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Hope amidst crowds

Correspondents stuck in crowds, from scary mobs to groups of friends and even snakes.

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Lampedusa and Portugal

The migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa, and how Portugal copes with austerity.

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Madagascar and Puglia

Madagascar's education problems and the revival of Puglia's tiny trulli houses in Italy.

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Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistani girls who defied their parents, and Balkh's millennia of history in Afghanistan

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France and Moscow

Overcrowded French prisons and the 麻豆社's first ever Moscow correspondent, 50 years on.

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Nigeria and Senegal

Making the lights go back on in Lagos, and struggling to pay for an Eid sheep in Senegal

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Weekend Edition 26 Oct 2013: Building Blocks of History

Stories of construction, commerce, archaeology and identity from around the world

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Australia and Vietnam

Australia's bush fires and climate change row and the hopes of Vietnam's young generation

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Tapped Phones and Stopped Clocks

The unwelcome resonance of alleged NSA bugging in Germany; the "Palestinian time" zone

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Sri Lanka and Italy

Print journalism still going strong in Jaffna; traditional artisans emptying out of Rome

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Greece, China and Fiji

How some Greeks are uniting to earn more from tourism; what reporting with a baby is like

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The Comoros and Greenland

Why some Comorians risk it all to reach Mayotte; an evening's binge drinking in Tassiliq

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Going to work

From electricians in Nigeria, to pastry-makers in Rome - and journalists past and present

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Israel's New Walls - and Russia's New Warmth

Israel's separation barrier brings memories of Berlin's Wall; smiles for Moscow visitors

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Sudan, Spain and Morocco

How violence spread from Sudan's periphery to Khartoum; stories of Melilla's "mule women"

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Egypt and Tunisia

The Muslim Brotherhood leaders now on trial; the dubious Libyans hiding out in Hammamet

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Oceans Pacific and Atlantic

Strategic exploitation of the seas from Tonga and Kiribati to Castlebearehaven in Ireland

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Mali and Syria

Why two French journalists died near Kidal, and the risky bus ride from Amman to Damascus

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Women of the World - United!

Stories of female power from Pakistan, Russia, Germany, Greece, Germany and Morocco

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Sri Lanka's lasting agony

The Sri Lankan Tamils who say they鈥檝e been abducted, tortured and raped by state forces

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India and Ireland

A novice gets tied in knots at Delhi's "sari school"; a garrulous train journey to Dublin

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Syria and Iraq: Wars Present and Past

Denial about the conflict in Damascus; Erbil debates how WWI shaped the Kurds' future

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Our Animal Instincts

When humans and elephants compete in Malaysia; is killing your own chicken more ethical?

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A World Swept Away

A hoard of art looted by the Nazis prompts David Mazower to reflect on war and loss

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Money Money Money

Tales of austerity, hard work and hope from India, Germany, Ireland, Comoros and Senegal

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Iran and Nigeria

Iran's diplomatic charm offensive in nuclear negotiations; loving the Lagos arts scene

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Sri Lanka and Atlanta, USA

Human rights debates in Sri Lanka, and a stirring religious service in Atlanta, Georgia

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Moldova and Jersey Island

Moldovans torn between the EU and Russia, and an old delicacy from the island of Jersey

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Jerusalem and Sweden

Why nothing is quite as it seems in Jerusalem, and living on a tiny island in Sweden.

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Balkan Gangsters

Tracking down jewellery thieves Mike, Leyla and Novak from The Pink Panther gang

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