The Fifth Floor Episodes Available now
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The Best of the Fifth Floor
Looking back at 2013: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
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Water Wars
Legendary maritime rivalries from the East China Sea to Brazil's infamous Lobster War
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Reflections from Dhaka: a City Under Siege
Blockades, violence and an execution: 大象传媒 Bangla's insights on tense times in Bangladesh
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Reporting Nelson Mandela's Death
Reflecting on the life and death of Nelson Mandela across the 大象传媒's 27 language services
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Love Thy Neighbour: Ukraine and Russia
Exploring sibling rivalries and a long history between the two countries
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Stories from the Frontline: Sectarian Violence in Central African Republic
'It feels like a zombie movie. A silent, empty, spooky landscape' - reporting Bossangoa
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Sachin Tendulkar and Cricket Diplomacy
Farewell to Sachin: did the cricketing legend ease tensions between India and Pakistan?
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Reporting Rebellion
Watching the demise of the M23 rebels from opposite sides of the Congolese-Ugandan border
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Dodging the Spies
Pakistanis accustomed to avoiding the snoops offer tips to the Europeans
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Women on the Frontline
Female war reporters covering conflict in Burundi and Syria