Love and sex between people with intellectual disabilities is often still taboo. At a supported living facility in Langenhagen, Germany, the approach is: No one should be denied the right to experience love and intimacy.

Germany is undergoing a sea change after sixteen years with Angela Merkel as chancellor. Elections this fall gave parliamentary seats to many younger politicians, including Kassem Taher Saleh of the Green Party and Ria Schröder of the liberal FDP.

Ahmad made it out of Afghanistan. He's now part of one of the world's largest groups of exiled Afghans, in Fremont, California. The former US Army translator was able to escape, but had to leave his family behind.

Before visiting Auschwitz, neither Maria nor Vida had ever been to a concentration camp. The two young women visited the site with a German interfaith group of Muslims, Christians and Jews to learn more about this dark chapter in Germany’s history.

She's one of the world's most powerful women. But, after deciding to give up office, Angela Merkel will soon leave her leading position in German and international politics. Foreign correspondents look back on Merkel's 16 years as chancellor.

In mid-August, a major earthquake struck Haiti. Over 2000 people were killed, and 160,000 families lost their homes. In the worst-affected areas in the south, tensions are running high. Aid shipments are subject to looting.

Refugees trying to enter Europe now head for the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the North African coast. Sabah Hamed gives them food, medicine and advice. While the influx is overwhelming Ceuta, she says the migrants only want a better life.

His specialty is middle-distance wheelchair racing. Alhassane Baldé, born in Guinea in West Africa, has been paralyzed since birth. As a child he discovered how fast he could be in a wheelchair. Today he reaches speeds of 40 km/h on the track.

Maximilian Bode and Christopher Schlicht cruise into church on skateboards. And instead of clerical garb, the two young pastors with Bremerhaven’s Emmaus congregation tend to their flock sporting purple hair, baseball caps and tattoos.

Lake Balkhash in southeastern Kazakhstan is shrinking. For fishermen like Erbolgan Erbosynov, it's an existential threat. Fish are everything to him: his livelihood, his culture, and his tradition.