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'Time for the guns to be silent'

Return to Sudan; South Korea's Yogurt Aunties; Iran's Natanz nuclear site; Marrying across divides in India; Ramadan fashion in Egypt; My Home Town: Snezhinsk, Russia

麻豆官网首页入口 Africa鈥檚 Mohanad Hashim shares his impressions of a Sudan without President Omar al-Bashir, and the historic protests which toppled him from power.

South Korea's Yogurt Aunties
麻豆官网首页入口 Seoul's Hosu Lee joined the 'yogurt aunties' who deliver Yakult to homes and offices on unique motorised carts, and also provide company for elderly customers living alone.

Iran's Natanz nuclear site
麻豆官网首页入口 Persian's Omid Parsanejad loves Natanz, the green oasis town where he was born. But as he explains, Natanz is often in the news he reports, having given its name to a key uranium enrichment facility nearby.

Marrying across the divide
Most Indian marriages are between couples from the same religion and caste. Marrying across those divides carries a stigma and can result in violence, and even the death of the couple. Divya Arya of 麻豆官网首页入口 Delhi spoke to couples who crossed caste and religious divides for love.

Ramadan fashion in Egypt
麻豆官网首页入口 Arabic鈥檚 Doaa Farid reports on this year鈥檚 鈥楻amadan collection', a fashion trend for women who want to dress more modestly during the holy month.

My Home Town: Snezhinsk, Russia
Ksenia Idrisova of 麻豆官网首页入口 Russian takes us to her hometown of Snezhinsk in the Ural mountains of Russia, a town so secret in her childhood that it wasn鈥檛 even shown on maps.

Image: Sudanese protesters gather to break their fast outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on the second day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan
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