Our World tells the extraordinary story of the holidaymakers who found themselves trapped by an almighty wildfire at Mammoth Pools in California's Sierra Nat... read more
New Orleans was getting ready to celebrate Mardi Gras. But among the crowds was a virus that before long would stop the music and kill thousands in the state... read more
From civil war to the pandemic, 2020 was a deadly year for the Syrian province of Idlib. As doctors, Mohammed al-Sharif and Zeina Hallak were on the frontlin... read more
Jane Mugo is Kenya's most famous - and controversial - private investigator. She says she's solved hundreds of crimes, but some accuse her of playing by her ... read more
Human rights activist Azimjan Askarov was imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan in 2010 for a crime he says he did not commit. Ever since then, his wife Hadicha has campa... read more
Over the last few years, Moroccan migrants who are trying to reach the EU have become YouTube celebrities by blogging about the journey online. Our World tra... read more
The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest and one of the most biodiverse places on earth. But now, vast chunks of it are being sold off – on social media... read more
The Austrian resort of Ischgl has long been famous for its superb skiing and vibrant nightlife - some even called it 'Ibiza on Ice'. But in early 2020, skier... read more
In January this year, something very strange happened on the US stock market. The shares of GameStop, an unfashionable high street games store, suddenly went... read more
Late last year, a conflict that had lain almost dormant for more than 25 years flared up again. Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed over the disputed territory of... read more
Jimmy Lai is a billionaire newspaper proprietor and a self-proclaimed natural-born rebel. He owns Apple Daily, Hong Kong's last opposition newspaper and he i... read more
Undercover of Covid, the Amazon rainforest is under attack. Deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, ... read more
n Bosnia and Herzegovina, the healthcare system only allows women to give birth in hospitals. Our World follows Dr Amira Cerimagic as she prepares to deliver... read more
The Myanmar military has killed more than 700 people since they seized power in a coup three months ago. Mass protests demanding a return to democracy and th... read more
Nigeria's pensions system is in a mess. It leaves some elderly people penniless after decades of hard work, but it grants some politicians generous retiremen... read more
Afghanistan is in the grip of a new and sinister campaign of violence, in which young professionals - often women - are being deliberately singled out, targe... read more
Six years ago, Amsha escaped from captivity in Northern Iraq. Like many Yazidi women, she had been held by IS militants. Today she is risking her life to cle... read more
In 2019-20, Australia suffered its most intense bushfire season on record. Millions of hectares of land burned and up to three billion animals were killed or... read more
How did one London street make it through the last year? Filmed from the start of the first lockdown, this intimate portrait shows how the residents coped wi... read more
Kidnappers have seized more than a thousand students and staff from schools in a series of raids across northern Nigeria. The wave of abductions has devastat... read more
In March this year, Islamist militants attacked the busy town of Palma in the northern tip of Mozambique. In the hours and days that followed, chaos and bloo... read more
A storm is brewing in the South China Sea. China claims large swathes of it as its own, but President Biden has recently warned that it must be open for trad... read more
James Clayton travels to Kansas to discover how cutting edge science has identified a woman who was killed 30 years ago and is helping law enforcement in the... read more
Afghanistan is at a critical juncture in its history. As American and allied forces withdraw, the country is now at risk of falling to the Taliban. In episod... read more
In the second part of this two-part series, Yalda Hakim travels to the country of her birth, Afghanistan, where she gets unprecedented access to the Taliban.... read more
This autumn Angela Merkel bows out after 16 years as German Chancellor. In that time she has been a key player on the world stage, but how has she changed he... read more
Nine-year-old Rodwell Nkomazana was attacked by a hyena earlier this year while sleeping outside his church in Zimbabwe. He suffered life-threatening injurie... read more
Over 17000 migrants have arrived in the UK this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats - that is more than double last year's total. Both the UK... read more
Not for the first time in its troubled history, Lebanon finds itself facing a crisis. A collapsing currency, severe shortages of basic goods, and a fragmente... read more
A company believes it can help tackle America's growing gun crime problem by alerting police the moment shots are fired. Its technology, however, has become ... read more
This summer, Greece was ravaged by thousands of wildfires, fanned by the country's worst heatwave in decades. Hardest hit was Greece's second largest island,... read more
On 1 September 2021, New York City was hit by hurricane Ida. In the devastating flooding which followed 13 people died, the majority of them trapped in basem... read more
In May this year, the unmarked graves of 215 children were found on the grounds of an old Indian residential school in Canada. More grave sites have been dis... read more
As Barbados removes the Queen as its head of state and becomes the world's newest republic, British-Barbadian Daniel Henry returns to his ancestral home to d... read more