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Catalina Escobar gave up her successful business career to devote her life to helping teenage mums in her native Colombia. Following the death of her son - at only 16 months - she went on to set up a foundation to help poor teenage mums out of poverty by giving them access to education and training.

85-year-old Hedy Pagremanski is a Holocaust survivor who paints pictures of the disappearing landscapes of New York City. She paints buildings that have been condemned, blocks that are set to be redeveloped and streets and communities that have been overlooked. She tells reporter Matt Nelson how her motivation for capturing a particular moment comes from her experiences as a child growing up in Vienna where she and her family had to hide for months before escaping to Panama and then the United States.

The Ukrainian artist Zoia Skoropadenko makes controversial art works out of octopus. She shapes pieces of the undersea creatures into human torsos before capturing them on canvas.

Yemi Fisseha is said to be Ethiopia's first female club DJ. She's one of the most sought after DJs in the bars and clubs of Addis Ababa. She tells the 大象传媒's DJ Edu about turning the tables - on the turn-tables!

(Photo: Catalina Escobar. Credit: FJFGE)