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City as Refuge
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This article explores the lives of people displaced by war in the Eastern Ukraine.

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11/27/2017
Close to Paradise
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This article studies the tiny islands of Vanuatu, an area voted one of the happiest places on Earth, and the unique culture and lifestyle that exists there.

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11/20/2017
Darga Hazrat Nizamuddin
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This article studies the Darga Hazrat Nizamuddin, a shrine in the Nizamuddin West neighborhood of Delhi.

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11/10/2017
Earth's Most Threatened Tribe
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This article describes the Awá Indians in the Brazilian Amazon and their efforts to maintain their nomadic lifestyle amidst encroachment of the modern world.

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11/16/2017
End of the Road
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This article describes life for the Brokpa tribe, who have herded yak in the remote far eastern corner of Bhutan for centuries.

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11/29/2017
Entering the Exclusion Zone
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This article explores the abandoned city of Pripyat and its decay since the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl.

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11/28/2017
Experiments in Social Urbanism
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This article discusses how the city of Medellín in Colombia has put significant monetary investments into its poorer communities in an attempt to transform itself from one of the most notoriously violent places in the world into an innovative city of the future.

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11/16/2017
Eye for an Eye
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This article studies the centuries-old tradition of blood vengeance in the North of Albania.

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11/21/2017
Finding Shelter
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This article describes life in an Ethiopian refugee camp housing Afaris who have fled Eritrean repression.

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11/15/2017
Fishing for a Future
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This article discusses the fishermen of Ancón, Peru and the changes in their livelihood over time.

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11/13/2017
Footprints
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This article discusses how different lifestyles and attitudes affect carbon emissions.

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11/21/2017
Free Spirits of Mongolia
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This article discusses the preservation of Kazakh culture in the mountainous region of Bayan-Olgii.

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12/01/2017
God's Light Show
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This article describes life in the Lofoten Islands off the northern coast of Norway.

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11/28/2017
The Golden Full Moon
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This article describes the religious festival of Nabadwip Mandala Parikrama in the small town of Nabadwip in West Bengal, India.

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Date Added:
11/10/2017