Thirty years after the end of Apartheid, what remains of Nelson Mandela’s ‘Rainbow Nation’? Record levels of insecurity, mass youth unemployment, and a public services sector in crisis are fueling profound social unease and racial divisions are widening.
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Every year, a city of 70 000 people explodes out of the Nevada desert- and disappears without a trace. Burning Man is the most outrageous, most creative, most extreme gathering on earth. As its 40th anniversary approaches, we go behind the spectacle, behind the myth, and into the beating heart of Black Rock city.
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The stabbing of a teacher by a 14-year-old student in France earlier this year was just the latest in a series of shocking school attacks. In just two months, 186 knives were confiscated during bag checks at schools. We follow the police, parents and educators trying to stop the stabbings and speak to the teenagers who feel the need to be so heavily armed.
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In recent years, New York has become the ultimate destination for celebrating Santa Claus. The city that never sleeps is by far the most spectacular place in the world during the holiday season. Lights, music, shows, attractions… The spectacle is everywhere, nonstop, and absolutely breathtaking!
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At over 4,000 metres high, the Peruvian Altiplano both fascinates and challenges those who dare to venture there. Our investigation takes place at the top of the Andes, where humans strive, against all odds, to conquer the heights.
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The Caudillo continues to cast a long shadow on Spanish society. How is it that a country known for being a progressive beacon, a country which had the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet arrested for crimes against humanity in 1998, is unable to come to terms with its own past?
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Pyo Ye-Rim tried to challenge South Korea’s growing problem of school bullies, which had long been a taboo subject. It ended up costing her her life.
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It’s an undisputed fact that the best place to raise a child is in a family. But all over Europe, there’s a shortage of foster families for those children who can’t live with their biological families. In a house beside a lake in Germany, three youth workers step in as caregivers for five children in a therapeutic residential home. We spent a year following them and the children they care for.
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Adolescents who are connected to their smartphone for more than five hours a day are 66% more likely to suffer suicidal symptoms than those who use it for one hour a day. 44 US states are currently suing Meta, blaming it for the malaise of an entire generation. Faced with powerful tech giants like Meta, Tiktok, Snapchat, X and Discord, how can we protect children and their childhood?
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