The World in Images

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

In Ukrainian Mariupol, occupied by Russia for four years, people pay in roubles and their passports are now Russian.

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

Moldova is torn in two - part of the population wants rapprochement with the European Union, part looks back nostalgically to the Soviet era.

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? 

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

More and more young Greeks want to start their own businesses and work for themselves.

Ordinary civilians are now preparing for war by volunteering for the Latvian National Guard in large numbers.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

The US has pulled almost all its funding just as Ukraine is entering its fifth year of war. Can the EU plug the gap?

Jean-Michel Jarre sets up his equipment on Seville's Plaza de España for an immersive concert-show.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

Skiing began as a means of survival in prehistory, only becoming synonymous with glamour and leisure in modern times.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

150 years after his birth, social media has brought Austro-Hungarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a new generation of readers.

Vanessa Wagner performs Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes with dancers from the Accrorap company.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ramping up its budget. Does this mean Europe is to take the lead in the space race?