Photos: Graves sink, fisheries shrink as climate change hits Fiji
The government estimates more than 600 communities could be forced to move, including 42 villages under urgent threat.
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Celebrations kick off in Asia as world enters 2023
Asia celebrates a restriction-free New Year after two years of COVID disruptions, as the world enters 2023.
2022: The year Taliban cracked down on women’s rights
The year 2022 saw the Taliban imposing restrictions on women's rights, bringing back the memory of its past rule.
2022: A year in pictures
A visual timeline of key events defining the past 12 months.
Photos: Removing rebel-planted landmines in Senegal’s Casamance
Demining operations happen amid the still ongoing conflict in Senegal between the government and rebel groups.
Photos: A year of facing nature’s fury
A cascade of extreme weather exacerbated by climate change devastated communities across the globe this year.
Brazil’s haunting graveyard of ships risks environmental disaster
The Guanabara Bay by Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi, once a haven for wildlife, is now a cemetery for abandoned ships.
Photos: Climate crisis threatens centuries-old oases in Morocco
Hundreds of people from the oasis areas have fled to the cities, mainly because of frequent droughts.
Photos: The year in Ukraine, month by month
As the year end approaches, we look back on the events and images that marked Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sri Lanka’s cancer patients struggle amid economic chaos
Hundreds of people have had their treatment upended by the country's major economic crisis.
Photos: How 2022 became a ‘pivot year’ for clean energy
The global energy crisis triggered by the Ukraine war and increasing climate threats have fuelled the transition.
Photos: After heavy combat, Ukrainians in east brace for cold
Villages in the Donetsk region have seen heavy fighting, and now residents are facing a new threat: a bitter winter.
Photos: In Madrid, a ‘toy hospital’ marks its last Christmas
Antonio Rivas took over the workshop from his father in the 1970s and watched as interest in traditional toys fell.
Photos: Sidecar ambulances help pregnant women in India
Motorbike ambulances are a vital service for women in remote areas who otherwise wouldn't receive medical care.
As climate clock ticks, aviator races to photograph glaciers
Earth's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, and aviator Garrett Fisher is on a mission to photograph them all.
‘Preventive conservation’ at Venetian palace
Art restorers intervene on precious artworks and elaborate ornamentation at the Doge's Palace in Venice.
Air pollution blights India’s capital
A toxic haze hangs heavily over north India each year as winter sets in, affecting the health of millions of people.
Fentanyl’s scourge evident on the streets of Los Angeles
Fentanyl has become a scourge across the US and is taking a toll on the growing number of people living on the streets.
School gives autistic Chinese youth a voice
Support has improved in China for children with autism, but millions still need access to behavioural therapy, education
Photos: The troubled history of Iran-US relations
The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980, but the enmity started decades earlier.