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Botswana’s diamond industry has been not only profitable, but beneficial to its people, bringing in funding for public health and more. But the global economic crash is cutting into diamond sales, raising questions for Botswana’s future. Photo: Botswana diamond mine/Esthr
Wolves may be in the cross hairs as the Alaska Board of Game debates predator control measures statewide — but a new report finds that they should also fear their fellows; a high percentage of fatal attacks on wolves in Denali National Park are by wolves from rival packs.Photo: Alaska wolf/Sean Clawson
New FDA documents show that some Chilean salmon farms are using chemicals and medications banned by regulators. Chile is one of America’s biggest suppliers of salmon and the second largest exporter of salmon in the world. Photo: Chilean salmon farm/Vince Huang
Since Kosovo’s secession from Serbia, the fledgling country is at peace — but struggling with severe poverty and unemployment, along with simmering ethnic tensions in the mostly Serbian north. Photo: Kosovo Serbs/jungle/arctic
In Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, known for its fertile cropland (right), an old feud between two clans that draw from the same water source is heating up, as resources strain to meet growing populations amid rising temperatures.
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Hoping to combat climate change — but risking the wrath of its wurst-wolfing citizens — Germany is pushing for a more Mediterranean national cuisine that limits meat consumption to once a week and special occasions. Photo: Berlin wurst fans/Lang Heinz
Azerbaijan’s move to take over airwaves formerly controlled by the BBC and the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe has raised fears of shifting regional alliances, and government censorship in a still-emerging democracy. Photo: Flavijus
You know 2008’s big stories — a change year, war in the Middle East, Proposition 8, the economic crash — but there’s a world of important news beyond the headlines. Check out NYMHM’s review of the top issues of the past year: water, forests, war crimes, native rights and more. Photo: Stitch
“Scraper bikes” are colorful, customized, and give young people new creative alternatives in crime-plagued communities. The two-wheelers come out of hip-hop’s hyphy subculture, and are inspired by the tricked-out “scraper” cars of the late ’80s. Photo: bikeportland
East Africa’s Rift Valley could transform a continent where two billion people have no access to electricity. Advocates say geothermal sites in the valley (at right) could someday produce at least 4,000 megawatts of electricity for Kenya, Mozambique, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. Photo: stevej2000