As Ethiopia slowly emerges from a devastating civil war, an unexpected revolution is taking shape on the streets of Addis Ababa, the capital. Every Saturday, a group of young women gathers at the city's only skatepark, transforming it into a space of ...
Covering an area of around 50,000 square kilometres, the Ennedi Plateau in northeastern Chad is a dreamscape of sand and bizarre rock formations, chiselled out of the ground by water and wind. It is also home to rare animals such as the West African ...
The world's oldest trees are producing some of the most luxurious tea High on a mountain in China, Indigenous tea growers are using ancient techniques to create a premium tea that has never been more popular. In a high-elevation forest on Jingmai ...
The University of Ferrara's anechoic chamber is perhaps the quietest place in the world. Derived from Greek, the word anechoic literally means 'free of echo'. Entering the chamber is an almost mystical experience: sound doesn't reverberate and those who ...
The roughly 150 metre wide swathe cuts through the deep and dense green of the ancient jungle, appearing like an open wound. The otherwise tranquil, steamy jungle - the second largest on the American continent - now reverberates to the sound of ...
Ms Hatsu Miyagi recently reached her 100th birthday. She's sat in an old wicker armchair that's softened with two cushions, one on top of the other. The house is simple, the walls are made of wood and a fan gently disturbs her white hair from time to ...
For almost two years, the civil war in Sudan has been raging across the huge African country - from Khartoum and Omdurman, the twin capital cities on the Nile, to El Fasher in the eastern Darfur region and along the border with South Sudan. In the ...
The Gargano peninsula, often called the 'spur on the boot' of Italy, is as black as the forest that dominates it. It is Italy's heart of darkness. This limestone promontory that juts out of Italy's southeastern coast looks like an island overlooking ...
A mesmerising natural phenomenon, long unknown to science, has been discovered by Hungarian ornithologists in Angola. In an area named 'Falcopolis' (Falcon City), hundreds of thousands of red-footed falcons gather annually before beginning their ...
Mammals were non existent in New Zealand until the arrival of humans. They brought with them a deadly cargo of invasive species resulting in the extinction of nearly half of all the country's bird species, including some of the only flightless ...
A former Democratic stronghold but now closely aligned with the second Trump administration, Big Tech remains the secular sanctuary of a visionary world devoted to innovation. Tourist flock to America's east coast to, amongst other things, visit and take...
In Narva, located in the far northeastern corner of the European Union, the Ukrainian flag flies upside down. "It's the flag of our city. It has nothing to do with Ukraine" explains Katri Rain, Narva's mayor, sitting in the wood-panelled conference room ...
Our sense of smell is often seen as less important than sight and hearing but its power to evoke a past experience and trigger strong emotional responses is equal, if not stronger, than the other senses; and that's before considering the absolutely vital...
Every year, millions of Latin Americans set out for the United States, driven by the hope of a better future. Migration, both legal and illegal, has become a central issue in U.S. politics and President Trump's harsh rhetoric, promising tougher ...
According to the Indian political psychologist Ashis Nandy "Cricket is an Indian game discovered accidentally by the British." The International Cricket Council (ICC) agrees, highlighting in a 2018 survey that more than 90% of the billion fans of the ...
The Brooklyn Skate Moms are a group of women who meet at the skate park between taking their kids to school and going to work. What started as an occasional distraction during the pandemic has evolved into a tight-knit community that goes far beyond the ...