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Uganda’s abortion law, at first glance, is a quagmire of confusing updates. As a result, misinformation has been widely disseminated.

Some Zambians live in areas outside of cities without officially recognized roads, making it hard for police easily reach callers reporting crime.

Locals know Nasser Street for its printing services — including forging credentials. These documents can bring opportunities. But are the risks worth it?

Fish farming has become a popular industry in Indian-administered Kashmir. Then fish started dying. In response, a local university opened a fish hospital.

Furniture workers make up a large portion of Zimbabwe’s informal economy. But their livelihoods are in danger from fires that authorities can’t address.

In Kathmandu, incidence of liver disease has ballooned. Alcohol plays an important role in local culture, so rooting out the problem means digging deep into tradition.

For years, moving to New Delhi, India’s capital city, has been one option for people who want to escape strife in Indian-administered Kashmir. But even that is increasingly bringing its own risks.

Ice stupas help farmers cope as climate change has affected the predictability of natural water sources in warm months.

Traditionally, women in Sri Lanka do not fish for a living. But in Jaffna, where many men died, were wounded or went missing during the civil war, Rasathurai Sarojathevi is teaching a group of 20 women to earn their livings from fishing. Even when the rains don’t cooperate, local women are taking the lead in earning for their families.

For the past five years, Ramesh has been offering his boxing training free of charge four days per week. He said it's a way of giving back. As some of his students are now decorated boxing champions themselves.