World Special Reports

Explore the history, people and politics behind the tragedy in Darfur, Sudan.

China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society.

Photos, video and news coverage on the ailing Fidel Castro and his government.

A panel blog featuring some of the world's most respected thinkers, PostGlobal will focus on the impact of politics, economics, policy and culture on international relations.

Rebels in Darfur, Sudan, took up arms against the government in February 2003. More than 2 million civilians have fled their homes and hundreds of thousands have died.

The Post's Craig Timberg reports on the impact of AIDS in Africa and efforts to combat the devastating disease.

Full coverage of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the latest Supreme Court rulings over its legality and a database of detainees.

As Lebanon recovers from war, the country's factions once again face the challenge of co-existing peacefully.

Track the latest developments in the spread of the deadly H5N1 influenza virus.

Five years after the fall of the Taliban, simple pleasures once prohibited -- song and dance, the flutter of kites -- have resumed, and women seek to take better control of their futures.

Former dictator was hanged Dec. 30, 2006, after an Iraqi tribunal found him guilty of crimes against humanity.

A series of occasional articles about high technology's impact on politics, culture and society throughout the world.

Interactive map tracks elections and political activity throughout Latin America.

Portraits of U.S. service members who have died in Operation Enduring Freedom and in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion March 19, 2003.

Post coverage of the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

Find links to each chapter of the independent, bipartisan National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States and related coverage.

Full coverage on the revelations of abuse by members of the U.S. military at this prison in Iraq, and the aftermath.

Aceh, an isolated Indonesian province on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was hit hardest by the 2004 tsunami. At least 131,338 people in Indonesia were killed and more than 25,000 people remain missing.

How Internet publishing technology has changed and challenged China.

Award-winning photojournalist Ron Haviv documents the struggle for a stable, democratic Haiti.

This interactive special report examines how Israel's complex system of fences, walls and trenches in the West Bank affects both Jews and Arabs.

Wracked by civil war, then dominated by Syria from 1990 to 2005, Lebanon is now seeking to remake its political system.

Follow writer Lisa Dickey and photographer David Hillegas on an 11-week trip across Russia as they recreate a journey from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg.

This Post series follows a U.S.-funded program to encourage democracy in Yemen, from its inception to its conclusion.

The Post's Philip Kennicott and washingtonpost.com's Travis Fox report on the lead-up to Azerbaijan's November 2005 parliamentary elections.

Felipe Calderón narrowly wins the hotly contested 2006 presidential election.  His rival challenges the results.

On the morning of Oct. 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook the India-Pakistani border, flattening towns and killing at least 73,000 people.

Five Sri Lankans, reporter Michael Dobbs and videojournalist Travis Fox report on the rebuilding of a small fishing village hit by the 2004 tsunami.

After removing the Taliban in Afghanistan, the Bush administration launched a $73 million program to construct schools and clinics. But problems soon plagued the effort.

The Post's Robert G. Kaiser and Lucian Perkins tour Finland to find out why this rarely noticed country has been so successful in so many different ways -- from education to high technology and the arts.

A special report on how jihadists use the Internet and technology to spread their message.