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By Alessandra Lacaita NORWICH – UK “Having a baby in water? It’s not very natural; we are not amphibious, and we don’t have gills!” These were the thoughts of Julie Mansfield, the midwife supervisor at the Midwifery-Led Birthing Unit of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. This, however, was before she had assisted in a [...]

   By Malcolm Cecil-Cockwell When it comes to animal husbandry, New Zealand has got it figured out. The island is slightly smaller than the UK, with a population of just 4.5 million, yet it accounts for one-third of world dairy exports and is one of the world’s top producers of meat. The island has been [...]

Editor’s Note: Periodically, throughout the next few months, DI News will be re-publishing some of the best photo essays from issues that have not previously appeared on our new website. This Week: Mark Brunner frequently travels to India, capturing details of daily life in various regions. In this essay, he explores the numerous and diverse occupations held [...]

By Michael Sabelli   Being completely absorbed in a majestic, large-scale natural environments for days on end can render man-made divides as petty in the greater picture. One gets this sense from travelling through the Annapurna region of the Nepalese Himalayas. The inspiring landscape of the Himalayas is well-documented, but what requires closer investigation is [...]

By Alessandra Lacaita On the river Thames, far from the stress and the chaos of the streets of London, at the feet of the Battersea Power station there is the Nine Elms Pier, a community of people who have learned to live surrounded by water. This group inhabits the floating house boats, which, depending on [...]

Dear Readers, As of April 30th, 2013, our current web platform, Posterous, is closing down. As such, we have decided to move our website to WordPress. During this shift, we will not be publishing articles or photo essays. After April 30th, however, our website will resume the normal schedule of one publication per week. Please [...]

By Michael Sabelli “The jeep road to Manang is no good for trekkers and no good for locals – no good for no one!” proclaims an exasperated Purna Gurung. He recently opened a guesthouse in Chame, Nepal, along the world’s most famous trek: the Annapurna Circuit. He blames the newly-built road as the source of [...]

By Guiseppe Zotti I will immediately give orders to the head of our local police to realize an ethnic cleansing against fags. Fags must go in other towns provided for receive them, and here in Treviso there’s no chance for fags and people like them. – Giancarlo Gentilini, former mayor of Treviso It’s better being [...]

By Marco Amarante and Nelish Lalany This year, February 10th was just like any other day for most of the world, but for the people of India it was the most auspicious bathing day in the river Ganges, a celebration that only occurs once every 12 years. On that Sunday, it was the mark of [...]

By Badshah Singh The quickly decreasing number of Asian tigers in reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries has sparked concern and protest throughout India – as has the exploitation and displacement of tribes from their native forests. These Jharkhand forests, home to both tigers and people, are also unfortunately disappearing. It is vital – and [...]