Culture
Duékoué, Ivory Coast saw some of the worst fighting of the civil war. Months later, officials are trying to rebuild and reconcile, but the residents of the town are reluctant.
Nicaragua's new family code defines marriage as a union between man and woman. To embarrass the lawmakers, gay rights activist Marvin Mayorga threatens to "out" 20 closeted congressmen.
Pulitzer Center grantees Austin Merrill and Peter DiCampo capture images of daily life in Ivory Coast through their iPhones.
Prostitution is still legal in Turkey, but this Muslim country is cracking down on the sex trade.
Mongolia has warmed roughly four degrees Fahrenheit—more than almost anywhere else on Earth. The resulting erratic weather threatens the nomadic, pastoral lifestyle of half of Mongolia's population.
About 6,000 people have come to depend on the 30-acre Dandora dump for their livelihood and income. But their needs are at odds with nearby residents who want the toxic waste gone.
In Moussadougou, a town of 30,000 where almost all residents are "foreigners" from other parts of Ivory Coast, disputes over land ownership divide the community.
Saudi Arabia exports Salafist Islam to divided Kashmir.
A year after the revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, what has become of the people, the politics and the economy of Tunisia?
A former school drop-out, Esteban Ruiseco is the type of teenager Mexico's drug cartels prey upon. And he might have joined them, if the clarinet hadn't given him hope for a better future.
The high cost of China's economic miracle: A generation of children left behind when parents work in factories hundreds of miles from home.
Chinese families are migrating to Suriname in large numbers—incurring debts, working for low wages. Will this new trend and their indentured labor signal a shift in the Americas' balance of power?
Europeans drew Africa’s borders long ago. Today these lines are often deserted and sometimes dangerous. Mali is the legacy: A crumbling state, rump of ancient empire between desert and forest.