Chanyang Ju grew up in North Korea, in the midst of poverty and oppression. After a harrowing escape, she now lives in South Korea and reports on chat shows and in lectures on the situation in the communist North.

There are 20 times more smartphone users than starving children worldwide. With “Share the Meal,” a Berlin-based start-up’s app, those users can donate small amounts of money to support food aid programs for children in crisis regions.

Virtual reality technology is being used to help aid organizations raise funds. Potential donors are sent virtually to where aid is needed. The UN project has reported initial success.

There are only about 8,000 Barbary macaques remaining in northern Africa. In many places they’re captured as house pets or tourist attractions, and their habitat is shrinking. An NGO is carrying out an information campaign to protect them.

Niras Bishwakarma is twelve years old and has lived in a tent in a Nepalese refugee camp since the major earthquake a year ago.

The idea is simple: worldwide there are 20 times more smartphone users than starving children. If these users donated money via their smartphones, they could do a lot to relieve hunger in the world. A Berlin start-up has developed what it calls the "40 cent idea" with its app: "Share the Meal.”

Gideon Saitabau Sinyok is a semi-nomadic Massai with eight siblings.

The Tanon Strait lies between the Philippine islands of Negros and Cebus. It is a resting ground for whales, dolphins and home to rare marine plants. As biodiversity comes under threat, locals are getting involved in its protection.

Style coach Lisa Pippus from Canada lives with her Japanese roommate in Berlin's Moabit district. Her furnishings are a mixture of old and new styles, artworks by her father and travel souvenirs.

87-year-old cemetery gardener George Psailas enjoys cult status. Not only does he care for the graves with great devotion; he was actually born on the cemetery grounds and has already chosen his final resting place there.