In Tanzania, female circumcision – also known as female genital mutilation – is still practiced among some ethnic groups as a rite of passage into womanhood. Many girls are forced or coerced into it
Siberia’s Evenk region is larger than any European country but it is home to only around 17,000 people. It’s so vast and remote that scientists have spent decades searching and failing to find one of the largest meteorites ever to fall to Earth — the Tunguska meteorite
A historical fiction writer finds satisfaction in reviving the traditional craft of coppersmithing
New York’s Spanish Harlem, a textile artist is making crocheted flowers in an effort to bring joy and celebrate migration
A florist brings joy both to her customers and herself by keeping things small and personal
Oklahoma was once home to more than 50 all-Black towns — more than anywhere else in the United States. Most of those towns, established primarily by freed slaves, have vanished
Ventura, California rethinks a statue of a Roman Catholic Spanish priest, Junipero Serra, who founded the city but left Native Americans devastated
The streets of Wilmington, Delaware are plagued by regular gun violence, as one mother knows all too well
Annie Griffiths, One of National Geographic’s first female photographers, has traveled to more than 150 countries taking pictures. During her 45 year career, she has been to every continent documenting nature, and collecting the stories of women she has met along the way
A father in Nebraska explains how his family has embraced hunting with rifles for generations in our ongoing series about firearms in America