Human body

In Iran, the president’s facial hair can be of major political significance. The new President Rouhani’s neatly groomed beard is seen as an indicator of his reformist credentials.

Tattoos take many forms and have a history going back thousands of years. But in which country would you most likely find a tattoo style called moko?

A Sudan-born reporter saw the need for a modern, intelligent, female heroine and has come out with a new super heroine, Rayann Lawsonia.

These are trying times at the US-Mexican border, and many of the tattoo designs there reflect that life, as The World’s Jason Margolis found out in the Rio Grande Valley, in corner of southeast Texas.

Last week on the show, we heard from people who are so passionate about their careers as scientists and mathematicians that they’ve tattooed equations and fragments of DNA on their bodies. So we asked: Do you have a tattoo related to your profession?