The United Nations signed the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951 to define who a refugee is. Its initial goal was to protect millions of European refugees fleeing World War II. It changed the treaty to apply to refugees “without regard to geography.”
The Tisza River, A Major Tributary Of The Danube, Flows From Ukraine Into Hungary, Bringing Hundreds Of Tonnes Of Trash With It Every Year. Hungary Has Encouraged Ukraine To Deal With Its Garbage Before It Becomes A Global Problem, But There Is No Simple Answer In Sight
“Together We Heal, Learn, And Shine” Is Not Just The Slogan Of This Year’s World Refugee Day, But It Also Offers A Lot Of Inspiration For The Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Who Have Fled Their Homes
New Hotels, Apartment Buildings, And Restaurants Have Been Built Hastily, And Often Illegally, On North Macedonia’s Side Of Lake Ohrid, With Little Concern For The Region’s Historical Character
Green-Wood Cemetery in New York – one of the oldest and largest American cemeteries – now has its own artist-in-resident
In Iran’s conservative Islamic society, prostitution is illegal, immoral, and rarely discussed. But in an investigative documentary by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, sex workers in Tehran describe a routine business where clients are easily found and family members turn a blind eye
We travel to the remote village of Seldovia, Alaska, as the COVID vaccine rollout continues
We drop by a neighborhood newsstand in Los Angeles, where the sense of community through daily interactions is threatened by both the pandemic and the internet. The owner talks to us about some innovative ways he stays in business
In 1983, Joe Pachak discovered the first rock art of a mammoth in North America, a 14,000 year-old etching. Later, he built life-size effigies of the mammoth and other effigies of animals that are burned in celebration of nature and the Winter Solstice
The Circum-Baikal Railway was a feat of engineering when it was built during the reign of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II. Today, the route beside the world’s deepest lake is used more for tourism than for transport, but it still inspires visitors with its stunning views