On the day that Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison, this Guardian film from 2011 investigates the soldier's early years, and also asks why the US military sent Manning to Iraq, when those training him warned that the 'runt that everyone bullied' should not be sent on active duty

Bano Rashid, 18, was among the 69 people killed on Utøya island on 22 July 2011. A year on, her family are trying to cope with the aftermath

As Greece faces the most important election in a generation, the doctors at Nikaia hospital struggle to keep their patients alive and the system working

Robin Toyne's short film tells the story of the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters, tracing the often perilous lives of the pilots and history of the boats

Lila Aacharya left Nepal hoping to make a better life for her two young daughters. Two months later her body was flown home

Five Tunisians are held at Guantánamo. But with last year's revolution in Tunisia, there are fresh hopes for their release. Here, one former detainee and the families of other prisoners discuss their experiences

In 2008, after years of campaigning and opposition, Iqra opened as one of the first Muslim primary schools in the UK. Film-maker Masood Khan talks to those for and against faith schools

Paul Lewis presents the findings of a study into the causes of the summer 2011 riots, which found they were sparked by poverty, injustice and hatred of the police

Twenty-six hedge funds are demanding over £1bn debt repayments from Africa's poorest countries - more than twice the International Red Cross budget for Africa this year.

Al-Qaida is providing cash, food and medical aid to those affected by the famine in Somalia. Jamal Osman reveals that al-Shabaab may be endangering lives by closing the camp for displaced Somalis and sending them back to their villages

Europe's refugees cannot escape poor living conditions in Italy because of European law. Harriet Grant investigates

Johnny Howorth follows Candy Sheridan of the Gypsy Council in her attempt to avoid the forceful eviction of 86 traveller families from the Dale Farm site near Basildon in Essex

The mother of a soldier who died in combat in Iraq describes the impact of war since 9/11 on the Native American community of Shiprock, New Mexico

Lee Ielpi revisits the site of the World Trade Centre, where his son Jonathan died along with 342 fellow New York City firefighters on 11 September 2001

Mark Casebow's short film follows Richard, who has attempted to take his own life and spent time at the Maytree Respite Centre, a sanctuary offering a short residential stay for those in crisis

A human rights team reveals a huge archive of footage and images detailing Muammar Gaddafi's brutal reign over Libya, not least the infamous showtrial and public hanging of Sadiq Hamed Shwehdi, witnessed by thousands of pupils herded into Benghazi's basketball stadium to watch in 1984

Since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, politics has entered every aspect of Egyptian life - even football. This is most evident in the Cairo derby, a game between arch rivals Al Ahly and Zamalek

Six months after the fall of the Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali regime, Tunisians discuss their efforts to implement radical change in the face of enormous challenges - both social and political

In a unique insight into a blind woman's life, Diane Marks, wearing a head-camera, shows how she will be affected by the government's proposed benefit cuts