World is ticking toward a milestone: 7 billionth person expected on Halloween

Animal populations plummeting at Nairobi National Park

The joy of cooking — with cow dung

Here’s how a tiny Pacific island got better Internet than the US

Kenyan communities succeed in managing scarce water, where aid projects once foundered

Why campaigners want you to wear your clothes #insideout today

Why campaigners want you to wear your clothes #insideout today

Julia Cooke shows us a Cuba where a younger generation navigates through stagnation and change

As the World Cup nears, Brazilian youth take to the streets

As the World Cup nears, Brazilian youth take to the streets

Russians are turning out like never before for Paralympians in Sochi

Russians are turning out like never before for Paralympians in Sochi

Who knew a gourd could unlock a better future for rural Indian girls

In Brazil, indigenous tribes are still struggling to protect the rainforest — and their culture

In Israel, the once nomadic Bedouin are reluctant to move

A Colombian’s hit video game is about a different sort of violence — alcoholism

Iran and US agree, but on what exactly we’re not sure

If you want to drive in Beijing, you have to win the lottery — literally

This Ethiopian village has gained wealth, but has bred hostility

China loosens its one-child policy in the face of a disturbing population trend

Does Haiti really need luxury hotels?

In Africa, China’s political stability looks good compared to the US

Australia’s carbon tax looks to be headed up the smokestack

And the Beat Making Lab goes on, to Ethiopia

COSAT students tell hard truths to win votes

Some Haitians left waiting for family-based visas to come to U.S.

Fears of global population boom overblown, some argue

Peru government urges couples to wed, makes it easier with mass ceremonies

Ecuadorian government targets park’s oil, despite natural diversity

Pakistani college student creates shantytown school to change society

Indian gang rape victim Suzette Jordan goes public with her story

In China, entrepreneurs lead fight to curb air pollution

As Myanmar’s politics change, rural farmers still looking for recovery of their own

School Year: South African students join countrymen in volunteering to honor Mandela

Mrs. Lovett’s Colorful Math Classroom

Filipino domestic workers flee war in Syria, return home to no work

South African school discovers challenges in increasing enrollment, class sizes

Workers in Brazil mixed on public spending to prepare for sporting events

Rio de Janeiro’s controversial favela pacification program shows signs of success

China’s new rich looking to get education on manners

Environmental concerns at core of Turkish protests

Brazil looks to education to improve upward social mobility

In South Africa, death in family puts high schooler at the helm

China ups presence in Afghanistan as U.S. withdraws

South African students face real danger in simply getting to school each day

China’s economy at crossroads between freer enterprise, state control

Chinese land reform efforts move ahead with more fits than starts

China’s one-child policy increasingly being questioned

Asia Development Bank imagines fleet of electric trikes to help Manila

No Excuses, Just Success: The School Year Begins

Activists call for renewal of diplomatic relationship between Iran, U.S.

United Arab Emirates makes Missouri town beneficiary of expanded endeavor on foreign aid

Ethiopia’s economy benefiting from emigrants returning home

My Micro NY creates smaller living for New York City

GlobalPost report finds income inequality, a global problem

Organization in India harnesses youthful idealism to make Kolkata’s slums better

In Kenya, urban farming changing families’ reality

China investing big in persuading ‘leftover women’ to get married

Women form special cab service in Delhi — catering exclusively to women

Flood refugees begin returning to Jakarta; Indonesia braces for more rain