This video takes you inside Venezuela’s largest slum, an area rarely seen up close. Daily life continues here under difficult ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

Up to 37 million households - a quarter of India's urban population - live in informal housing including slums due to a critical shortage of affordable housing KOLKATA, India, March 7 (Thomson Reuters ...

An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...

In 2021, Shaheena Attarwala moved into her own apartment in Mumbai, leaving behind the slum life she had known. Her family ...

Largest slums in India explained with key facts, population, and living conditions. From Dharavi in Mumbai to Basanti in Kolkata, here's a simple look at India's biggest informal settlements.

Due to rapid urbanization and lack of a proper housing scheme in India, slums have become a dumping ground for the surplus urban population. These slums are regarded as illegal from the point of view ...

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's not easy giving directions when you live in a slum. All his life, Dipak Roy had identified his home as the one on the corner, down the third by-lane, ...