Burglaries are on the rise in Germany, but detection rates are low. The police are under pressure. Heike Schröder and Silvio Baumgart from Berlin's crime squad are part of a rapid response unit hoping to improve the statistics.

A young Kyrgyz woman campaigns against bride kidnapping, an arcane tradition in Kyrgyzstan. Each year, thousands of young women are kidnapped and forced to marry. Damira shows a way out.

Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has launched a referendum to expand his power. He’s counting on the votes of 1.4 million Turks who live in Germany. The result? Conflict within the country’s Turkish community.

Katrin Dinges is blind and almost deaf. Many deaf and blind people live in care facilities or stay with their parents all their adult lives, but Katrin is determined to live as independently as she can.

Luz Angela Uriana from Colombia lives next to Latin America’s biggest coal mine. International companies are raking in big profits. The air is polluted and streams could dry out. The indigenous Wayuu people are suffering, including Luz Angela’s son.

Ruth Krause shot this report with support of the International Women's Media Foundation.

Maria Justina Minila Sampathraj, or "Mini" for short, comes from a country that's not known for its pastry: India. Nevertheless, she and her team have made it into the Pastry World Cup in France. Can they hold their own against the world's finest?

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a Luther Pop Oratorio is touring Germany. It features different choirs in every city, posing a major musical and organisational challenge. DW accompanied two passionate choirmasters on this ambitious tour.

Gao is the most dangerous part of Mali. UN peacekeeping troops and Mali government forces are frequently attacked by insurgents.

Two young men from rural Afghanistan are hoping to become their country's first Olympic skiers. They're training at Switzerland's upscale St. Moritz resort for a sport that is little known in Afghanistan. Can they make their dreams come true?

Farmer Cédric Herrou smuggles refugees over the French-Italian border - from pure altruism. Now he is on trial, but the judiciary is having a hard time dealing with him. Can you condemn someone whose actions are motivated by charity?