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Two hikers with backpacks stand on a hill overlooking a glacier, snow-capped mountains, and a turquoise lake below, surrounded by lush green vegetation.

Out of Eden Walk: 13 years on the road and counting

Out of Eden Walk

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is walking around the globe on foot. His project, called the Out of Eden Walk, started in January 2013. Salopek now marks 13 years on the road with Host Marco Werman by looking back at the project’s early days.

Starving and surrounded: el-Fasher residents plead for aid

Conflict

PEPFAR and the future of the global fight against HIV

Health & Medicine
Makaa or charcoal is often used in cooking methods in Kenya and other countries in Africa.

The push to end harmful cooking methods worldwide

Energy

Top 5 worst natural disasters of 2011

Agence France-Presse

Two MSF aid workers shot dead in Somalia

Agence France-Presse

Two aid workers shot dead in a Médecins Sans Frontières compound in Somalia have been identified as Belgian and Indonesian nationals.

South Sudan: UN troops step in to prevent ethnic violence

Conflict

UN urges action to avert a large-scale attack in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, amid mounting ethnic clashes triggered by cattle raids.

Rwanda Now (Photos)

Conflict

As it struggles to overcome its 1994 genocide, Rwanda is dynamic and compelling.

2011: year for self-immolations

Conflict

From Mohamed Bouazizi to Tibetan monks, why did so many people light themselves on fire this past year?

New Year’s Eve: Dutch giraffes soothed by pop music

Lifestyle

Dutch obsession with New Year’s Eve fireworks rattles giraffes at Netherlands zoo; only pop music can calm the animals.

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Fragile truce begins as US and Iran step back from brink