Ye Charlotte Ming

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

I am a journalist and photo editor based in Berlin. I am interested in nuanced and underreported stories related to culture, history, colonialism, and photography. My writing and photo editing have appeared in TIME, National Geographic, Getty Images FOTO, ChinaFile, World Press Photo Witness, Sixth Tone, and Tencent News.

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An ancient forest blankets the bottom of the sinkhole.

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Descending Into the Lush Underworld of China’s Newly Discovered Sinkhole

The country’s karst terrain is fertile ground for massive caves, and a new-found hype for adventure.

Activist Sylvie Njobati sees the statue of Ngonnso for the first time at the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.

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Ngonnso Will Finally Come Home to Cameroon

The only known depiction of the queen mother of the Nso people was taken to Germany 120 years ago.

During a 2012 restitution ceremony at Quai Branly museum in Paris, black fabric and silver fern leaves cover 20 preserved Maori heads.

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Trapped in Museums for Centuries, Maori Ancestors Are Coming Home

New Zealand’s repatriation program brings human remains back and lays them to rest.