The Philippines is the largest Christian country in Asia where devotees take their religion very seriously. The wilder excesses of the faith are best seen during Easter festivals where re-enactment of biblical stories clim

In "Istanbul: City of A Hundred Names", Magnum photographer Alex Webb presents a vision of Istanbul as an urban cultural center, rich with the incandescence of its past, and most of all as a border city.

The current conflict in Burma is just the latest symptom of a political and social disorder that has plagued the country for decades. Writer Brendan I. Koerner, comments on the background of its current troubles.

"Interesting, isn't it, that we ascribe to Steve's contemplative behavior a Buddhist way, but indeed, he is not a practicing Buddhist. Having the mind of someone who is searching for something that he or she doesn't know yet: That's the mind of a beginner. The person who hasn't made up their mind is always willing to change their mind and always willing to allow new things to fill up their mind. That's a mark of his work, I think, and it's why we value it." Anthony Bannon

In Cambodia, where nearly everything is for sale, land is bought and sold with little regard for the people who live on it. The number of evictions and land grabs in the countryside has dramatically increased over the last five years, leaving thousands of people without means of subsistence. In the capital companies buy land from the government to build shopping malls, hotels and upscale housing. Removing thousands of impoverished residents who survive by living near the city center is considered a minor obstacle.