The Sea is also ...
While conflict diamonds have made their way into the news headlines and become the target of high profile campaigns to ban their use, the jade industry has largely escaped such scrutiny. Yet in Myanmar's northern Kachin state, a mountainous and ...
Manila North Cemetery, opened in 1904, is one of the oldest and largest in the Philippines. Its elaborate mausoleums and endless rows of tombs are home to an estimated one million dead - and a few thousand living. The final resting place of ...
Soon after dawn, Win Myint Oo starts a generator and squats on a bamboo platform suspended under a 40-foot, jury-rigged derrick made out of three steel poles and bamboo struts lashed together with rope. The generator powers a winch that lowers a blue...
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential election in the Philippines with strident promises that he would eradicate drug use and associated criminality by killing thousands of dealers and users. Since then, almost 12,500 people have died, ...
Shishmaref, Alaska is a remote village of about 600 people located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle, flanked by the Chukchi Sea to the north and an inlet to the south. It sits atop rapidly melting permafrost and in the last decades, the island's ...
Motorcycle culture is deeply embedded in the modern American identity. It is usually associated with outlaws, gangsters, machismo and an independent lifestyle reflecting what many in America feel to be the nation's roots. This culture was made ...