DEUTSCHEWELLE

Citizen initiatives in Chennai have increased recycling, revived a lake and transformed a town what working together can achieve! Plus, could a supposedly green waste solution in Delhi be harming public health? And building homes without concrete.

Burns, strangulation, broken bones. The list of signs of torture is long and can be seen on some 27,000 photos showing dead Syrian civilians. The man who smuggled the photos out of the country calls himself Caesar.

Many people regard laughing gas as a harmless way of getting high. In Germany, you can buy the canisters freely over the counter. But while the gas might make you feel relaxed or elated for a few seconds, it can also lead to longterm health problems.

Running a restaurant as an Indian woman? Almost unthinkable in India. But Prateek Reen does it in Munich. This film shows the journey of a young woman from an Indian mountain village to Bavaria.

Sleep disorders are becoming an increasing problem for young and old alike. Stress, not enough relaxation, and poorly timed meals can disrupt rest. In Good Shape shows what you can do during the day to help get a good nights sleep.

This week, we explore why Afrodescendants from the Americas and beyond, are choosing to leave their lives in the West to return to their ancestral Africa. We meet a single mother who traded life in Canada for a fresh start in Kenya and a filmmaker who returned to her roots in Sierra Leone. In Ghana, we hear from some of the over 1,000 African Americans now calling it home.

Burns, strangulation, broken bones. The list of signs of torture is long and can be seen on some 27,000 photos showing dead Syrian civilians. The man who smuggled the photos out of the country calls himself Caesar.