The African National Congress, the party that once stood for the end of apartheid, has governed South Africa for 30 years. But many voters want change before the 2024 general election.
At the "Grand Beauty" salon in Leipzig, people with a refugee or migrant backgroundwork as hairdressers, make-up artists and manicurists on a donation basis, with the goal to uproot prejudices.
Migrants who want to settle in Germany have to deal with its bureaucracy. The process can be a frustrating one, especially given backlogs at government offices.
What does it mean to live as a Rohingya woman in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, in a country that doesn't want you, in a community that oppresses you and in a camp where abductions are commonplace?
Sex work is a way of life for thousands of women in certain marginalized communities in rural India. For many, it is the only way to make money - also due to the Indian caste system and centuries-old prejudices which make it difficult for the f
Alina is being raised by two foster mothers. She now wants to adopt their surname as a sign that she belongs to the family. At the same time she seeks contact with her birth father. Neither task is simple.
Dying – it's not an easy conversation for most. Regina Ciriack, who is terminally ill, has a hard time discussing the topic with her family. She has found help from a professional companion for the dying.
It is small, impoverished, and one of few communist states left in Asia. Laos has, in recent years, seen an increase in support from neighboring China. But at what cost?
Even when Bridge was very young, she already perceived herself as different. The expression non-binary – to mean not to belong to either gender – had not yet been coined.
Red coral is as valuable as it is beautiful. Prices are soaring, and while that's good news for the legal red coral trade, the illegal trade is also cashing in. Red coral smuggling is booming, and nature is paying the price.
There’s been no proper rainfall in southern Madagascar for seven years. The ground is arid, people are suffering from hunger and thirst. The UN says this is the first hunger crisis directly caused by climate change. But is that really the case?
Poverty is rampant in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So much so that ever more Afghan parents have little choice but to sell own children: be it to childless couples, as brides or even to radical Islamist groups, who indoctrinate them as fighters.
Their numbers may be dwindling, but they’re still around: Short-statured people who entertain audiences at bullfights in Spain. They call themselves "dwarf toreros.” They fight young bulls - but they don’t kill them.