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A teenage Afghan girl was recently celebrated as a hero, and photos of her holding an AK47 widely circulated, after she killed two Taliban fighters who attacked her home. But Firuz Rahimi of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Uzbek – himself from Afghanistan – shares the story behind the story, revealing the complexity of Afghan life and loyalties.

Unmasking the masks
Nasobuco, barbijo, tapabocas and mascarilla – the proliferation of words for facemasks in Latin America, with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Monitoring journalist Rafael Rojas in Miami.

When monuments say more than ministries
Olga Ivshina was part of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Russian team investigating what the new names being added to war memorials can reveal about military operations in the absence of government information.

Image: Qamar Gul, Afghan girl holding AK47
Credit: Social media