In another comprehensive rethink of the country's economic trajectory the Chinese leadership has decided that for the economy to continue to grow at its present rate it needs to move 250 million rural dwellers into newly constructed urban ...

Do we have an idea of what teenage girls want from life? What do they like and dislike about their lives? What are their hopes for the future? Karen Robinson's project in association with Newcastle's Side Gallery is an attempt to get beneath the skin of...

The world's largest convention of computer enthusiasts, simply called 'The Gathering', takes place in Norway. Over five thousand young people come together each Easter, some travelling long distances, each carrying their own computer equipment to the ...

According to the UN's Human Development Index, Norway is the best place to live on the planet. It certainly seems to be one of the best places to be a baby. In contrast to most European countries, the Norwegian birth rate is a healthy 1.9. Norway's ...

The shout was 'Azadi' - 'freedom!' In August 2009, hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris took to the streets in the largest popular protests in nearly two decades. Frustrated with the bloody, brutal stalemate between the Indian army and militants local and ...

In winter thick ice covers the lakes around Oslo. In March 2009, a hardy group including some of the world's best freedivers carved a hole in the ice and dived deep into the freezing waters below.The Oslo Ice Challenge was the first officially recognised...

On the morning of December 26, 2004 an underwater earthquake measuring nine on the Richter scale triggered a series of tidal waves which caused devastation when they struck dry land. Twelve countries were affected by the tsunami and the United Nations ...

A couple of months short of his fourteenth birthday and weighing in at a mere 35 kilograms, William Kalfoss does not show any signs of fear as he stands at the top of the Midtstubakken ski jump, preparing to fly through the air at 85 kilometres an ...

On 22 July 2011, a lone terrorist set off a huge car bomb in the middle of Oslo's Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter of Norway. Eight people were killed and scores seriously wounded. However shocking this attack was, it was ...

On 22 January 2012 it will be 6 months since the quiet calm of summery Oslo was rent apart by a huge bomb blast that tore through the central government and business district and killed 8 people in the area. As the Norwegian capital went into a state...

They start with the bow of the 200,000 tonne supertanker, using cutting torches to slice off huge steel panels, which are then winched through the mud to dry land. After that, the vessel is taken apart only by hammer and hand, piece by piece, bolt by ...

The British Isles, removed from mainland Europe by the choppy English Channel, have long been a refuge for religious dissenters from other parts of the continent and a fertile breeding ground for its own sectarian communities. Augustine's mission...

Colombia is a country obsessed with beauty. Four hundred beauty pageants are held each year, one of the most unusual being the contest held amongst inmates at the Buen Pastor women's prison in Bogota. Dermot Tatlow photographed the 2004 event, which saw ...

What would you bring with you if you had to flee your home and escape to another country? More than 1 million Syrians have been forced to ponder this question before making the dangerous journey to neighbouring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq or other ...

There was killing and blood. They were raiding houses, people were escaping onto the roofs. The Basijis were tearing up people's houses, they were smashing windows and beating people. They smashed all the car windows of the cars that were parked in the ...

As the countdown to the beginning of the 20th Football World Cup nears its end, football fans and media outfits from across the globe are gathering in Brazil for a month of nail biting international matches between 32 teams in 12 venues across the ...