How Women Live in Saudi Arabia: Bans and Prejudices

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Women cannot use public transport. This applies to absolutely all municipal buses, trams and railway vehicles. Although, there is an exception to this rule: if a special carriage with a separate entrance for women is attached to the train, then a woman still has the right to ride it. Such restrictions are set all for the same purpose — to prevent communication with strangers.

17 Frozen Reservoirs That Look Like Fine Art

Every year, when the temperature drops below zero, most rivers, ponds, lakes and even some oceans are covered with a thick layer of impenetrable ice, forming on their surface either snow patterns or masterpieces of fine art. Such beauty cannot be described in words, so we have prepared for you this selection of 17 photos so that you can fully enjoy these icy views and anticipate the coming frosts ...

A Young Trucker Told About Her Work

There are some women who are not afraid to go beyond the generally accepted framework and do as their hearts tell them, even if it alerts the society and raises a lot of perplexing questions. Ekaterina Mironova, a trucker from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia is just such a woman. She told about her work, a 20-ton truck and the dangers on the road in one of the interviews ...