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BBC World Service
Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.
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Nov 25, 2016 • 41min
Political Parables and Proverbs
L - Photo: Ghana elections, NDC supporter. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images.
R - Photo: Ghana elections, NPP supporter. Credit: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images.

Nov 18, 2016 • 40min
What Next for Kenya's Dadaab Refugees?
Closing Dadaab; Russia's rival parades: weddings and the taxman; Iran's fencersImage: Refugees at Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya
Credit: TONY KARUMBA/Getty Images

Nov 11, 2016 • 41min
The world view on President-elect Donald Trump
Trump's victory; Ivan the Terrible; Syrian soul food; a portrait of Kashmir

Nov 4, 2016 • 39min
Saudi Religious Police Under Scrutiny
Social change in Saudi, Mombasa night weddings, and the missing Kyrgyz constitution.Image: Saudi women walking past a jewellery shop at Tiba market in Riyadh
Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images

Oct 28, 2016 • 49min
Bashiqa: Beyond the Battleground
Photo: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near Bashiqa.
Credit: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images.

Oct 21, 2016 • 40min
US Elections: the View from Miami
Guest presenter Emilio San Pedro, in MiamiEmilio heads to Miami's Little Havana district and its famous Versailles café to talk politics with Ivette Leyva and Luis Fajardo of BBC Mundo and Rafael Abuchaibe of BBC Monitoring. Later he watches the final presidential debate at the BBC bureau as the Mundo team pick out what's of most interest to their audience and watch for reaction on social media.Eating and voting with Miami's Colombians and Venezuelans
Emilio referees a food competition: Colombians Claudia Plazas and Rafael Abuchaibe versus Venezuelan Patricia Sulbaran. Whose 'arepas' are better? They also reflect on the recent No vote in the Colombian referendum on the peace deal with Farc rebels, and the significance of the vote from Colombians in Miami.Multiple Choice
For decades, Chilean teenagers had to sit the Academic Aptitude Test in order to apply for university. Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra has gone back to this stressful time for his latest novel, Multiple Choice. Constanza Hola of BBC Mundo, who sat the test herself, puts Alejandro through his paces.And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web.Image: Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the final presidential debate in Las Vegas
Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

Oct 14, 2016 • 39min
Afghan Refugees: An Uncertain Future
Photo: Afghan refugee families wait to board trucks near Peshawar in July 2016.
Credit: A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images.

Oct 7, 2016 • 40min
Yemen's forgotten victims
Image: A close up of an under-nourished child's had held by an adult hand. Credit: Ashwaq17

Sep 30, 2016 • 40min
Aleppo's citizens, past and present, eulogise their city online
Photos: The ancient market in Aleppo, Syria before and after it was badly damaged by fire. Credits: AFP/Getty Images.

Sep 16, 2016 • 40min
Kashmir: The Continuing Conflict
Kashmiri protestors clash with Indian government forces during a protest against civilian killings in Srinagar, Kashmir.
Credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images.