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It's not just the citizens of the USA who are watching closely for signs of where a Joe Biden presidency might go or what it might mean. The rest of the world - and the Washington press pack - are also still in suspense, waiting to see what happens next. Anthony Zurcher followed the campaign trail, and he's still camped outside the Biden HQ trying to learnn more.

Pascale Harter introduces this and other stories and insights from 麻豆社 correspondents and writers from around the world.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is often mentioned in the same breath as Donald Trump - their rhetoric and their policies have much in common. Bolsonaro, too, has been criticised for his response to the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil. But on a recent visit to the country's northeast, traditionally a political heartland for the left and the Workers' Party, Katy Watson found that the current government's 'coronabonus' programme has bought considerable new support.

This week President Vladimir Putin of Russia told a meeting of regional governors that while the pandemic is 'challenging but controllable', they shouldn't try to sugar-coat the situation. There have been growing numbers of reports of dire shortages in the country's health system, especially outside Moscow. Sarah Rainsford went north to hear directly from nurses, paramedics, doctors and ambulance drivers about the conditions they're working in.

And Michelle Jana Chan takes us on a gruelling but exhilarating trek through the Makay region of central-western Madagascar. Like much of this huge island, it's teeming with plant and animal life - plenty of it absolutely unique, irreplaceable and threatened with extinction. How can it balance local people's needs with the survival of other species?

(Image: US President-elect Joe Biden arrives to receive a virtual briefing on the economy with advisers in Wilmington, Delaware, US. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)