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Activists from the World Cup Popular Committee group protest against the FIFA World Cup in front of Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia on May 30, 2014. Brazil has been hit by a wave of strikes and protests against the more than $11 billion being spent on the tournament in a country that desperately needs investment in health, education and transport. AFP PHOTO/Edilson RODRIGUES

The beautiful game?

There is anger on the streets of Brazil, which is reeling under economic hardships, as it plays host to the most expensive Football World Cup so far.

Journalists under attack

India is increasingly becoming a less free and dangerous environment for journalists.

Suryakiran aircraft fly over New Delhi during Indian Air Force Day celebrations at Palam airport 08 October 2002. The Indian Air Force is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a parade and air show. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN

Arming India

India is the world’s ninth largest military spender and number one arms importer, according to data released by the Stockholm International Peace Rese

NEW DELHI, 27/08/2013: Children from across the country participating a press conference during children formulate their manifesto for the world they want children demand the inclusion of their rights in the post 2015 millennium development Goals (MDG) agenda and in the national manifestos of political parties, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.

Missing targets

Many of the targets of U.N. Millennium Development Goals may remain unachieved by India, if one goes by the latest progress report.

Slums: Two stories

The latest NSSO estimates put the number of slums in India at a much lower level than Census 2011.

For Election Pages, Attn Election Desk/Mr Mukund Padmanabhan: A Family migrating out of their village in seach of a livelihood in the state of Orissa. Photo: V_V_Krishnan. (Digital Photo) (to go with a story by Aarti Dhar's Storyon Migration)

International migration

The number of international migrants in 2013 was over 3 per cent of the world population.

Unsafe driving ! The police and voluntary agencies may have had launched a drive against the use of mobiles while driving and driving without helmets, and even resorted to heavy fining. But it continues and Hyderabadis appear to say, 'We are like this only'. A scene captured on the busy Jubilee Hills road in Hyderabad on Thursday... -Photo: Mohammed_Yousuf/Hyderabad

Deaths on the road

According to the World Health Organisation, 91 per cent of the world’s fatalities on the roads occur in low-income and middle-income countries.

Visitors gather to watch the Geo-Cosmos, a 6.5-meter diameter globe, displaying a simulation of global warming in year 2100 at the MeSci (National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation) in Tokyo, 18 August 2002. Red color signifies a three-degree increase in the temperature of the air just above the surface from its level in 1990, while black represents no change. Nearly all the globe becomes red when the simulation reaches the year 2100. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI

The heat trap

A World Bank report on climate change warns that a warmer world will trap millions in poverty.

Corruption Barometer

More than half the respondents in a global survey think corruption has grown in the past two years.

An Indian army solider stands guard in the Thar desert during Operation Poorna Vijay (Complete Victory), near Kalu, 09 May 2001. More than 60,000 troops are involved in the mammoth five-day war games near the India-Pakistan border. AFP PHOTO/RAVEENDRAN

Troubled world

The world has become less peaceful than in 2008, says the 2013 Global Peace Index.

KANNUR-KERALA 05-06-2013 Next in the list to be axed. A huge shade tree in the Taluk office premises is awaiting the wood cutter’s axe on the World Environment day in Kannur on Wednesday-PHOTO;S_K_MOHAN

Cities and their environment

A survey of the quality of life in India's cities yields a disappointing picture.

Death at birth

India has persistently high rates of newborn mortality, over three lakh a year, and accounts for 29 per cent of all first-day deaths globally.