What the world eats

What the world eats

Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisi, husband and wife, travelled the world documenting eating habits of people of all classes, in different countries. They photographed people with their habitual meal, and their journey became a photographic book entitled What I eat –  Around the World in 80 diets.   The two photographers didn’t only take amazing pictures:

The first woman ever to command a UN peacekeeping operation

The first woman ever to command a UN peacekeeping operation

“The most important weapon that you have is communication and to build relations,” said Norwegian Major General Kristin Lund, 55 years old, after being appointed as the first women to guide a United Nations peacekeeping operation.   Lund will replace the Chinese Major General Chao Liu to command about 1,000 personnel in Cyprus from 13

Where the refugees go, despite themselves

Where the refugees go, despite themselves

Germany, United States, Turkey and Italy. These are the countries that every year reiceive the greatest amount of asylum applications from migrants who leave their country in search for a better place where to rebuild their lives. But there are four destinations pointed out by Quartz that are experiencing an uncommon increase in the number of refugees

The Rohingya: the invisible community persecuted by Buddhists

The Rohingya: the invisible community persecuted by Buddhists

Rohingya people are a Muslim ethnical group living in the Burmese Rakhine State, a region that overlooks the Gulf of Bengal and borders with Bangladesh. Until 1989 these lands were also known as Arakan, whilst Rohingya people’s presence in Rakhine dates back to the 7th century. Today, they account to 800,000 people out of 4

World’s most polluted cities

World’s most polluted cities

Dopo la notizia sui livelli di polveri sottili fuori controllo rilevati a Pechino, l’Economist ha pubblicato il grafico delle città più inquinate al mondo.