A view of the Amazon Rainforest during the burning season when large sections are torched by farmers to be cleared for soy farming or cattle ranches, near Claudia in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Sept. 17, 2007.
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth. with more than 5,000 tree species found there. Threatened by deforestation, it's giving way to soy fields, cattle farming and big infrastructure projects. The dry season in the…
A river is diverted for gold mining at a prospectors' camp near Alta Floresta in Para State, Brazil, Aug. 25, 2007. These prospectors use mercury in the mining process, which pollutes the environment and affects the health of the local population.
Edgar Alvarez Cruz, a Mexican, has been named as a suspect in the unsolved killings of as many as eight women in Ciudad Juarez. He was interviewed by Stern Magazine reporter Jan Wiechmann.