HRH Prince Philip: the world remembers
How three language services covered the news of the Prince's death. Plus Myanmar鈥檚 new year's festival protests, with Faranak Amidi.
The death last Friday of Prince Philip was extensively covered on the 成人快手's language services. We hear from Peter Okwoche of 成人快手 Africa, Janina Litvinova of 成人快手 Russian and South Asia Diaspora reporter Gaggan Sabherwal about the challenges of the day, and tailoring their coverage for their audiences.
Venezuela's million bolivar note
成人快手 Mundo's Guillermo Olmo is based in Venezuela, where hyperinflation has left its currency, the bolivar, struggling to keep up. Prices rose so fast that people had to carry backpacks of notes to pay for their shopping. Now a one million bolivar note has been issued, but will it help?
Rwanda's milk bars
Milk bars are a unique feature of Rwandan towns and highlight the popularity of milk in the country. Prudent Nsengiyumva of 成人快手 Great Lakes tells us what makes them so successful, and why milk is so important to Rwandans.
Myanmar's New Year festival
This week would usually see joyful celebrations in Myanmar for Thingyan, the Buddhist New Year festival. But many Burmese boycotted the festival, as part of continuing protests against February鈥檚 military coup, as 成人快手 Burmese editor Soe Win Than explains.
My journey to journalism: Dan Ikpoyi, 成人快手 Pidgin
As part of our series into our language service colleagues' routes into their jobs, we hear from Dan Ikpoyi, whose progress from the Lagos slum of Ketu to 成人快手 Pidgin video journalist took a circuitous route through comedy, poetry and bottle top collection.
Image: A captain's cap with message of condolence on flowers outside Windsor Castle
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Fifth Floor
Global stories from the 成人快手鈥檚 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi