I travelled to 50 countries in five years for Foreign Correspondent. This is what I learned about people

It's not every day you're hailed as Miss Universe as you motor into a village perched on stilts in the middle of the pirated Sulu Sea, or you dive for cover as an Israeli fighter jet roars overhead, only to be asked by the Hezbollah fighter lying next to you if you know his cousin in Melbourne. 30 years of Foreign Correspondent Celebrating 30 years on air, we look back at Foreign Correspondent's most memorable stories. A doctor radiating benevolence A decade later, I found myself back in a hospital for Foreign Correspondent, again surrounded by people needing life-saving surgery. "I am doing exactly what I am supposed to do but people consider that it's a generosity and it's a charity," Dr Shetty told us. For 30 years, Foreign Correspondent has been Australia's window on the world, helping us to understand other people's lives and, through that, more successfully navigate our own way, as individuals and a nation.