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Africa’s week in pictures: 18-24 August 2023
A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond. Hannah Peters/Getty Images Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters Albari Rosa/AFP Jacoline Schoonees/Reuters Alet Pretorius/Reuters Oupa Bopape/Getty Images AFP KB Mpofu/Reuters Luis Tato/AFP Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Roger Anis/Getty Images Yanick Folly/Getty Images Images subject to copyright Related Topics Photography Africa Around the BBC Africa Today podcasts The Comb…
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The Blackening: Film challenges horror movie tropes
Getty Images By Sabrina Fearon-Melville BBC News In 2018, director and comedian Jordan Peele became the first black winner of best original screenplay at the Oscars for his horror film Get Out. For many horror fans who felt the genre had been overlooked by award season, this felt like a win; for black horror fans,…
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São Paulo’s micro-houses keeping homeless families off the streets
By Katy Watson BBC South America correspondent The minhocão is one of São Paulo’s most famous landmarks. An elevated highway that snakes its way through the centre of the city, it weaves through the tightly packed apartment buildings to connect the east to the west. The road’s official name is the Elevado Presidente João Goulart.…
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Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric over wildfire negligence
Reuters By Emily McGarvey BBC News Maui County is suing energy firm Hawaiian Electric, saying it failed to turn off electric equipment before wildfires started on the island. If power lines had been switched off during exceptionally high winds and dry conditions, the destruction could have been avoided, the lawsuit said. The Lahaina fire killed…
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88 UK deaths linked to Canada ‘poison seller’
Peel Regional Police By Angus Crawford BBC News Eighty-eight people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said. The NCA says it cannot confirm the chemical was the direct cause of the deaths in the UK but is investigating potential criminal offences.…
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Trump surrenders in Georgia election plot case
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office By Max Matza BBC News Donald Trump has surrendered in Georgia on charges of plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results in an arrest that saw the first ever mugshot of a former US president. Mr Trump had to pay a bail bond of $200,000 (£157,000) to be released from…
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The place where no humans will tread for 100,000 years
In a few years, Finland will begin depositing spent nuclear fuel underground in Onkalo, where it will remain for millennia. Erika Benke describes her experience of visiting the site. I’m always upbeat on the way to interviews. To me they’re the most enjoyable part of the storytelling process. But this time I feel different. A…
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Menstrual blood tests could aid women’s healthcare
Qvin By Carrie King Berlin On any given day, about 800 million people around the world are on their period. Given those numbers, surprisingly little is known about menstrual blood itself. Sara Naseri, a doctor, hopes to change that with her healthcare start-up Qvin. She believes that testing this largely-ignored monthly blood sample could offer…
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Rohingya: Gang violence stalks world’s largest refugee camp
Handout By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Sounds of gunfire keep Modina Khatun awake every night in Cox’s Bazaar Bangladesh – the world’s largest refugee camp. She fears that spiralling gang violence there will make a widow of another Rohingya woman like herself, with young children to feed. Ms Khatun’s husband, Bashir Ullah, became a grim…
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How my dad rescued a stolen £40m da Vinci masterpiece
PA Media By Olivia Graham The Missing Madonna podcast The Madonna of the Yarnwinder by Leonardo da Vinci was the most valuable painting ever stolen in Britain. Twenty years on Olivia Graham tells the inside story of how her dad’s role in getting the painting back led to him standing trial for extortion. I was…