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Really want to lose weight? Join Flickr…
Unlike all the fad diets, pills and electronic toners, there's a new way to lose weight that actually works, doesn't cost anything, and doesn't involve going to the doctor. It's called Flickr, the...
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"Obama the African witch doctor"
This image was sent to fellow anti-health reform campaigners by Florida neurosurgeon Dr. David McKalip. So why, if their argument draws on such crass resources, are anti-reformers succeeding in their...
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Raw video proves that “angry black woman” had every reason to be
The debate over President Barack Obama's universal health-care bill turned nasty this week when town meetings became chaotic. One in particular sparked an online debate after footage aired by news...
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The town of eternal stench
When Naples found itself under piles of rubbish early last year, the whole world soon knew about it. But in comparison with what you're about to see, those rubbish piles no longer look that monstrous....
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When playing a Facebook game could cost you your job
Chances are you've heard of Facebook's Lying Down Game, a completely pointless yet wildly popular activity which consists of lying down in random, awkward places, getting your photo taken and posting...
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A dangerous desire to have fairer skin
Baking yourself in a tanning booth remains a popular activity among the vain and pasty of Caucasian descent, despite increasing health warnings. But at the other end of the spectrum, skin tempering...
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Why sleeping on a hospital floor can make you money in China
The people in this photo are waiting for the hospital they're sleeping in to open so that they can buy a ticket to see the doctor. They won't go to the appointment though; they'll simply sell their...
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Jakarta’s poorest living off rubbish heaps
Photo by Flick user Matt Crook. While the Indonesian authorities collect most of the islands' rubbish from the streets, they fail to actually dispose of it. By dawn, the growing mountains of rubbish on...
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West Africa's “traditional healers” – life savers or charlatans?
The sign, in Kisangani (north DRC), reads: "The world's visionary master, Dr Mystic Kay. We believe in god, but we trust plants". Megaphone in one hand, magic potions in the other, Congo's "traditional...
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Suffer from asthma? Try spending a week or two in a Ukrainian salt mine
Ukrainians have a somewhat unorthodox way of treating their breathing ailments: they head 300 metres underground, in a disaffected salt mine-turned-therapy centre beneath the village of Solotvyno. For...
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"You're fat", mail campaign tells Shanghai residents
Photo : Adam Minter How do you tell 20-odd million people they need to watch their weight? Shanghai authorities have opted for the not-so-subtle hint of sending their constituents a tape measure by...
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AIDS in China: non-profits say there’s 'a long road ahead' in battling stigma
The HIV virus is spreading more quickly in China than in any other country, notably among the young and those over 60 years old. Despite the availability of free treatment, nonprofit organisations say...
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Naser Khosrow, Tehran’s 'abortion street'
Abortions are legal in Iran – but only if the woman can prove that giving birth would pose a health risk to herself or her child. Therefore, women who want to get abortions for other reasons have to...
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Ebola slams brakes on Sierra Leone's taxi industry
Sierra Leone’s ‘Okada riders’ are no ordinary taxi drivers.
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