Costa Rica

Secondary forests are vital parts of the ecosystem, but in Costa Rica many of them are re-cleared before achieving old-growth levels of biodiversity.

Thousands of public-sector employees march during a strike called by labor unions to protest against austerity measures in San José, Costa Rica, on June 25th, 2018.

Valeria Gonzalez, 19, votes for the first time, at the Porfiro Brenes school in Moravia, San Jose, on February 4th, 2018.

Beginning with Quakers arriving in the 1950s, Monteverde has become a distinct conservation community in Central America.

And how it affects the United States' chances of qualifying for the World Cup before the weekend.