The Battle of Mosul began on October 16, 2016 with forces besieging Islamic State-controlled areas in the Nineveh Governorate surrounding Mosul. The coalition forces fighting the Islamic State consist of elements of the Iraqi Army, Kurdish Peshmerga Forces, Shia Militias and US, French and British ...

Tattoos, or "patik," as the people from Cebu City would call them, have long been associated with a strong negative stigma in society. Yet behind this perception there are stories worth telling. Isolated and behind bars, one of the only ways the prisoners can pass the days is to think....

Bandar Abbas is one of the three economic hubs of Iran. Millions of dollars are displaced daily and all the big industries including Iran's largest commercial dock, petroleum, steel mills, aluminum plants, bitumen factories and hundreds of factories and other large commercial centers ...

Countless forces have perpetrated war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Africa's Great Lakes region. The almost permanent insecurity and violence in the region is driven by corruption, dictatorship, and the global demand for natural resources. Armed conflict and ...

Somalia is arguably one of the most dangerous countries in the world; with its grim history of Al-Shabaab, piracy and famines, but the stories and faces behind this are seldom captured -- in particular the profound impact 20 years of civil war has had on maternal and child health in ...

In 2013, I was in Turkey. I was interested in the life of the Georgian immigrants. I was in a shoe factory. The factory is located under ground. Working conditions are very bad--dust, smoke, noise. The workers are working non-stop during the day. They have no right to abandon the work environment ...

Kibera, Africa's largest urban slum, has a bad reputation, but there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. At a propitious time in my life, I accepted a position as photographer with a Kenyan-based micro-enterprise (hygiene) and women's empowerment project (POHK.org). Seeing past the ...

Reverend Sinisa Ubiparipovic is a Parochial Vicar at St. Paul Parish in Hingham, MA. Parishioners call him Father Sinisa. He is an outgoing 29-year-old, who likes to travel and tells jokes during Mass. He used to sing in a Catholic student band and appears on Catholic TV and works with youth. Ubiparipovic ...

Migration is one of the main engines of the formation process of the world's social system. The description of this phenomenon, usually tied to the news, rarely focuses on what happens after whole communities settled down in a particular territory. The Italian Sikh community has become the...

#Dump Trump #NotMyPresident - On January 21, 2017, well over one million persons gathered in cities across the United States and around the world to protest the assumption of the Presidency of the United States by reality television star Donald Trump. Billed as a "Women's March," ...

San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa are two cities in Honduras. Every year they are hit by violent murders. During the first 10 months of 2016, 4,270 people have been murdered. The city of San Pedro Sula counts 2,950 victims. For the fifth consecutive year it has been considered the most violent city in ...

Eb (Epidermolysis bullosa) disease is one of the world's most painful disorders of which unfortunately no treatment has been found. It is scientifically called Epidermolysis bullosa or butterfly disease. It is a genetic disease and patients since birth have a very sensitive skin and ...

This photo collection is about the children of a gypsy family located in Iran, Khorasan Razavi province, near Karizak-e Nagahanivillage. These people had to migrate from their Province (Zabul) because of lack of work. They now live in a very difficult and poor situation. ...

"Black Lives Matter UK", began in solidarity and outrage at the fatal and brutal shootings by police in the USA. As Natalie Jeffers, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter UK said: "there might be fewer guns used in the UK, but there is a war going on against black people". In Britain there...

This is an ongoing project about social movements fighting for decent housing in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The squatters occupy vacant buildings downtown and empty lands on the outskirts of the city. The project started in 2014 and tries to take a closer look at the people who integrate the movement, ...

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the indigenous populations of the world. Their traditional cultures and ways of life are fast disappearing in a world with unpredictable weather patterns, ocean pollution and acidification and industrialization. Every summer when I was in college, I ...

The economic recession of the last decade caused thousands of Massachusetts families to become homeless. Once the shelters became full, the state turned to motels to shelter them, often far from family, friends and their children's schools. Most families end up homeless due to unforeseen...

The highlands of northern Vietnam are home to diverse ethnic minorities. Rugged mountains and beautiful, but harsh landscapes are shaping the environment for the people living on the periphery of the state. Balancing between traditional livelihood and modern state structures, this mainly ...

Kalongo is a remote village in Northern Uganda about a three-hour drive on dirt roads from the next largest village. It is also home to Kalongo Hospital and the St. Mary's Midwifery School, one of the most prominent in sub-saharan Africa. The students of St. Mary's are trained to work...