Plastic Wasteland: Asia’s Ocean Pollution Crisis

World Environment Day 2018

A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian "paradise" islands -- grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia.

A mangrove forest in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa is festooned with plastic rubbish washed in with the tide

Ghanaians Dream Of Migrating Despite Economic Optimism

A sign that is part of a campaign to stop illegal migration from Ghana to Libya and Europe and to promote safe migration reads 'It's okay to say no to irregular migration'.

Ernest Owusu wants to get his hands dirty. "I have nothing to work on," the Ghanaian mechanic complains, looking around at his roadside garage which is littered with rusted cars and vans.

Albert Oppong, 30, who graduated but has not found a qualified job for the past five years, says he's sceptical of talk of a brighter future in Ghana