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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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Sep 2, 2016 • 41min
Reporting the Disappeared
Photo: Tamil demonstrators hold photos of their relatives who disappeared during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/GettyImages.

Aug 19, 2016 • 41min
Lashkar Gah: City on the Edge
Photo: An Afghan National Security Forces serviceman takes position during a military operation in Helmand province.
Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images.

Aug 12, 2016 • 40min
Colombia: living with the peace
Life after conflict in Colombia; Syrian footballers changed by war and Tajikistan's incomprehensible words.Image: Colombia's President Santos (L), Cuban President Raul Castro (C) and 'Timochenko' (R), head of FARC signing the ceasefire 23 June 2016
Credit: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images

Aug 5, 2016 • 41min
Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo
Photo: Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua.
Credit: Rafael Trobat/AFP/Getty Images.

Jul 29, 2016 • 41min
Turkey: The Army and the People
The relationship between Turkey's army and the people, tackling leprosy in Brazil and spoken word poetry in Nairobi.Image: A Turkish soldier stands guard in front of the damaged Grand National Assembly building in Ankara
Credit: Getty/Dimitar Dilkoff

Jul 22, 2016 • 40min
Cairo Calling
Photo: David Amanor with the BBC Arabic journalists in Cairo.
Credit: BBC

Jul 15, 2016 • 49min
South China Sea: What's in a Name?
South China sea; Zimbabwe protests; Egypt in song; building bridges; 5th Floor SapeursImage: An official map of Vietnam at an exhibition about the South China Sea in Hanoi
Credit: Getty

Jul 11, 2016 • 41min
Myanmar: the Long Road to Peace
Myanmar's ethnic conflicts, Russian rock and the military, remembering Abbas Kiarostami.

Jul 1, 2016 • 40min
"There is a feeling there is just nowhere safe"
Turkey under attack; Afghan Ramadan; singing Ghazals; Sunni Shia families; Tbilisi zooImage credit: Getty Images

Jun 24, 2016 • 49min
Iran's Forgotten Province
Sistan Baluchistan, Mar Mar Aye, Russian dream, South Africa; Bangladeshi women in news