Pioneers of the skies: Women helicopter pilots fly dangerous missions across Canada’s vast territory.

At the far western tip of France, a champion kitesurfer has a mad idea: Brave the perilous currents and winds of the Iroise Sea to reach a legendary lighthouse.

Said to drive away evil spirits, the pagan tradition of kukeri is alive and well in Bulgaria.

As the first all-female rap collective in India, Wild Wild Women are making waves on the Mumbai music scene.

 In the last few hundred years they have become increasingly endangered but new protection and resettlement schemes are ensuring a comeback.

Icelandic fishermen are fishing for a new and unusual marine creature: The sea cucumber.

Cannabis farming has a long tradition in northern Morocco: some 300,000 families have long made a living from growing the plant.