PRIVATE 53

The photos in this volume are personal records of events that have taken place in the physical world. They are…

Since we are living, to a large part, in a socially constructed world – think of the legal system or…

The imbalance between need and consumerism has upset the equilibrium of nature. But in the current scenario, people are forced…

Modern-day slavery in Brazil is very different to the kind practised during the colonial era. Brazil was the last country…

At 0 km from the Danube, Sulina’s old lighthouse is only a symbol. The eastern gate of the European Union…

Ten years after the world promised to rebuild Afghanistan, its people are again losing hope. In the course of these…

Once known for its bounty of coal, salt, clay and timber, Southeastern Ohio was stripped of its resources by the…

The small towns from the Andes were the most affected during the internal armed conflict that Peru had to face…

Gold in Burkina has become the most exported product in the country overtaking cotton. In the last year 11 thousand…

Suffering from severe human rights violations, the stateless Rohingya refugees of Burma have taken refuge around the world. After Burma…

With 1.6% of the population and some 3 million believers, the Christian minority in Pakistan is the second largest religious…

In the early 1900s, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed, a fiercely nationalistic “Young Turks” movement took power. With the Empire’s…

Zimbabwe ranks 169 out of 169 countries in the Human Development Index 2010. Unemployment in the country reaches a rate…

In 1974, I was six. I was in Belgium and I had never heard words such as “exile” or “dictatorship”.…