The World's Gerry Hadden reports on the rebirth of beekeeping in Germany. Honey bee colonies...and their keepers...have been dying out in rural Germany. But now younger Germans are tending bees, in the city.

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Africa's Skeleton Coast, where dense fog and treacherous surf have been responsible for countless shipwrecks over the years. Journalist Simon Winchester sent us an audio postcard from the Skeleton Coast.

Simon Winchester's Atlantic World

Today's Global Hit features a 14-piece music band named Chopteeth. Most members hail from the Washington, DC area. But the band's sound has a distinct West African feel. Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us why.

Today on The World: President Obama makes a surprise visit to Baghdad; Liberia's president deals with the legacy of her nation's civil war; and designing the buildings of the future -- structures that use no fossil fuels at all.

Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad about President Obama's unannounced visit there.

The World's Aaron Schachter reports on President Obama's positive image in Turkey. The president's visit to Turkey ended earlier today.

The World's Katy Clark takes a look at how relations between the United States and Muslim nations have changed -- by most accounts for the better -- under President Obama.

The World's Jason Margolis tells us about a group of architects that hopes to reduce greenhouse gases, by designing buildings that use no fossil fuels at all.

Anchor Lisa Mullins has a quick update on a story from last week concerning "uncooperative tax havens."

Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad about the tense relationship between Pakistan and the United States right now. The Obama Administration is in the midst of revising its strategy in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.