Rice provides 25 to 85 percent of the calories in the daily diet of 2.7 billion Asians. 520 million metric tons of rice are harvested in 1 year. For human beings it is the number one food crop. Large portions of the world's wheat and corn crops go to feeding livestock whereas rice is mainly for human consumption.

Suriname is a rain forest country difficult to define. A rich mix of people and languages as well as the isolation of the coastal dwellers from the forest people contribute to its mystique.

In the heart of Mali, West Africa there lives a tribe called the Dogon. Famous for their art and cosmology, they live around a 200-kilometer cliff band known as the Bandiagarra.

The Pan American Highway system connects North and South America, from Alaska to Argentina. In Latin America, a 10,000-mile portion of the highway stretches from the U.S. / Mexican border to the southern tip of Patagonia.

Palestinian youths and Israeli troops clash daily in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian boys throw stones and Molotov cocktails. The highly trained Israeli troops retaliate with tear gas and gunfire.

Aurora photographer Robb Kendrick serves as your guide in this week's PhotoVoyage. Learn more about Sherpas, an ethnic people numbering approximately 35,000, who call the Hindu Kingdom of Nepal their home.

Nunavut Journal: On April 1, 1999 Canada created the Nunavut Territory. With it came a new sense of pride for its native residents.

Technology. Peace. Population control. Resource management. The weather. Luck.

The world is getting warmer and scientists believe that humans are partly responsible. The chemical emissions of industrialization, in the form of greenhouse gasses such as CO2, are altering the Earth's atmosphere.

A savage war is fought by child soldiers conducting crimes against humanity. It sends thousands fleeing to refugee camps in Africa. Headlines and soundbites deliver the essential who, what, when and where to us in a flash. And then the story disappears.