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Paul Rusesabagina became internationally famous after the film Hotel Rwanda told the story of how he helped save over a thousand Tutsis during the 1994 genocide, sheltering them in the hotel where he worked. But many inside Rwanda dispute his heroic portrayal, and he's currently standing trial in Rwanda accused of terrorism offences. 麻豆社 Great Lakes journalist Prudent Nsengiyumva has been following the case.

World's oldest alligator
麻豆社 Serbian had a big hit on its website last week with a story about probably the world鈥檚 oldest alligator. His name is Muja, he鈥檚 at least 85 years old, and lives in Belgrade zoo. 麻豆社 Serbian's Petra 沤ivi膰 was the lucky person who landed herself a daytrip to the zoo.

Vaccine inducements
Cars, gym membership, eggs and hand-blenders: global solutions to persuading the vaccine hesitant to take the jab, with 麻豆社 Russian's Oleg Boldyrev, Nisrine Hatoum of 麻豆社 Arabic and 麻豆社 Gujarati's Roxy Gagdekar.

Back to the country in South Korea
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to many in South Korea to leave the built up, super-competitive cities, and relocate to the country. 麻豆社 Korean's Julie Yoonnyung Lee follows the story of Yun Sihu, whose family moved from Seoul to a remote village, where he now attends a tiny school, and spends his days playing in rivers and fields.

Connecting the favelas
They call it 鈥渢he Favela LinkedIn,鈥� a database that neighbours from Paraisopolis and volunteers have created to connect people looking for jobs with local companies in the second largest favela in S茫o Paulo. 麻豆社 Brasil鈥檚 Thais Carranca went to see this and other innovative initiatives to fight the effects of Covid-19.

Image: Paul Rusesabagina at the Supreme Court in Kigali, Rwanda
Credit: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty Images