Haunted India: A new ghost compendium features 700 creatures from A to Z

‘Stay home or dance with us’: Ghana’s dancing pallbearers urge social distancing

Going green — after death

The dangers of reporting on femicide in Argentina

Ten migrants dead in overheated truck in Texas, driver charged

Spreading my father’s ashes on the Ganges felt like a link across the globe and across generations

A new husband’s care for his father’s dead body changed his wife’s view of death and dying

Photographers look for ‘the poetry of death and dying in America’

How a photographer captured his father’s final years

Deaths among low-income children are making the US a leader in infant mortality

In the wake of Tucson tragedy, reflecting on the media’s role in fueling vitriol

We are all dead stars

Controversial Israeli leader and former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died

What motivates women to commit acts of terror?

Voters in Arizona voting to pick replacement for Rep. Gabby Giffords

Advocates fear implications Dharun Ravi case

Mexicans prepare for Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, festival by making sugar skulls

Women’s health in Nepal

CT Scans Reveal Ancient Mummies with Heart Disease

The Flame Alphabet

Your Stories of Near Death Experiences

The Final Chapter: Five Authors Discuss Writing About Death

Why the South American Chinchorro People Made the First Mummies

The Murder Case that Brought Down Chinese Communist Party Leader Bo Xilai

James Clementi on the Real Story of His Brother’s Tragic Suicide

Will Dharun Ravi’s Sentence Fit the Crime?

Stand Your Ground Laws Lead to Rise in Justifiable Homicides, Report Says

Iraqi Translator Leaves the Danger of War Behind to Live in the US

The Real Story Behind Tyler Clementi’s Tragic Death

Remembering Daniel Pearl

One Year After Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Shooting

Making Traditional Sugar Skulls to Celebrate Día de los Muertos

Tapes Reveal a Merciless, Fearful Saddam Hussein

Bringing a 65-year-old murder case to justice

California town demands justice after homeless man’s death

Jack Kevorkian Dead at Age 83

Reflecting on Jack Kevorkian, Dead at Age 83

Black Lung is Back

‘How to Die in Oregon’: New Documentary Explores Assisted Suicide

Stiff Competition

American Icons: ‘Because I Could Not Stop for Death’

Who is Jared Loughner? Investigation into Arizona shooting continues

Will Arizona shooting spur new gun laws?

The history and power of self-immolation

Tragic suicide leaves many unanswered questions

Grant family attorney speaks about case and verdict

Maternal deaths decline significantly worldwide

Lisa Miller on her new book, ‘Heaven: our enduring fascination with the afterlife’

What happens when you die? UK researchers study near-death experiences

A cold day in Moscow with the murder of a lawyer

States begin executions after seven-month moratorium

International reaction to Arizona shooting

Geo answer

Female suicide bombers

Best of the BBC: Maternal mortality worldwide

Documentary sparks euthanasia debate

Saddam’s final chapter

The World – Episode 20071107 – School shooting in Finland

‘Never Say Die’: A Motto Americans Live By?