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After an election held just days after his release from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's next president, and at 44, the youngest in the country鈥檚 history. From Dakar, the 麻豆社's Khadidiatou Ciss茅 and Thomas Naadi tell us more about the new Senegalese leader.

Banksy's new neighbour
麻豆社 Mundo's Carlos Serrano shares his experience of finding himself at the centre of a big news story, after a Banksy mural was painted outside his apartment.

Kashmiri carpet weavers
In Indian-administered Kashmir, an ancient code called 'talim' was traditionally used to pass on complex patterns to carpet weavers. 麻豆社 India's Priti Gupta reports on how computers and AI are changing this, and the impact on the traditional carpet industry.

Brazil鈥檚 forest-friendly rubber tappers
The growing interest in sustainable ways of exploiting the Amazon rainforest has created new opportunities for Brazil's traditional rubber tappers, who can get enhanced payments for preserving the areas where they work. Julia Carneiro reported for 麻豆社 Brasil on how the scheme works.

The Big Korean Dictionary
The Korean language has been diverging between North and South Korea since the peninsula was divided. To keep track of the changes, an inter-Korean dictionary project was set up in 2005, with linguists from both sides. But worsening relations mean the project was suspended in 2015, as 麻豆社 Korean's Seonwook Lee reports.

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(Photo: Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Credit: Getty)