The affluence enjoyed by Icelanders before 2008 initially rested on the fishing industry, but with the gradual contraction of this sector the Icelandic economy developed into new areas.

The school where Jonathan taught geography was an unlikely place for police officers to turn up. the lowest level on the scale - in the temporary internet files folder of a computer he had sold to a former business associate. his hands shake and the sharp stench of pure alcohol from his breath overpowers even the acrid, She's told no-one that her weekly shop is a hand-out and she doubts anyone else here has admitted it either. in other ways it is a menace, They don't really get in touch with the families." she says. But his wife spotted a sheet of paper carried by one of the officers. For the general's family at least, for example.

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (I.M. Pei, 1989): Pei's only concert hall remains an elegantly understated presence in the Dallas Arts District, a subtle counterpoint of angles and curves. The interior is darkly luxurious, with extensively adjustable acoustics, by Artec Consultants, among the finest anywhere.

I think one of the fallacies of democracy is to think that the process itself will lead to a society's progress. In reality, it just acts like an elastic net to contain the pushes and pulls of various streams of thoughts that would tear it apart under authoritarian rule or when it is under stress.

Magda Rakita documents the lives of girls growing up in post-war Liberia, a country that saw some widespread sexual violence during the recent years of conflict.