North Korean defectors take a life-threatening journey, traveling thousands of miles through China, Laos and Thailand, in the hope of settling as free citizens in South Korea. Intrepid South Korean journalists risk their own lives to capture the action and emotion.

The parents of a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli soldiers consent to donate their son's organs.

An Ethiopian economist sets up her country's first commodities exchange, hoping to revolutionize Ethiopia's market system and end its food shortages.

An Arab-Israeli teenager sets her sights on the Miss Israel pageant and faces opposition from the Druze minority, a religious community.

Eyes of the Storm tells the struggles of several orphaned children left to fend for themselves in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. A Burmese team shot undercover for over 10 months in defiance of the ruling junta's media blackout to provide a rare window into one of the world's most secretive countries.

An investigation into a failed coup in 2004 Equatorial Guinea, an oil-rich but impoverished nation in sub-Sahara Africa, reveals an international plot aimed at taking control of the nation's oil reserves. The documentary also details the country's growing business relationship with China.

Part 1 of 2. The opportunities for basic education around the world are explored via classrooms and students in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania.

The Season 8 finale features the conclusion of "Time for School 3," about the opportunities for basic education around the world, including in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania.