In a Dakar fishing village, a surf academy run by Black Girls Surf swaps waves for school, helping 20 girls return to education. Senegal is seeing a small but hopeful change on the coast of Dakar, ...

Kazakhstan is linking ski runs across five routes and gorges in the Ile-Alatau range into a single, seamless network of pistes, lifts and trails. Kazakhstan is transforming the central, northern and ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.