7 charts that reveal religion's role around the world
In the country-by-country data visualised above there are two glaring omissions: Africa and The Middle East.
It's safe to assume that, were they polled, the vast majority of those peoples would consider themselves religious — you'd expect something in excess of 90%.
China's coal imports fall nearly half in 12 months as anti-pollution drive bites
A slowing economy and tougher environmental checks to curb chronic air pollution problems are behind the 42% drop in imports
China’s coal imports fell by nearly half in the first three months of the year as the slowing economy and tougher rules on pollution took their toll.
Imports by the world’s biggest coal consumer reached 49.07m tonnes in the first quarter, a fall of 42% on the same period a year ago according to data from the Chinese customs office.
Trade figures for March showed that imports were down overall by 12.3% while exports badly missed expectations, falling 15% from a year earlier.
Coal imports for March were up 17m tonnes, a rise of 11.6% on the previous month, but analysts said underlying demand eased after taking into account the shorter month and week-long new year holiday in February.
Unhappy landings for drug mules at Madrid airport
In total, those arrested by police over the 12 months were carrying more than a ton of cocaine, much of it from South and Central America.
“They are mothers, retirees, people with no WAY TO EARN
a living and no savings – easy prey for gangs who pay their air fare in return,” one official told El Pais newspaper.
a living and no savings – easy prey for gangs who pay their air fare in return,” one official told El Pais newspaper.Palestinian child labourers reap grim harvest on Israeli-run farms
April 13, 2015 - 6:56PMRuth Pollard
Middle East Correspondent
Beirut: Palestinian children - some as young as 11 - are performing "gruelling and hazardous" work on farms run by Israeli settlements, growing, harvesting and packing produce for Israel's multimillion-dollar export market.
The children are paid low wages and subjected to dangerous conditions in violation of international labour laws, working on settlements that are themselves considered a violation of international law, a new report from Human Rights Watch has found.
During peak harvest periods, some children reported working up to 12 hours a day for more 60 hours a week, starting as early as 5.30am, the report found. Those who worked part-time or on weekends were often exhausted when they were at school, their teachers told Human Rights Watch.
Arts and theater in Pakistan: A front line against extremism?
The celebrated Rafi Peer troupe got featured at this year's Lahore literary festival, after surviving Islamist bomb attacks. But civil society and free expression in Pakistan may still be measured as one step forward and two back.
LAHORE, PAKISTAN — The stage lights are coming on in the main hall of the modernist Alhamra Arts Center. It is the last night of the Lahore Literary Festival and the venue is packed with people sitting in the aisles and standing at the rear. Hundreds more are pressed together outside at a large screen, waiting for this Sufi-inspired music, drama and dance spectacular.
Backstage, Saadaan Peerzada, dressed in jeans and a black jacket, his gray hair tied in a ponytail, is distributing paper cups of steaming tea for the half-dozen or so performing troupes he has gathered.
Mr. Peerzada is chief operating officer of the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop, Pakistan’s premier performing arts group, and he considers tonight's performance crucial.
Fleeing terror: A Yazidi family's horrifying tale
Updated 1005 GMT (1705 HKT) April 13, 2015
The children laugh and shriek, as some of them seem to always have the capacity to do no matter how depressing the circumstances.
Their bright clothes provide splashes of color against the otherwise drab monotone white of the endless rows of tents.
A small group plays with rocks, replacements for the toys they left behind when they fled, while others clamber through a jagged tear in the wire fence surrounding the refugee camp.
The Shariya refugee camp opened around six months ago, made up of some 4,000 tents and counting.
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