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Local communities should suffer no disadvantages because of tourism: fishing boats in Sri Lanka.

Tourism

People-friendly and environmentally acceptable

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by Antje Monshausen
Woman of the Hmong ethnic group in Vietnam, her hands black from using dye. Hmong villages are a popular destination for Chinese tourists.

Potential of tourism

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

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by Antje Monshausen
Cambodian sex workers wait for customers at a public park in Phnom Penh.

Sex tourism

Dubious reputation

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by Katja Dombrowski
Tourist attraction: children at an orphanage

Orphanage tourism

Orphanages: sites for abusive tourism

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by Katja Dombrowski
Newspaper vendor in Harar.

Comment

Media freedom in decline

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by Felix Horne
A telephone charger boot: many Africans use their cell phones longer than 18 months.

Value chains

Due diligence

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by Theresa Krinninger
The Brazilian armed forces have never acknowledged their responsibility for human rights abuses: a parade on Brazil’s Independence Day, 2014.

Victims of dictatorship

Delayed truth, no justice

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by Kai Ambos
by Eneas Romero
Environmentalists rally against a nuclear plant in Kudankulam in 2012.

Comment

Life-blood of democracy

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by Dinesh C. Sharma
Over a million people – including many Muslims – rallied in defence of France’s republican values on 11 January.

Comment

Clashes within civilisations

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by Hans Dembowski
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