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A person rows down the Ganges River. The Ganges is one of the largest rivers in the world and it influences the lives of millions of people everyday.

Rowing on the Ganges

The River Roads of India

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The U.S. Constitution is unclear about the role of federal authority on immigration. Over time, immigration policy has varied largely from relatively open to restrictive. Here, customs and border patrol at a San Diego crossing process asylum seekers.

US Border Patrol Processing

The Federal Role in United States Immigration

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Picture of Paul Salopek and guide Ahmed Alema Hessan outside of Bouri

Salopek and Hessan

In Their Footsteps: Human Migration Out of Africa

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What exactly is a 'diaspora'? Join journalist Paul Salopek as he explains this tricky concept and how diasporas have effected human migration.

Definitions in the Field: Diaspora

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Join journalist and National Geographic Fellow, Paul Salopek, as he follows in our ancestors' footsteps—literally! Paul’s 10-year trek on foot follows the path of human migration and aims to tell local stories about our changing world. Story maps from Paul's photos, videos, and writing dispatches help share these stories with the world, like his modern take on the ancient Silk Road. This "road" was a network for goods, people, information, and culture to travel between distant parts of Asia and other parts of the world. Paul's journey takes him along part of this influential route and shows him how important the area still is for many of the same reasons. Telling stories like these through maps brings us from a global level to the local level and can inspire us all to be more global citizens.

Exploring with GIS: A StoryMap of the Silk Road

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More people in the world are living in urban areas like Tokyo, Japan, which is one of the largest cities in the world.

Tokyo Skyscrapers Aerial

Growing Pains—and Plans

This collection contains a selection of content from NG Education about human migration.

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Photo: Street signs in San Francisco, CA.

Street Signs

Human Migration

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