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Shaimaa Khalil goes inside one of Iraq鈥檚 secret shelters for domestic violence survivors, and meets the women who risk their lives to protect other women and girls.

Pascale Harter introduces this and other stories from correspondents around the world.

How do you organise elections in a country as vast as the Democratic Republic of Congo? Louise Dewast follows one man鈥檚 voyage up the Congo river, to bring democracy to the remotest parts of the country.

Niall O鈥橤allagher takes a trip to the hills of Catalonia, to meet a separatist leader imprisoned for her involvement in the Spanish region鈥檚 disputed independence referendum.

And John Kampfner goes to Canada, to try out a bit of axe-throwing, a sporting craze that is sweeping the nation.