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Giorgi has no thoughts of leaving Tusheti, he loves his home in the Georgian Caucasus. The villages in the high mountains can only be reached by car for five months of the year. And there are hardly any jobs or young people left. Horse guide Girogi wants to bring new life to the area with adventure tourism.

Horse guide Girogi wants to bring new life to his mountainous region with adventure tourism.

The Horse Guide of Georgia

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France is world renowned for the quality and diversity of its wines. However, traditional cultivation techniques and the demand for higher yields have exhausted the soil and the vines. To combat this decline, a new generation of winegrowers is favouring production methods that respect nature.

France's New Winegrowers

A new generation of French winegrowers is favouring production methods that respect nature.

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Dhows can still be seen along the UAE coast of Oman and Iran. In the small emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, they are still being built. The shipyard of the Al-Mansouri family has been going for three generations. Headed by Abdallah, it employs twenty-five shipwrights. But does this ancient craft have a future?

Oman's Legendary Vessels

Does the ancient Omani art of traditional shipbuilding have a future?

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In the Canadian province of Alberta, the Blackfoot indigenous people, victim of oppression and persecution in the 19th century, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

The Blackfoot people of Alberta, victim or persecution in the past, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

Canada: The Return of the Blackfoot

Designer Erik Spiekermann explains how he created the map for Berlin's newly unified public transport network, just after reunification and the fall of the Berlin wall.

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Designer Erik Spiekermann explains how he created the map for Berlin's newly unified public transport network

How a Map Healed Berlin

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The Dolomites, the breathtaking mountains of northern Italy, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks. Popular with nature lovers, they also offer a unique cuisine and Alpine way of life.

Summer in the Italian Alps

The breathtaking mountains of northern Italy are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rising majestically from lush green valleys up to towering peaks.

The Dolomites

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city. If they seem well fed and healthy, it's thanks to the locals who take care of them, sometimes very generously. It's an old tradition dating back to Ottoman times.

Istanbul: Cat City

Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the streets of Turkey’s largest city, looked after by local people who adore them.

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On a Thai island close to Myanmar, Macaque monkeys have created tools to live in their unique environment. A study of a fascinating species.

On a Thai island close to Myanmar, Macaque monkeys have ingeniously created tools to live in their unique environment. A study of a fascinating species.

Macaque Monkeys in Thailand

Since 1963, a unique railway line has traversed Mauritania and its oceans of sand. The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

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The 2.5-kilometre-long desert train, with more than 100 wagons, was built to transport iron ore to the Atlantic coast and has become a vital means of transport for the desert inhabitants.

Mauritania: The Desert Train

The African-Arab-Indian mixing on the island of Zanzibar has resulted in the taarab music genre. Just a few years ago, Zanzibar forbade women to publicly play an instrument under the influence of Islamic teachings. Mariam Hamdani, the first woman journalist of the island, created an orchestra composed solely of women eight years ago.

Zanzibar's Female Orchestra

Jon, Rosa and Jack Yearout, Chief Emmit Taylor, Abigail and Davie Joe Whitman, and over 20 other members of the Niimíipuu tribe guide their horses into the waters of the Yellowstone River at the Nez Perce Ford, where their ancestors crossed 145 years ago. Their ancestors fiercely resisted the US Army, until finally, near the Canadian border, the chief laid down his arms with the words, "I will fight no more, forever." On this journey through time, they encounter impressive wild animals such as bison and grizzly bears, and they come to places that still bear the names and traces of their ancestors.

The Nimi’ipuu Gallop to Freedom

In 1877, around 750 members of a Native American tribe in the US refused to give up their freedom.

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Every spring in Sardinia, locals organise a parade in honor of Sant'Antioco, one of the patron saints of the island. In the churches, altars are decorated with cloths adorned with sea silk. These golden threads were once made from the filaments of the large pen shells, but the species is now critically endangered and with it, the skill of crafting sea silk into precious fabrics.

The Silk of the Sea

The  large pen shells that produce sea silk are critically endangered, as is the ancient art of sea silk embroidery.

Although boxing is a popular sport in Cuba, women were for a long time banned from competing in the ring. But in 2023 the ban was lifted and Cuba will be sending a female boxing team the Olympic Games in 2024.

Women's Boxing in Cuba

Although boxing is popular in Cuba, women were banned from competing in the ring. But that has now changed.

Recognisable by their distinctive snout, Tapirs were once common across North and South America. Today these beautiful mammals are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

Tapirs: Gardener of the Rainforest

Yapirs are threatened with extinction as humans encroach on their habitat. But in Costa Rica and Nicaragua biologists are devoting their lives to save the species.

Azerbaijan, independent since 1991, is today looking for a new identity. We take you on a guided tour of this oil-rich country, to meet its customs and its inhabitants.

In Azerbaijan, people go to spas to bathe in crude oil. They say it has health benefits...

Azerbaijan: The Country of Black Gold

In the Mexican state of Oaxaca, it's difficult to play football in the middle of pine forests. Fifty years ago, missionaries imported another sport to Triqui, now very popular: basketball. Today, all children practice, including girls.

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