Allison Jackson

GlobalPost

Allison Jackson is a GlobalPost writer based in Mexico.

A exhibitor mends a coffin during the Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo in Macau on May 8, 2014.

A Chinese funeral parlor is using 3-D printing to help the dead look their best

“It is difficult for relatives to see incomplete faces or bodies of their loved ones when they attend memorial services, and makeup cannot always sufficiently repair them."

A Chinese funeral parlor is using 3-D printing to help the dead look their best
A volunteer from the social work community "Friends of the World" trims the beard of a homeless man in San Jose, Costa Rica February 24, 2016.

Cities have found a better way to reach the homeless: Services on wheels

Cities have found a better way to reach the homeless: Services on wheels
Sales representatives talk to potential buyers in front of a model of a residential complex at a real estate exhibition in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, on May 10, 2015.

China tells developers: Stop giving things embarrassing Western names

China tells developers: Stop giving things embarrassing Western names
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a news conference in Sydney on Feb. 19, 2016.

The Australian prime minister's 'meaningless' new slogan is a thing of beauty

The Australian prime minister's 'meaningless' new slogan is a thing of beauty
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a news conference in Sydney on Feb. 19, 2016.

The Australian prime minister's 'meaningless' new slogan is a thing of beauty

The Australian prime minister's 'meaningless' new slogan is a thing of beauty
Markets factoring in terror attacks?

New world: market traders factoring in terrorism

What was the fallout from the Brussels attacks on world markets? A swift initial move, but calm returned.

New world: market traders factoring in terrorism
Traders watch developments following the explosions in Brussels on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 22, 2016.

Global financial markets are getting used to terrorism

Investors reacted to the deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday with predictable swiftness. But it didn’t take long for calm to return. Here's why.

Global financial markets are getting used to terrorism
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall campaign event in Hickory, North Carolina, on March 14, 2016.

Global risk index: Trump presidency on par with terrorism

Few things are more threatening to security and the global economy than Donald Trump winning the US presidency, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit.

Global risk index: Trump presidency on par with terrorism
A man wearing a face mask walks across a bridge in front of Shanghai's financial district of Pudong amid heavy smog on Dec. 15, 2015.

Environmental pollution kills more than 12 million people every year

That's almost equivalent to the combined populations of New York City and Los Angeles.

Environmental pollution kills more than 12 million people every year
A Buddhist monk walks next to elephants during Thailand's national elephant day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya on March 11, 2016.

Thailand's monks are so fat they need to wear special girdles

Nearly half of the country’s 300,000 holy men are believed to be obese and suffering from chronic diseases, a study has found.

Thailand's monks are so fat they need to wear special girdles
A Buddhist monk walks next to elephants during Thailand's national elephant day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya on March 11, 2016.

Thailand's monks are so fat they need to wear special girdles

Nearly half of the country's monastic order is obese, a study has found.

Thailand's monks are so fat they need to wear special girdles
A protester holds a placard in support of refugees during a rally in central Sydney, Australia.

How one wrong word made Australia’s migration agency look like Holocaust deniers

In a statement intended to “set the record straight” about critics' “emotive and inflammatory claims” about conditions inside Australia's controversial offshore detention centers, according to some who saw it, Department of Immigration and Border Protection Secretary Michael Pezzullo appeared to question whether Nazi atrocities actually happened.

How one wrong word made Australia’s migration agency look like Holocaust deniers

How one wrong word made Australia’s migration agency look like Holocaust deniers

Australia's immigration and border security agency was trying to defend its much-criticized, offshore detention camps for migrants. It created an entirely new controversy, instead.

How one wrong word made Australia’s migration agency look like Holocaust deniers
Activists attend a rally to mark the International Women's Day in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 8, 2016.

Women's Day has its roots in socialism. Maybe it's time to go back to them

More than 100 years after the first International Women's Day, one thing hasn't changed: The world has a long way to go.

Women's Day has its roots in socialism. Maybe it's time to go back to them
German tourists on holiday in Mallorca watch the World Cup 2006 quarter-final soccer match between Germany and Argentina on a TV screen at the Arenal's beach.

The cruel irony behind the most powerful passports in the world

As the European Union tightens restrictions on migrants wanting to enter the region, European travelers are enjoying the freest movement in the world.

The cruel irony behind the most powerful passports in the world