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Reports from over the world

February 7th, 2025

Fearful Men

 The burqa, a full-body veil worn by many women in Afghanistan, is a symbol of oppression and restriction of women's rights. But it is also a reflection of the fears of the...
29 September 2024

Buddha for Buddha

 Amarapura, the center of Buddha statue production. The stone workshops in Amarapura, a district of Mandalay in Myanmar, are known for the production of Buddha figures from marble. Amarapura has a long...
22 September 2024

Cocoa with Opium

 Together with a few friends from Kunduz who worked for an aid organization, we wanted to travel to Bamiyan by land. We were aware that such an excursion would not be entirely risk-free.
11. September 2024

Havana Libre

 Along the Malecón, the seawall in Havana, towards Hotel -Havana Libre-. I took all the photos with my analogue Nikon, all of them were overexposed, and this is the result. The -Habana...
10 August 2024

The Water Home

 Insights into a hard life in the lake. In the middle of the floating gardens, the farming family has created a domicile in the water. For the floating gardens, the naturally occurring...
30 July 2024

The alley for the palate

 I call it the restaurant alley, from the archway to the next plaza the restaurants vie for the many tourists, especially at lunchtime it was not so easy to find a place...
15. July 2024

Faded charm in stone

 Where donkey and mule share a meadow in northern Spain. The villages of the municipality of Villamejil are located in a marshy area on the Río Tuerto, crossed by numerous short streams, in a...
1 July 2024

Waste Valleys

 Wild landscapes in Andalusia – The Gorafe Desert. This desert is unique for its impressive scenery and geological beauty, full of colors, canyons, fairy chimneys, and deep canyons. How a river valley cuts through...
April 6, 2024

The Eternal Fires

 The Burning Stones of Yanartas. The natural phenomenon, called Yanartas in Turkish – the burning stone – takes place near the village of Çirali. Since ancient times, flames have been burning here, springing directly from the...
March 11, 2024

The Wobbly Springboard

 For the youth, this is a welcome building in Kunduz province. For the future, this bridge over the Kunduz River was no longer usable, too much damage, weak points and bombings have...
February 2, 2024

Stones in the Sand

 Balkh Province: On the outskirts of Kholm is Bagh-e-Jahan Nama, a complex with a large garden and a monumental palace building. The Bagh-e-Jahan Nama Palace was built between 1890 and 1892 by...
November 26, 2023

In a colour frenzy

 On the way in the World Heritage Site, in Liguria on the Mediterranean. Sunrise over the mountains around Riomaggiore with a view of the colorful sea of houses. In the morning in the Cinque Terre village of Riomaggiore, the colorful facades in the...
November 3, 2023

Wild peaks, green stones

 Wooded mountain landscape with species-rich wildlife, also land of wolves and bears, the Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. The Picos de Europa National Park is a perfect example of a...