A few years ago the Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s magnificent aerial photographs could be seen all over the world. He’s an unconditional ecologist – although he does travel around in helicopter to shoot his pictures – and, as the climate conference in Paris is approaching by the end of this year, he yet again makes us aware of the importance of preserving our planet via this beautiful film.  

A gigantic fresco with several pictures taken by children living in a refugee camp in Northern Iraq are shown this autumn along the river Seine, in the heart of Paris.

A multitude of different seeds are hidden within closed vaults. One of these was situated in Aleppo, Syria, but after four years of internal strife there, it has been severely damaged. Thus the one in Svalbard had to be opened.