The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Kenya, southwest Kenya to be exact. That's where you'll find the Maasai Mara National Reserve. A new study says the wild animals in the reserve are struggling for survival. Anchor Katy Clark gets details from Robin Reid, director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation in Colorado.

South African musician Hugh Masekela turns 70 this year. He muses on politics, music, and freedom in today's Global Hit.

China is trying to develop into a superpower. But there are many side-effects to its rapid development. The province of Shanxi in central China is one of the most polluted places in the world. According to government officials, the rate of birth defects in this region is six times higher than the national average. The BBC's China Correspondent James Reynolds reports from Shanxi.

Hong Wei was born with an extra thumb on his right hand

Today on The World: More suicide bombings in Iraq highlight the challenges still ahead in the country; Also, Ireland's once booming "Celtic Tiger" economy is now hurting from the global economic crisis; Why a linguist's dream of creating a new Creole language never became a reality.

Finance ministers from around the globe are in Washington today. They're trying to fine-tune their responses to the economic crisis and implement some of the steps agreed upon at the G20 summit in London. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with John Authers, Investment Editor of the Financial Times in New York.

Global economic crisis

A year ago, Ireland was the 'Celtic Tiger' -- an economic success story on par with any fast rising Asian nation. Today, Ireland is going through a wrenching economic slump. The World's Laura Lynch reports from Dublin.

Anchor Katy Clark speaks with the BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad about two suicide bombings in Iraq today, coming on the heels of yesterday's two suicide attacks. The new violence highlights the challenges still ahead in Iraq.

Derek Bickerton is a linguist who had a wild idea for a linguistic experiment. He dreamed of placing six families that spoke six different languages on an uninhabited island for three years, in an attempt to create new Creole language. And he almost got the funding for it. The World's Patrick Cox tells the story.

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At least 16 people in Mexico have died from what officials there say is a strain of influenza that originally came from pigs. Meanwhile, swine flu is also being reported in the southern United States. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with The World's Lorne Matalon in Mexico City.

The outbreak of swine flu in Mexico appears to have spread to the southern United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found swine flu cases in California and Texas. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with The World's Health & Science Editor David Baron about what American and international health officials are doing to prepare for a possible flu pandemic.