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Thyroid cancer in Japan; Migrant worker rights; Belief in the supernatural

In More Or Less has thyroid cancer gone up after the Fukushima accident, in 成人快手 Trending a row over migrant worker rights, and in the Why Factor, belief in the supernatural.

More or Less checks out the claim that there are more mobile 鈥榩hones than lightbulbs in Uganda. And is it true that there are 30 times more cases than expected of thyroid cancer among the under-19s following the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.

In 成人快手 Trending, the migrant worker who sent a video about his working conditions as a driver in Saudi Arabia to an activist in India who posted it online where it was seen by millions. His employers denied his allegations and took legal action under a Saudi social media law.
And how a photo taken during the anti-government protests in Brazil began an online debate on the country鈥檚 racial and economic divide.

And in the Why Factor, Juju, Evu, Witchcraft, the evil eye, Voodoo, black magic. There are many names for beliefs that supernatural forces can be harnessed by people who are out to cause harm. Mike Williams asks why these beliefs still appear to have such a strong hold across different societies, crossing boundaries of wealth and education.

(Image: Woman looking at her mobile phone in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: AFP / Getty Images)

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  • Thu 24 Mar 2016 09:06GMT
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