Crossed by countless waterways, the Spreewald is a small green paradise in Germany, frozen in time.

In a monastery near Kathmandu, nuns painstakingly create beautiful sand mandalas before destroying them.

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

For centuries, the inhabitants of the Danish island of Læsø have covered the roofs of their houses with dried-out seaweed. 

Every year in early summer, hundreds of seal pups are born on the sandbanks and beaches of the German North Sea coast.

Food trucks have taken New York by storm, with a dizzying array of world cuisines available.

The katana, the legendary samurai sword, embodies Japanese culture, spirituality, and discipline.

Mermaids in Florida are from all backgrounds, gender, and body type.

Since 2004, the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has been home to a dolphin therapy centre.