Tire fire at a meat market production site in Ghana

Ghana: A Burning Problem

How to replace toxic scrap-tire fires with a more sustainable alternative

A brightly dressed woman and child, and further off, a man, walked on the beach in front of a backdrop of shiny new construction.

Cambodia: Gambling on the Future

Sihanoukville is rapidly being remade into a modern playground for the rich, thanks to investment from China

New Zealand: Beauty and the Beef

Will the nation’s identity continue to be pastoral, or will its urbanites create a hip young image of environmental awareness?

Burma: The Lady and the Monk
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Raja Ampat: Seas of Change

Its rare reefs and fisheries have withstood collapse—but for how long?

Laos: What Lies Beneath

Clearing a decade of American bombs in Laos

Israel: Occupational Hazards

Confronting academic freedom and racism in an oppressive state

Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: Where the Waters Speak of Love

Reading Petrarch in Provence

Athens: Rocking the Cradle of Democracy

Austerity was supposed to make Greece more efficient, but it seems to be imperiling the country’s future

Sydney: A City Beyond Savings

A letter from Sydney, Australia

Leipzig: Community in Concrete

Grünau’s social life sprang from a muddy wasteland as families tried to turn buildings into homes and neighbors into friends

Mumbai: A Nation Betrayed, A People Forsaken

An existential crisis

Naples: Living in Limbo

People in Cicciano were accustomed to gathering in the town square, strolling the streets, visiting one another for a cup of coffee.

The Sierra Nevada: Wildfires in the Wilderness

Fire in California has a split personality

New Orleans: Vanishing Graves

Holt Cemetery has been filled to capacity many times over; each gravesite has been used for dozens of burials

London: A Testament to Survival

England is a lesson on the longevity of our planet, the tenacity of our species, and our need, as human beings, to connect.

Western Sahara: A Fragile Peace

As an unofficial state, Western Sahara doesn’t really exist—and being tiny and well behaved, it is easy to ignore.

Shea: An Alaskan husky named Laban

The Barents Sea: Land of Perpetual Night

As we traveled northward, the twilight diminished, the sky grew darker, until finally our ship crossed into polar night

Parade in Ukraine

Kiev: New Leader, Old Troubles

Dysfunction still prevails in Ukraine, especially in the war-torn east; for the rest of the country, the challenges are financial.

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