Americans Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, as well as Europeans Markus Hummel and Rene Wokke, were cycling northwest, near Kulob District, Tajikstan. Then tragedy struck.

A missive from a Polish gutter.

For the isolated Afghan community of Ishkashim, the only thing they have to sell is their natural environment.

Anthony Bourdain made a case for seeing the world because it is familiar and not because it is different.

A small city in rural Mongolia is possibly the last place you'd expect to find a latte rivalling the best Melbourne has to offer.

Mongolia hoped it would be put on the diplomatic map when speculation grew it would host a meeting between the two leaders. Now those dreams seem as empty as its vast open plains.

The pace of modern China can stifle. Sometimes, people break.

This island used to be the world's most densely populated place. Today, just three people remain