For most of the twentieth century, the Zambian town of Kabwe was home to one of the world's largest lead mines. During that time, mining and smelting operations released toxic particles that left large parts of the town severely contaminated with lead. ...

Over a few days in March 2022, 92 people, including bus drivers, street vendors and shoppers, were killed in El Salvador, victims of what appeared to be random gang violence. Shortly after, President Nayib Bukele declared a 'state of emergency', ...

Weda Bay on Halmahera, an island in the North Maluku province of Indonesia, now accounts for 17% of global nickel production. Indonesia, in turn, holds 42% of the worlds reserves. The costs to the environment of extracting it, however, are mounting. ...

Now common in the U.S. and other parts of the Global North, luxury pet hotels have arrived in South Africa. And the industry is booming. But in what remains the world's most unequal country, with millions living below the poverty line and decades-long ...

At 5.8 per 100,000 inhabitants., Colombia has one of the lowest suicide rates but in its indigenous communities it climbs to one of the highest. This is a phenomenon reported among ethnic minorities world-wide from the Sami in Scandinavia, to first ...

As many as 600,000 people are thought to have died in the brutal war between Tigray and Ethiopia from 2020 - 2022, far more than the war in Ukraine. Yet it is a conflict that was and continues to be largely ignored by the world's media. A conflict in ...

eco-sustainable practices. Skirting the coastline for around 500km and covering an area of over 10,000 square kilometres, the Wadden Sea is a complex ecosystem where man learns to coexist with nature. This immense wetland, shaped by the strong tides ...

Ten years ago, El Hierro staked everything on sustainability and renewable energy. Today the small Canary Island faces another epochal challenge: migration from Africa, a phenomenon that is turning it into the Lampedusa of the Atlantic "We can't go on...

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 ...

They are one of the oldest groups of rangers in the world, established two centuries ago in Italy's Piedmont Alps as gamekeepers for the kings of the House of Savoy. Today the team of 44 rangers are a carefully selected elite whose task is to ...

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 ...

In Angola, an iconic and beleaguered century-old railway has become the latest frontline in the global scramble for the minerals fuelling the world's green energy transition. Initiated in 1899 by the Portuguese colonial authorities but only completed ...

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 ...