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Problems with the Afterlife

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The Gangotri Glacier from camp beneath the peaks of Bhagirathi II, II and III (Ran Chakrabarti, October 2005)

Indian Himalayan

The Artist. // Copyright © Megan Beneat-Donald. All Rights Reserved.

Graffiti, Meet Arabic Calligraphy

Syrian artist, Fadia Afashe prepares for her exhibition at the Levantine Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings depict the pain and suffering she and those around her have experienced during the revolution. But “I still see the hope,” she says in an interview shortly before the opening of her show, “I RISE.” Copyright © Ashley Lohmann

Paint and Suffering: A Syrian Artist’s Cry for Help

A girl in Antananarivo holding a bottle of water that she had asked me for. This picture was used in 2007 for a Y-Care International (an offshoot of the YMCA) Emergency Appeal. // Copyright © Felix Haas. All Rights Reserved.

Harvesting Happiness in Poverty: Impressions of Madagascar

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Zanskar

Since January 2012, Mali has been embroiled in political conflict which has resulted in a humanitarian crisis in the region; one that poses a threat to international security. (Image Source: Creative Commons - Amin2511)

Fair Observer: The Year in Pictures

COPYRIGHT © MICHAEL BASSETT - The Korean Workers' Party (KWP) Foundation Monument in the capital of Pyongyang. It was completed under the rule of Kim Jung Il, and signifies a Stalinist vision of industrial, agricultural, and scholarly workers laboring in unison to build an independent nation.

In Pictures: A Note from North Korea (Part 2)

The Transformation of the Ego. Wuhan, China 2012 // Copyright © Faith47. All Rights Reserved.

Faith47: Sea to Sea

Copyright © Hanna Wolf. All Rights Reserved.

The Mission District: San Francisco’s Street Art

Ann Mackowski

Middle East Timeline

Copyright © Peintre X. All Rights Reserved.

Peintre X: Reframing The Streets

Balance. Copyright © Andres Amador

Rethinking "Land Art"

Copyright © Hanna Wolf. All Rights Reserved.

The Mission District: San Francisco’s Street Art

This idyllic scene is typical of the patchwork of subsistence farms surrounding Uda Walawe National Park, Sri Lanka. Rice and bananas are staple crops, together with vegetables. Unfortunately, these same crops are highly attractive to wildlife. // Source: Shermin de Silva

Uda Walawe National Park, Sri Lanka

Demonstrators mobilize on Tahrir Street in Dokki before facing police guarding the bridge across the Nile and into Tahrir Square // Source: Hossam Rashad

One Year After Mubarak: In Pictures

Demonstrators mobilize on Tahrir Street in Dokki before facing police guarding the bridge across the Nile and into Tahrir Square // Source: Hossam Rashad

One Year After Mubarak: In Pictures

The Oktoberfest is for young and old. This year 6.9 million people came to participate.© Daniel Hemel

A Look Back at the Oktoberfest 2011

A proud tribal gets ready for the traditional dance at the annual ‘Hornbill’ Festival in Kohima.

Nagaland - India

The Oktoberfest is for young and old. This year 6.9 million people came to participate.© Daniel Hemel

A Look Back at the Oktoberfest 2011

Despite the harsh prevailing camp conditions, volontary teachers and organisatio

Kachins Of Burma: And The Struggle Continues…

Mosque in Jordan. With this blue sky and the white walls, prayers have to reach heaven immediately.// Janell Peske

Jordan and Syria

Chauhali Char // Source: Bram Ferket

The Sandbank People of Bangladesh

Route 1 // Source: Author's own

Hit the Road, Jack

Copyright © Michael Bassett - Workers at the Water Bottling Plant near the central-western coastal city of Nampho. The workers are harvesting the fields around the plant, which produces mineral water considered to be the "San Pellagrino" of North Korea — it was recently closed for unknown reasons.

In Pictures: A Note from North Korea (Part 1)

Brazil 2020: What Brazil Will Look Like in the Future

Brazil 2020: What Brazil Will Look Like in the Future

COPYRIGHT © MICHAEL BASSETT - The Korean Workers' Party (KWP) Foundation Monument in the capital of Pyongyang. It was completed under the rule of Kim Jung Il, and signifies a Stalinist vision of industrial, agricultural, and scholarly workers laboring in unison to build an independent nation.

In Pictures: A Note from North Korea (Part 2)

The Transformation of the Ego. Wuhan, China 2012 // Copyright © Faith47. All Rights Reserved.

Faith47: Sea to Sea

Brazil 2020: What Brazil Will Look Like in the Future

Brazil 2020: What Brazil Will Look Like in the Future

Keyvisual for the Stroke 2013 by British artist FinDac. Copyright © Stroke

In Pictures: Stroke Urban Art Fair 2013

COPYRIGHT © MICHAEL BASSETT - The Korean Workers' Party (KWP) Foundation Monument in the capital of Pyongyang. It was completed under the rule of Kim Jung Il, and signifies a Stalinist vision of industrial, agricultural, and scholarly workers laboring in unison to build an independent nation.

In Pictures: A Note from North Korea (Part 2)

Since January 2012, Mali has been embroiled in political conflict which has resulted in a humanitarian crisis in the region; one that poses a threat to international security. (Image Source: Creative Commons - Amin2511)

Fair Observer: The Year in Pictures

The Ka’ba in Mecca shown as the centre of the world. Illustration from Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi. Turkey, 1650 © Leiden University Library

Hajj Exhibition at the British Museum

Syrian artist, Fadia Afashe prepares for her exhibition at the Levantine Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Her paintings depict the pain and suffering she and those around her have experienced during the revolution. But “I still see the hope,” she says in an interview shortly before the opening of her show, “I RISE.” Copyright © Ashley Lohmann

Paint and Suffering: A Syrian Artist’s Cry for Help

Ann Mackowski

Middle East Timeline

Chauhali Char // Source: Bram Ferket

The Sandbank People of Bangladesh

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Zanskar

The entrance to Syria Street from behind the Bab Al Tabbaneh market. The apartment buildings on the hill serve as sniper spots for gunfire into Jebel Mohsen. // Source: Nicholas A. Heras

A Particular Province of Syria: In Pictures

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COPYRIGHT © EL BOCHO. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

El Bocho: Signifying Violence

Dawn at the Taj Mahal from the opposite bank of the River Jumna (Ran Chakrabarti, November 2002)

India

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