Despite the banality of the world’s evils, Maryse Burgot presents the nobler side of international reporting.

Maryse Burgot is one of France’s most eminent international correspondents. She’s covered all the major wars of our day on location, from the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and more. And when bombs aren't raining down on civilians in war-torn lands, she tells of hope and despair, resistance and resignation, witnessing natural disasters and other modern-day tragedies around the world, from the latest plague outbreak in India to an earthquake in Haiti. This book’s complex interweaving of these strands does credit to an often-discredited profession.