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Cocaine and Faith in the Amazon (Part 3)
In the final part of our series, VICE News visits a coca plantation near Caballococha, Peru, and learns of the environmental impact the Israelite farmers and the introduction of crops have had on the Amazon rainforest's ecosystem.
Suicide, Sacrifice, and Video Gaming’s Illusion of Choice
We've seen in-game colleagues selflessly give themselves up to aid our progress—but what if the story ended when you did?
Photos of Animal Sacrifices from Nepal's Gadhimai Festival
Thousands of animals were ritualistically killed outside the city of Birgunj in November.
Alleged Human Sacrifice in India Was Supposed to Help Find Buried Treasure
According to authorities in Koppal, a five-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered in an effort to magically locate buried treasure.
Retrospective Review: Sacrifice - ‘Forward to Termination’
We revisit Sacrifice's killer Canadian gem 'Forward To Termination'
Animal Rights Activists Don’t Want You to Swing Chickens for God
On the eve of Yom Kippur, I followed a group of Brooklyn animal rights activists who were protesting Kapparot: the ultra-Orthodox Jewish ceremony of imbuing a live chicken with one’s sins, swinging it over one’s head, and sacrificing it to remove...
The Sacrificial Animals of Instagram
This weekend, Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha, AKA "The Festival of the Sacrifice." And some people are taking the opportunity to give their chosen animals a close-up on Instagram before they part ways with this world.
Uncle Jamm Wants Yous!
It’s regrettable to me that I was as useless as tits on a bulldog reindeer for six years behind bars, and I wish I could’ve gone to the military to learn how to blow people up.
Dr. Kobus Jonker: God’s Detective
In South Africa, they are balls deep in sangomas, or healers. For the most part these sangomas are legit herbalists. There are however a number of bad sangomas, known as baloyi, which are more like dark wizards.