Published on Jul 20, 2017

Hundreds turned out in Hong Kong  to pay their respects to late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, the pro-democracy Chinese dissident whose death in custody shocked the world.

Published on Jul 14, 2017

At a secret location in Australia's southeast, Peter Crock delicately tends to a two-month-old cannabis cutting. Barely knee high, it is one of about 50 government-sanctioned "mother plants" to be cloned for future generations of crops for the country's fledgling medicinal marijuana industry.

Published on Jul 4, 2017

Performing overhead kicks and headers to fire a ball over the net, Indonesia's national sepak takraw players put on a dazzling display of athleticism during training in an elite police force base.

Published on Jul 6, 2017

With Myanmar emerging as a manufacturing hub for mass-produced clothes, a crop of young designers are using home-grown fashion to preserve the country's sartorial heritage and reshape the sweatshop model.

Published on Jun 28, 2017

Chatting excitedly as they try on their Chinese imperial-themed wedding outfits, Ren Weilian and Zhu Tiantian are as nervous as any couple as they prepare to exchange vows in their lesbian marriage.

Published on Jun 26, 2017

Pakistan has long been an international hub for the illegal kidney trade, but medical and local authorities complain they have been unable to act against the practice, frustrated by ineffective enforcement policies and what they perceive as a lack of political will to crack down.

Published on Jun 22, 2017

The first women settled on this stony slope outside Kabul in the 1990s hoping to escape the stigma those like them endure.

Published on Jun 8, 2017

The SeaGlass is a unconventional Carousel located in the Battery Park section of New York City. This unique amusement was designed George Tsypin, best known as artistic director and production designer for the 2014 Sochi Olympics opening ceremony. Visitors sit inside giant fish as the carousel turns and lifts them high into the air as if they were swimming underwater.

Published on Jun 5, 2017

As US-backed forces prepare a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, displaced civilians are dreaming of spending the end of Ramadan Eid holiday back home.

Published on Jun 4, 2017

The water might be chilly but dozens of naked men happily relax in an outdoor pool in a Beijing suburb making the most of the sunshine. 

The 10th Central Rat Race was held in the heart of the commercial center of Hong Kong this year. Just like previous years, hundreds of participants dressed in a variety of colorful costumes took part in the race, promoting mental health among busy HongKongers. 

The Church funding system in Denmark is definitely one of a kind. People are directly or indirectly paying for the state church, Evangelical Lutheran Church, for it to run. Some of the state duties are performed by the church.

With the hot debate in the parliament in Denmark, will the state in church be separated or the relationship between them will remain?

Hong Kong is usually known as a shopping paradise. Nowadays, shopping malls are full of branded high-end chain stores. The last paradise, Kwai Chung Plaza, is full of small shops with a huge variety. However, the shops are facing the same problem, rising rents. High rents are kicking out small shops. How many of them can survive in the end?