Top 10 Stories

1InspirationalMy Unexpected Teacher  766

Sometimes the best thing a doctor can do for a patient is to listen

2Inspirational‘I Am Nujood, Age 10 & Divorced’  330
When her family would not help her escape the horror her life had become, Nujood acted on her own
3InspirationalPhilippines: Through the Fire  320

Nine-year-old Antonio ''Dan Boy'' Fernandez Jr was playing with his younger brother Ken in their yard last June when he noticed smoke billowing from the roof of their house in Cebu's Carcar city. Realising that his five-year-old brother Nathaniel was napping inside, Dan Boy shielded his head from the falling embers with his hands and rushed inside the wooden house. ''I was so scared to

4SlideshowsUnseen Asia 2010 Winners  291

Here are our winners for 2010. To join the contest, mail us your photos of what Asia means to you.

5InspirationalRecipe for Inspiration  268
With her physical disability, this pastry chef has defied the odds and is truly inspirational
6InspirationalFreedom From Want  247
The kindness of hundreds of strangers lifted her from homeless to Harvard
7SlideshowsUnseen Asia 2011 Winners  244
Celebrating the beauty of daily life
8InspirationalThe Generous Vegetable Seller  240
This extraordinary woman thinks nothing of living a life devoid of luxuries in order to help those less fortunate than her
9InspirationalThe Wisdom of Happiness  232
You will live a long time . . . You will lose all of your money . . . Don’t worry you will get it all back again … And you will come back to Bali and then I will teach you everything I know (Ketut’s prediction to Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat Pray Love)
10InspirationalPassing on the Kindness  232