Goats and Soda

By the early 1990s, details of what the survivors of the "comfort women" system experienced began to emerge. They want Japan to offer a public apology and financial compensation for their suffering.

Most of Guyana's suicides occur in rural regions, where people turn to alcohol and self-harm to cope with feelings of hopelessness and economic despair.

There were no schools for the deaf near her village in India. And she had to stand up to the bias against deafness—and the use of sign language.