Slumped on a bench in a village in southeast Senegal - which is lifeless but for the occasional bleating of goats and splutter of old motorcycles - Aliou Thiam has only one thing on his mind.

We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who once described climate change as a "hoax", has said he will take the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change and support greater use ...

From major disaster, conflicts and under-reported stories, we shine a light on the world’s hotspots.

We delve deeper into the issues faced by LGBT+ communities around the world.

We show how coronavirus is impacting the lives of vulnerable people globally.

When Tree Sequoia joined hundreds of LGBT+ people rioting in downtown New York 50 years ago, same-sex relations were illegal in more than 100 countries and every U.S. state had anti-sodomy laws.

Will Iran's climate inaction fuel rising disaster threats?

Around the world, young people are carrying out mounting protests and legal challenges in an effort to spur rapid action on climate change. Will it work?

Around the world, climate impacts - from harsher droughts to worsening storms and sea level rise - are already driving migration. What can be done to help people remain in their homes - or to make ...

Two years ago, more than 730,000 mainly Muslim Rohingya fled into neighbouring Bangladesh to escape persecution in Myanmar in a global exodus of an unprecedented rate, joining about 250,000 ...

As climate change takes hold, temperature records are being broken around the world month by month. What does that look like - and how are people responding?