Circus artists perform daring feats every single day - but earn barely enough to live off. Eight generations of the Scholl family have been circus artists, but now they're struggling to make ends meet.

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has 40 years of political experience, but in the Western Balkans he faces an especially tricky task. Juncker wants states such as Serbia and Albania to join the EU, but only if they implement far-reaching reforms.

Irina has had enough. Her hometown Kolomna is where most of Moscow’s garbage is dumped. But the waste is not disposed of properly, and is a health hazard to anyone nearby. She’s started organizing protests, even though she could get arrested for it.

The food bank in northwestern Essen has temporarily stopped taking on new customers who aren't German. The case has sparked outrage, but also points to how much pressure food banks are under. Those in need must increasingly rely on donations.

Hassan lives in eastern Ghouta, the Syrian enclave currently under siege from government forces. The UN has called it "hell on Earth." A firsthand report on life amid shelling and the struggle to survive.

For 200 years the inhabitant of the Fiji Village Vunisavisavi have vowed to never leave their homes. Now the effects of Climate Change are apparent. The sea level is rising. Will the villagers stay or will they break their vow?

California’s economy is booming. Yet, there are tens of thousands of people living on the streets and not benefitting at all. There are as many homeless people in Greater Los Angeles as in the whole of Germany. Michael J. Diehl is one of them.

96-year-old Margit Meissner survived the Holocaust, and now she’s doing all she can to make sure it’s never forgotten. She’s a volunteer at Washington D.C.'s Holocaust museum. There, she tells young people about the genocide and her narrow escape.

The German population has been rapidly ageing for decades, with severe effects on the pension system. Germans are increasingly threatened by poverty in old age and relying on part-time jobs or food donations to survive.

Every week Baltazar Ushca hikes up Mount Chimborazo - at 6,300 meters, Ecuador’s tallest mountain. The 74-year-old harvests glacial ice before selling it in the city. Climate change and refrigerators, however, are endangering his occupation.