Members of the Dogon tribe reportedly burned a large portion of a village belonging to Muslim Fulanis. Tensions between the two have surged since the government started battling extremists in its desert territories.

The gold mining village.

At age 87, landlady Hildegard Schweinsberg is still behind the bar every day. Her pub "Zur Börse" is the heart and soul of the small village of Neuhaus. People meet here to drink, relax and catch up. What will happen if this tradition dies out?

Mountains of trash are piling up in French villages, sullying the image of the countryside. In one town less than 40 kilometres outside Paris, rubbish covering the equivalent of seven football pitches continues to accumulate, leaving the town's inhabitants desperate for a solution.

In Germany, one of Europe’s largest coal mines is gaining ground, destroying dozens of villages in its path.

Fears grow for 141 people missing in China after a landslide buried their mountain village in southwestern Sichuan province, with reports that only three survivors had been pulled out of the mud and rock hours after the calamity struck.