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This week Kenya mourns the 148 people killed at Garissa University by the militant group al-Shabab. Bashkas Jugsodaay of 大象传媒 Africa gives a personal account of how the massacre unfolded.

THE ESSENTIAL CLASSICS FOR A DEGREE IN URDU
Manchester Metropolitan has become one of the first universities in England to offer students the possibility of studying Urdu to degree level. But what should they have on their reading lists? The Fifth Floor brings together two journalists from 大象传媒 Urdu - Saqlain Imam and Khadeeja Arif - to battle over which are the seminal texts in their language.

AUSTRALIA'S AFGHAN CAMELEERS
A little known chapter of Australia's history links the interior of the continent with distant communities in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dawood Azami from the 大象传媒 Afghan Service brings them together in two documentaries he's made about the cameleers who migrated from Afghanistan in the 1860s to help open up Australia. He tells the Fifth Floor about the surprises and discoveries on the way.

LIVING WITH A WATER SHORTAGE
What would you do if your tap ran dry? In south-east Brazil, people have been enduring their worst drought in decades and taking desperate measures. Rafael Barifouse of 大象传媒 Brasil tells the Fifth Floor a few survival techniques that Brazilians are adopting to cope with an unprecedented water crisis.

MYSTERY LYRICS
In a week when the sale of the lyrics of American Pie re-opened discussions on the meaning of the song, we go round the Fifth Floor for examples of songs in other languages which have baffled listeners. Incredibly profound, or incredibly silly? Strange lyrics from Brazil, Turkey, Iran and Bollywood.

And Fifi picks her favourite stories from the world of the web.

Picture: Kenyan Soldier at Garissa University
Picture credit: Getty Images