Hopeful travelers offer gifts and prayers at visa temples in India.

People dressed as bears dance in the streets annually in Romania.

The Taliban’s growing enforcement of Sharia law strips women of more rights.

Reports say the Israeli army arrests Palestinian teens without notifying families.

Fire scorches some of Easter Island’s famous statues.

In Denmark, a community garden grows marine produce.

Uzbek artisans practice the nearly lost art of silk papermaking.

Activists accuse China of using overseas bases to target and pressure dissidents.

Three Argentinians make an epic journey to the World Cup.

Some Afghan children miss school to perform backbreaking work in brick kilns.