July 11, 2012 / Untold Stories
Yasmin Bendaas
The tattoos of women in the Aurés Mountains of Algeria recall a bygone era rich in history and tradition. Today each woman bears a unique cultural marker -- and the individual story it tells.
July 10, 2012 / CNN
Trevor Snapp
A year after the birth of South Sudan, gun culture persists. The result? Ongoing violence in a country attempting to build a foundation of peace.
July 3, 2012 / Southeast Asia Globe
Greg Constantine
10,000 Rohingya refugees live in swampy marshlands of Bangladesh that are little better than sewers. Back home in Burma this Muslim community fares even worse.
July 3, 2012 / Mother Jones
Cedric Gerbehaye
Images of vulnerability. Photographer Cédric Gerbehaye documents the fragile situation unfolding in South Sudan as the newly independent state nears its one-year anniversary.
July 3, 2012 / Untold Stories
Joshua Kucera
The Caspian Sea has been a strategic backwater for most of its history. But recent discoveries of large oil and natural gas reserves have touched off a five-way arms race.
June 30, 2012 / CNN
Greg Constantine
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Rakhine State in western Burma, are recognized by human rights organizations as one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world.
June 29, 2012 / Foreign Policy
Peter DiCampo
Are things so bad that Ivory Coast misses its former tyrant?
June 29, 2012 / The Washington Post
Jason Motlagh
Deep in the hills of northern Burma’s Kachin State, a civil war grinds on between government forces and Kachin rebels, calling into question the more conciliatory signals emanating from the capital..
June 25, 2012 / Untold Stories
Anna Nemtsova
Moscow's counter-terror measures in Dagestan prompted a protest from a mob of Muslim mothers and wives who said their loved ones were being locked away, beaten or tortured with electricity.
June 18, 2012 / Untold Stories
Bobby Bascomb
The Senegalese Sahel is home to the nomadic Peuhl herders who have witnessed the impact of climate change on their ecosystem. They're looking to the Great Green Wall to slow desertification.
June 14, 2012 / Untold Stories
Habiba Nosheen, Hilke Schellmann
A preference for boys over girls and the resulting gender imbalance has remained largely hidden in Pakistan due to the lack of accurate population data.
June 13, 2012 / Untold Stories
Dimiter Kenarov
Istanbul is a modern metropolis of glass and steel skyscrapers, but the old Grand Bazaar still exerts a powerful pull on the city's imagination.
June 11, 2012 / Untold Stories
Nick Wertsch
Environmental public hearings that encourage local community participation are gaining relevance, but few power companies, citizens, or government officials are happy with the process.

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