Month: January 2019

Written by Tom Seymour, CNN About 50 miles north of Lagos lies Igbo-Ora, a sleepy rural town of about 92,000 citizens. Igbo-Ora is peopled by members of the Yoruba tribe, which makes up around 21% of the Nigeria’s population. While the exact statistics are debated, anthropologists are united: Igbo-Ora has a singularly high number of […]

Written by Andrea Lo, CNN With majestic glaciers, fjords and mountains, Norway is famous for its dramatic natural landscape. Its rugged terrain does not make traveling easy, however. More than 1,000 fjords line the Scandinavian country’s west coast, which is home to a third of the country’s population of 5.3 million. To make the 1,100 […]

Editor’s Note — CNN’s series often carry sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Our sponsorship policy. (CNN) — Four kilometers off the Dubai coastline lies Europe. Or a version of it, at least. Comprising six man-made islands styled after a mix […]

(CNN) — It’s been a smooth flight, and you’ve spent it engrossed in a juicy novel on your tablet. You barely noticed the captain’s announcement about a half-hour ago that “we’ll be starting our descent into Vancouver in a few minutes,” and that “there are low clouds around the airport.” Next thing you know, the […]