GEO Reports

In Kazakhstan, Central Asia, an ancient food is now all the rage: camel's milk. The shepherds swear by its benefits.

Lionel Franc has been a cliff diving fanatic since he was a child. He dives into crystal waters from the cliffs that surround Marseille, in the Calanques National Park. Disadvantaged kids, inspired by him, line up to be taught this risky but freeing discipline. Fly like a bird and swim like a fish, in a single leap.

For the past fourteen years, Brice has taken his herd of cows to graze in vast pastures in the mountains, five months out of the year. He loves to run to the point of exhaustion in the Pyrenees, across the steep slopes, ridges and rocks at 3000 metres above sea level. It's a spartan, lonely existence, but for Brice, it is the definition of happiness.

In southern Thailand, the Koh Panyee village sits on stilts and even has a floating football field, built in the 1990s by a group of children. But over time, the ad hoc field has fallen into disrepair. But now the village is about to hold its first tournament in years and the field needs a major overhaul.

The Italian island of Stromboli is home to just 300 people, mainly farmers and fishermen. They fish using sustainable, traditional methods that generates little profit, but empowers this small community to live outside of mainstream capitalism.

When Massimo Vacchetta discovered little Ninna, he immediately adopted her and saved her from certain death. The veterinarian, whose specialty was caring for cattle, had found his vocation: he opened a hedgehog refuge, now a local institution partly run by volunteers.