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From childhood to old age, a journey through life reflected in the mirror
Living with the Dead
How some Indonesians live with dead family members for years
#GrannyWisdom
Young stars of social media share lessons in life from their grandmothers.
Dying to Talk
People are sharing their thoughts and fears about dying at Death Cafes around the world
Me and the President
Mr Trump supporter Joe Borelli kept an audio diary about the president’s first 100 days
South Sudan: A Failure to Act
Reconstructing the events surrounding the attack on aid workers on 11 July 2016
Nepal: Banished for Bleeding
The practice of chhaupadi, in which menstruating women are isolated from community life.
Cathedral of the Fallen
A journey to the The Valle de los Caidos, the monument at the heart of Spain’s past
Strangers for Hire
Many people rent out their homes or cars - in Japan some are now renting middle-aged men
Subversion, Russia and the West
How the murky world of subversion still dominates East-West relations
The Silent Wound
How veterans of Colombia's war are dealing with genital wounds and loss of masculinity
A Woman Half in Shadow
The story of African-American novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston
Chaplains of the Sea
Port chaplains provide support to the world's 1.5 million merchant seafarers
The Robots' Story
How might robots help us live, work and even love in the future?
The Khan Mutiny
The Muslim male actors taking over Bollywood amidst growing Hindu fundamentalism in India
Inside the Israeli Hospital
The Israeli doctors treating Syrians who have been smuggled over the border with injuries
The Sound of Soweto
The Sound of Soweto - Part One
The role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa's oldest township
The Sound of Soweto - Part Two
Poet Thabiso Mohare explores the role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa
Remembering Challenger
Four people affected by the Challenger space shuttle disaster reflect on the event
Watching my Father
The rise in suicide rates among Indian farmers and the impact on their families
The Origins of the American Dream
Where did the idea in which nothing is impossible as long as you work hard originate?
A Very British Election
A portrait of the UK Election and the impact of the Manchester attack on the campaigns
World Book Café: Berlin
Damien McGuinness is in Berlin to ask what excites its book lovers
The Driver and the Dictator
The 1958 Grand Prix in Havana that ended with the kidnapping of F1's Juan Manuel Fangio
The Death of the Cockfighters
The highly complex cultural practice of cockfighting and its place in the modern world
What Went Wrong with Brazil?
How Brazil went from economic boom years to its worst recession on record
UK Election: Something Happened, but What?
What the UK election results say about Britain, Brexit, and the different generations
Las Vegas Stripped Bare
Behind the gambling, glitz and glamour of this extraordinary desert oasis
Germany: Reluctant Giant
Why does Germany fear becoming a military power?
Hong Kong: Twenty Years On
How have the hopes and fears of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China played out?
Young in Hong Kong
The post-1997 generation of Hong Kong, how they see themselves and what makes them tick