A Sherpa family considers breaking a taboo to climb the most sacred and dangerous mountain in the Himalayas.
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Under inspection, a forensic investigator leads her unit to crime scenes in one of Mexico’s most violent cities.
The president of a sinking Pacific island nation became a leading voice in global climate change diplomacy.
Matthew Abbott’s photos of Australia’s catastrophic bushfires serve as a warning to the world.
Carmen Aristegui is a well-known Mexican journalist who refuses to be intimidated by powerful and corrupt forces.
A Mongolian coal miner struggles to survive as a ban on the use of raw coal takes effect.
During the COVID-19 lockdown in the Philippines, Lito wonders which is the bigger threat – the virus or hunger?
A young lawyer fights for citizenship rights for all people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Leilani Farha leads an investigation into the global housing crisis for the United Nations.
The empowering story of Teodora Vasquez who was imprisoned for 10 years under El Salvador’s strict abortion law.
An epic coming-of-age story that follows Mir as he grows up over the course of 20 years of war in Afghanistan.