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A traditional marsh arab canoe known as a mashoof sits abandoned on the dry earth of southern marshes of Iraq

Review: Wounded Tigris by Leon McCarron

ByGeographical ContributorMay 23, 2023

Leon McCarron travels the length of the Tigris and highlights the threats facing this great river and the ‘birthplace of…

The shallower, pale-green waters of the continental shelf fringe the UK and Ireland from the air

Review: Home Waters by David Bowers

ByGeographical ContributorMay 21, 2023

David Bowers dives beneath the surface of our home waters to find out how the sea works I live in…

The birds of Alabama’s Black Belt region

ByGeographical StaffMay 19, 2023

Alabama has some of the USA's highest bird diversity. A new initiative is set to support conservation and help the region’s economic revival

Architectural detail of The Benin Bronzes, group of sculptures created from at least the 16th century in the West African Kingdom of Benin displayed at the British Museum

Review: Great Kingdoms of Africa by John Parker

ByMark RoweMay 19, 2023

Illustrated with fantastic images of artefacts and landscapes, Great Kingdoms of Africa tells the rich history of the content before the brief period of European colonisation

Erebus and the Terror by John Wilson Carmichael

Review: The Magnetism of Antarctica by John Knight

ByGeographical StaffMay 18, 2023

John Knight tells the compelling story of the Ross expedition of the Antarctic in this meticulously researched book

Bellerby & Co Globemakers’ studio is crammed with globes that will never be sold as they aren’t up to the company’s exacting standards

Bellerby & Co: the world in their hands

ByBryony CottamMay 17, 2023

Bryony Cottam visits Bellerby & Co, one of the world's last producers of handcrafted globes

Sleeping with Dandelions, Lewis Newman; Animal Portraits, winner.

British Wildlife Photography Awards 2023 winners

ByGeographical StaffMay 16, 2023

Murmurations, carnivorous plants and honey bee flight trails are some of the exciting winners from this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards

Abdul Salam, 62, photographed in 2018 inside a hole that he had excavated to build a latrine in Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp

The Rohingya camps of despair

ByGeographical ContributorMay 15, 2023

Dispossessed Rohingya refugees are living in vast, sprawling, underfunded camps in Bangladesh. What does the future hold for them?

Writer, climber and qualified mountain leader Anna Fleming selects from her library some of her favourite and formative reads. Her debut book, Time on Rock: A Climber’s Route into the Mountains, is out now