Unrest in China

At a Nike factory, Uighur workers worry

The Uighurs plan their return to Xinjiang but worry about their friends held in Shaoguan.

• Confused about the Xinjiang riots? Follow the money.

• Irreconcilable forces in China

• Tibet riots: One year later

GlobalPost interviews

Kerry: "We are going to take a hard look at Afghanistan"

In an interview, Sen. John F. Kerry recalls his appearance at Vietnam hearings and says he will hold them on Afghanistan.

• Solana: 'The button has been reset'

• Interview: Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga

• Interview with a hitman

• Interview with a pirate

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Terminally ill

Chinese patients often choose between death and financial ruin. Will a new reform fix this?

• A long hot Korean summer

• Corruption, intrigue and Gisele Bundchen

• Land of rising debt

• Cuba libre

Obama on the move

Ghanaians welcome Obama

US president's visit highlights success of country's democracy

• Pope gives a nod to Obama

• In Russia, Obama's not a rock star

• In L'Aquila, little enthusiasm for G8 talks

Economic meltdown

The perils of ignoring Africa's economy

Experts argue that African aid and development are even more important during downturn.

• Payback: Remittances in New York City

• A World of Trouble, the sequel

• Special Report

Climate change

On climate, it's Washington v. Beijing

The Major Economies Forum ends without achieving its goal for an agreement on global warming.

• Climate negotiations stagnate at G8

• Forecast: The global consequences of climate change

The BRIC house

Will Indonesia make it BRICI?

By largely escaping the global economic meltdown, Indonesia makes a run at the world's fastest-growing club.

• Throwing BRICs

• BRIC by BRIC

Full Frame

Photo essays and conversations with photographers.

Worshipping Saint Death

A photographer visits Mexico's most notorious barrios, where death is the only truth in life.

• Walking through fire, literally

• Bahamas: Piles of sponges

Surfing the net

Cyberattack rocks South Korea

The so-called 7.7 Cyber Terror was a chilling reminder of the vulnerability of the world's "most-wired" country.

• Download a song, lose your Internet connection?

• EU and US at odds over internet gambling

Different strokes

India's gays celebrate too soon

Supreme Court signals it may hear appeal on the recent decriminalization of homosexual sex.

• The pageantry of the "Third Gender"

• Mexico's liberal capital

• "Big Love" takes center stage in South Africa

Oldest profession

In Ukraine, this photo may be porn

Culture wars arrive in Ukraine, with bans on gambling and porn.

• "Sex pats" discover Ukraine's alluring women

• Indonesia's "love shacks"

Real trips

Texan backpackers turned away by Irish immigration

Tourism board upset that "Ireland of the Welcomes" seems less than welcoming.

• Where are all the tourists?

• Cold War tourism at Fulda Gap

• Moscow in the tropics

Technology

Never be left without a charger — in the EU, anyway

Mobile phone industry agrees to make interchangeable chargers.

• Blimps find favor as poor man's satellite

• Does Facebook lead to adultery?

Hello dolly

Tickle me Hugo

Where you can stock up on Hugo Chavez dolls and T-shirts.

• Miss Coco's Liberian Barbies

• Barbie in the land of Chairman Mao