From the hanging graves of Asia to burials at sea, sending loved ones to the great unknown has fascinating and diverse forms in different cultures, yet something universal too.
After a jetliner struck the south World Trade Center tower on Sept. 11, 2001, survivors, some injured, were stuck in the wreckage on the 78th floor. A man’s voice, clear and calm, called out that he had found a staircase.
While Beijing boasts to be hosting the world’s most expansive Olympics, the lavish spending may never extend to the 300 million people living below the poverty line in China.