"Dr Miracle" Restoring Sight to 35,000
Helena Ndume fled apartheid Namibia but returned years later to tackle cataracts.
Helena Ndume is called Dr Miracle in Namibia. She fled the country as a teenager during apartheid but returned years later as an ophthalmologist and has saved the sight of 35,000 people.
John Stokes from Tennessee takes to the sky with a one-winged eagle called Osceola.
Mehwish Ekhlaque from Karachi is the only woman to have ridden in Pakistan's Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride, a rally for motorcycle enthusiasts.
Daniel Bacchieri collects recordings of street musicians from all over the world and posts them on his website StreetMusicMap.
Image: Dr Helena Ndume
Credit: Brent Stirton
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