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Masih’s story: An Afghan filmmaker fleeing the Taliban

Berlin (Germany), June 1, 2016: When the first mortar smashed into the rock-studded ground just a couple of dozen metres away from where Afghan filmmaker...

The seasons have changed but Nepal has yet to recover

Sindhupalchowk, May 31, 2016: In all the months that Sarave Tamang and his relative Tika Maya Tamang have been waiting, the skies have gone through...

Rare success story of wildlife protection in Kenya

In Picture: A ranger with a bloodhound on an exercise searches for poachers Lewa Downs (Kenya), May 30, 2016: Few thought it would work. Even the experts...

Refugee boat carrying hundred capsizes off Libya coast

Italy, May 26, 2016: Images released by the Italian navy have captured the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned in a shipwreck off Libya...

Going undercover as a sex worker

"They brought me to a group of 12 men, kept me there for four days, taking turns," said Maia, who was trafficked to Moscow...

The Indian girls’ football team challenging stereotypes

Pic. The Mumbra all-girls football team was recruited in 2012. Each Sunday, they would practice for two hours Mumbai, May 24, 2016: All 7ft 2ins of Saba...

Myanmar’s shame: From a Reporter’s Notebook

Pic. Tens of thousands of Muslims, mainly Rohingya, have been kept in camps, living in squalid conditions, for almost four years since their homes and...

Half a million flee as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 22, 2016: Cyclone Roanu battered the coast of southern Bangladesh on Saturday, forcing half a million people to flee their homes and leaving...

The Muslims of Nepal: Coming out of the shadows

Pic. Students at Aisha Banaat Madrasa in Nepalgunj, Nepal Kathmandu, May 22, 2016: In one corner of Kathmandu's Jame Masjid, a stone's throw from the former-royal-palace-turned-museum, lies...

Making sense of Nepal’s protests: A Reporter’s Diary

Pic. 'Why are they afraid of us?' One protester asked. Kathmandu, May 18, 2016: There was anger in a restaurant near the prime minister's residential quarters...

North Korea is a responsible nuclear state: Kim Jong-Un

Seoul, May 09, 2016: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed on...

Nepal: Football training helps girls stay in school

Girls in grades 9 and 10 play football during break time at Thangpalkot’s secondary school. The team was established when volunteers from Coaches Across...

What became of 1,400 people who disappeared in Nepal?

Lautan Chaudhary from Bardiya district says her husband was disappeared by the army in 2002. She ran from pillar to post to get information...

Two gay rights activists hacked to death in Bangladesh

Dhaka, April 26, 2016: Two people, including the editor of a magazine for the transgender community, have been hacked to death in the capital of...

Student detained over Bangladesh professor’s murder

Dhaka, April 25, 2016: Police have detained a student in connection with the murder of a university teacher in Bangladesh, a killing that was claimed...

Nepal: After winter, a ray of hope for quake survivors

Kathmandu, March 2, 2016: Shanti Maya Tamang stood in front of her tent in Chuchepati, an area of the capital, Kathmandu, with the winter sun shining...

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