Forty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini founded the Islamic Republic of Iran. There is little excitement left from those times; even pro-reform forces are exhausted, except for the women among them. Sadegh Zibakalam is not expecting much from t…
Azam Jangravi poses during an interview with Reuters, at the unknown location, February 7, 2019. Azam Jangravi’s heart was pounding when she climbed atop an electricity transformer box on Tehran’s busy Revolution Street a year ago. She rais…
A young Pokot girl is held by a member of her community as she tries to escape a forced marriage, unaware of the arrangements her father had made. Like other families in the settlement in a remote Kenyan village, her parents had arranged fo…
Through Made with Rural, some of the farmers have supply contracts with Dew Crisp, a South African fresh produce provider. © Leeko Makoene FARMING is second nature to South African Leeko Makoene. She grew up in a village near Mahikeng in So…
The International Flamenco Fashion Show SIMOF was held in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain February 8, 2019. Here are some of the highlights from the show. A model presents a creation by Ana Moron. A model presents a creation by Ver…
Equi glacier meeting the sea off Greeenland (Pic. I.Quaile) Will the Arctic fox survive in a warming climate? (Pic. I.Quaile, Greenland) Iceblocker! (Pic. I.Quaile, Alaska) Glimpse of Greenland (Pic. I.Quaile, Greenland) Can we halt Arctic
Even the winter sea ice is waning (Off Svalbard, pic. I.Quaile) If you blinked, you might have missed it. The confirmation came this week that the Arctic sea ice reached yet another all-time low this past winter. It came and went, without t…
Svalbard has seen unprecedented high temperatures this winter (I.Quaile) Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first
Klaus Esterluß Marvel with us Animal with slightly strange habits, the lobster, CC BY 2.0 by Tatiana Vdb via flickr.com You may know our #speciesoftheweek as a highly priced delicacy for the rich and famous. But that’s not the reason for us…
Klaus Esterluß Marvel with us A walrus, CC BY 2.0 by U.S. Geological Survey via flickr.com Alaska has seen a magnificent but also alarming natural spectacle a few days ago, when 35,000 walrus climbed a beach in the north-west of the US stat…
Klaus Esterluß Biodiversity & ... It’s not only the world’s population ofbirds that has dropped massively over the last 40 years. Photo: Rob Williams Humankind needs to rethink its way of living and consuming the world’s resources immediate…
India is a country of cricket-lovers, so can soccer catch on? Ashok Rathod is convinced that soccer is the best way to give kids growing up in the slums a second lease on life. Teamwork, leadership, respect and communication come out of the…