Thousands miners from all over Indonesia come to Bangka Island (Indonesia, Indian Ocean), to work under hard circumstances in illegal and dangerous tin mines. The island is devastated by this deadly tin rush, a direct consequence of the success of smartphones and tablets like iPhones and iPads from Apple or Samsung. Illegal tin causes environmental damage, injuries and regular casualties among miners. Most mines are exploited illegally and accidents occur. Every year between 100 and 150 miners drown in the sea, die in landslides or from diseases like malaria. Children as young as 3 have died in the mines. The island is covered by over ten thousand mining pits containing water poluted with heavy metals. Craters are everywhere: along roads, in the middle of the jungle and in gardens in front of houses. Offshore mining destroys the coral reef: the miners who work on the sea on makeshift rafts dig for tin by sucking the sand from the sea floor. Smartphone brands like Samsung and Apple decline all responsibility for the environmental situation in Bangka and refused to give transparency in their tin supply chain. The demand and price for tin have increased due to its use in smart phones and tablets, explaining the Tin rush. Indonesia is the worlds biggest tin provider, vital for assembling smart phones and other electronic products.

On the Syrian - Turkish border near Kilis, newly arrived refugees from Aleppo avoid Turkish border controls and cross the border illegally. Because Turkey is saturated with refugees, they will likely get no help, no work, and no place in a refugee camp. Many refugees return to Aleppo after a few months in Turkey, now saturated with refugees.

Wounded, often paralyzed Syrian opposition fighters, are taken care of in improvised hospitals in Turkey. The Liwa Al-Tawhid, the largest opposition brigade in Aleppo, with 12,000 members, has created its own medical structure in Turkey. This "Al-Tawhid Liwa medical center" receives wounded fighters (but also civilians) in rented apartments and office buildings in the cities of Kilis and Gaziantep, southern Turkey. The wounded fighters enter Turkey illegally if they still can walk or are rushed to the Kilis hospital in ambulances for urgent treatment. Many of this lost generation remain disabled for life and are often accompanied by their families who left Syria to nurse their sons, and now have to survive in Turkey, living in tiny apartments, without work. A former Al-Tawhid commander, Ahmad Abu Ubaidah, 25 years, a former electrician, lost a leg in a famous battle for the international airport. Now he works relentlessly for the Tawhid Medical Foundation in Gaziantep and Kilis, organizing medical aid, translators and housing for his wounded comrades.

French aviation security at airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle, the air plane inspectors of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation control air crafts - their appearance on the tarmac just minutes from take-off is a nightmare for pilots and mechanics. 35 year-old Nesrine is the only female technical controller at the airport of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle - she can prevent an aircraft from taking off and force its passengers to exit the plane if she detects a security breach. She inspects about two air crafts per day. Every minute of delay can cost up to 1,500 euro to the company. In 2012, 2,442 flights of foreign airline companies have been inspected. 673 of them were delayed before taking off because of security problems. Three planes needed so much maintenance that they were forbidden from taking off.