VICE

E1. Assassination Nation/The Killer Kids of the Taliban

Assassination Nation: Political assassinations in the Philippines; The Killer Kids of the Taliban: Taliban-supported child suicide bombers in Afghanistan.

★ 9.5

E2. Escape from North Korea/World's Most Dangerous Border

Escape from North Korea: Desperate defectors flee North Korea; The World's Most Dangerous Border: Kashmir’s line of control – the world’s most dangerous place.

★ 9.0

E3. Gun School/Toxic Iraq

Gun School: Armed preparedness in a New Mexico school; Toxic Iraq: the human toll of post-war toxic waste in Iraq.

★ 9.0

E4. Chinese Cockblock/European Meltdown

Chinese Cockblock: The plight of desperate bachelors in China; European Meltdown: ultra-extreme reactions to the economic crisis in Europe.

★ 6.8

E5. Mormon Lost Boys/The Fat Farms of Mauritania/Mumbai Slumscraper

Mormon Lost Boys: Exiled sons of polygamists; The Fat Farms of Mauritania: fat farms for Mauritanian women; Mumbai Slumscraper: have and have-nots in Mumbai.

E6. Corruption

China's Ghost Towns: How China’s appetite for housing created huge ghost cities; Egypt On The Brink: the violent aftermath of Arab Spring in Egypt.