Demonstrators protest against Beijing’s interference over local politics and the rule of law.
Tyrone Siu/Reuters
In recent months, the flimsy foundations of Hong Kong’s autonomy have been exposed by a series of dramas.
Mexico often detains Central Americans before they reach the US border, including children, like Kendri Hernandez, 3 (L) and Andri Yovani, 2.
Carlos Jasso/Reuters
Beyond the challenges posed by President-elect Trump, Mexico has its own issues with border security, 3,000 kilometres to the south.
Venezuelan demonstrators clash with the National Guard in October 2016 during a protest demanding the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.
Carlos Eduardo Ramirez/Reuters
In a time of hunger and violence, Venezuela’s proposed peace talks are narrowly focused on power distribution. But where’s the seat for the countries citizens?
A protestor holds a sign during a rally against president-elect Donald Trump.
Kevork Djansezian/Reuters
Donald Trump’s election represents a new political order that is the culmination of existing developments worldwide. We need to come to grips with this new era.
Hundreds of small-scale miners are scraping out tiny quantities of increasingly precious gold in El Corpus, southern Honduras.
Edgard Garrido/Reuters
Are high levels of violence and displacement in Central America and Mexico caused by natural resource exploitation?
The shipping industry must clean up its act.
Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Phasing out greenhouse gas emissions entirely by mid-century is possible, and promising trends are emerging. But the next five to ten years will be the real test of whether we can make that happen.
Recent decades have seen a rapid growth in new technologies that are rendering the high seas more accessible.
Mike Blake/Reuters
Negotiations regarding a legal framework for the oceans – an area covering roughly half the Earth’s surface – are being dominated by OECD members.
Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf states, are concerned by the election of Donald Trump.
Ali Jarekji/Reuters
Muslims everywhere were offended and psychologically shocked by the president-elect’s views. But Syria and Egypt think they can benefit from a Trump presidency.
As the US withdraws, it’s time for China to shine.
Reuters
All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
Public toilets in the city of Varanasi in India.
Jorge Royan
For an emerging country like India, it is easier to take part in exploratory missions to Mars than to tackle its sanitation challenge.
Participants in the 2015 rally organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections in Malaysia.
Olivia Harris/Reuters
Participants in the latest organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections in Malaysia will face a repressive state apparatus as well as an intimidating counter-movement known as Red Shirts.
Protesters wearing cut-outs of South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil attend a protest denouncing the president.
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye may be about to become the first national leader to be questioned by prosecutors while still in office.
‘Make America Great Again’ or the projected visions of President Trump for Americans.
Carlo Allegri/Reuters
The countries ripped apart by the Yugoslav wars have seen this kind of nationalism before.
During his campaign, Trump has adopted a virulent nationalist tone.
Carlo Allegri/Reuters
From Iran and the relationship with Russia to global trade, many questions remain on how Donald Trump will shape his foreign policy.
Toby Melville/Reuters
Diplomacy between Europe and Trump’s administration will be tricky, but not impossible.
Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
Trump’s promises to build a wall have caused anxiety in Mexico – but the country has its own conflicting policies on migration from Central America.
Marrakesh braces for the first round of climate talks since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.
Youssef Boudlal/Reuters
The Paris Agreement is in place, but there’s still much to lose for the least developed countries.
A broker in Mumbai reacts on November 9.
Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
The world braces for Donald Trump’s brand of` trade protectionism, which will send shockwaves through the global economy.
Donald Trump claims victory in New York.
Mike Segar/Reuters
9 noviembre 2016
William Case , City University of Hong Kong ; Andrea Peto , Central European University ; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri , Thammasat University ; Jay Batongbacal , University of the Philippines ; Jonathan Rynhold , Bar-Ilan University ; Miguel Angel Latouche , Universidad Central de Venezuela ; Richard Maher , European University Institute ; Rut Diamint , Torcuato di Tella University ; Salvador Vázquez del Mercado , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) ; Subarno Chattarji , University of Delhi y Weronika Grzebalska , Polish Academy of Sciences
Donald J Trump has emerged victorious in the historic, and historically acerbic, 2016 American presidential election. What does this outcome mean for the world?
Remote mountain regions like the Upper Mustang in Nepal are often neglected by the rest of the world.
Timothy Karpouzoglou
Remote mountain regions are closer to the climate problem than we think, particularly in the context of safeguarding essential ecosystem services such as safe and adequate water.