Global Us: What connects us all

The elephant population in South Africa's Kruger National Park is growing by the year - which is good news. But there’s a problem. The elephants are devouring the park’s precious marula trees. So the park has enlisted some bees to help protect them.

19-year-old Munk-Ujin lives in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. She loves her city, and when she's not spending time with friends she likes to walk around and observe the progress going on all around her.

A water shortage in northeastern Colombia is affecting the Wayuu people. Their children are particularly vulnerable. Small desalination plants may be the solution.

All of the actors of the RambaZamba Theater in Berlin have a mild to more serious form of Down syndrome. Here the disability is not considered a weakness, but rather a strength.

Members of Nepal's lowest castes have few opportunities to change their standing in life. The caste system was officially abolished in the 1960s, but little has changed since then.

Martin Luther King's most radical project was the Poor People's Campaign. Besides jobs for everyone, he called for a guaranteed basic income and easier access to loans. But following his assassination, the campaign was forgotten about.

A water shortage in northeastern Colombia is affecting the Wayuu people. Their children are particularly vulnerable. Small desalination plants may be the solution.

A water shortage in northeastern Colombia is affecting the Wayuu people. Their children are particularly vulnerable. Small desalination plants may be the solution.

Mongolia’s most important resource is its seemingly endless pasturage, but now its ability to recover from too much grazing has become a real problem. A new system is aimed at managing use sustainably so vegetation has time to recover.

Mongolia’s most important resource is its seemingly endless pasturage, but now its ability to recover from too much grazing has become a real problem. A new system is aimed at managing use sustainably so vegetation has time to recover.