Photography:
Human rights and international development:
'Counting the human cost of Colombia's cocaine wars', by Julia Horton, The Herald
Servio Cordoba lost his left leg and eye after
stepping on a landmine at his farm in Colombia. Maria Zuniga, pictured with her grandson, Diego, struggles to feed her family since husband Adolfo was injured after treading on a landmine.
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The hills around Samaniego in the south of Colombia are a warzone with landmines laid daily to protect the rebels' coca fields.
Dozens of farming families like the Zunigas live in huts outside Samaniego in Colombia after guerrillas forced them to flee their homes.
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Environment and conservation:
Bhutanese farmers turn to tourists to save endangered cranes, by Julia Horton, CNNGo.com, Asia
Bhutanese children perform a comical, modern dance mimicking the behaviour of the black-necked crane at an innovative new conservation festival. The event was established to help educate communities and give farmers extra income through tourism, discouraging them from using cheaper, chemical fertilisers which could damage the birds' habitat.
A traditional Bhutanese masked dancer performs at the conservation festival.
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Young Buddhist monks are among the crowd at the Black-necked Crane Festival, held annually outside the historic Gangte monastery in Bhutan. People here believe these birds are sacred.
Farming families now offer tourists homestays, giving visitors a rare glimpse into daily life in rural Bhutan.
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Scottish sky patrols to turn the tide on plastic litter
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Travel:
The Indian horses bred to fight elephants, by Julia Horton, CNNGo.com, Asia
Marwari horses are a proud and hardy breed, trained in the past by their royal Rajput masters in India to fight sword-wielding elephants in battle.
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Today Marwari horses are sometimes hired in traditional dress for wedding celebrations. Tourist treks have helped to revive the breed which was almost wiped out after falling out of fashion when the British colonised India.
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