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大象传媒 Somali journalist Qalib Barud reports on Somalia for a living. His family left in the early 1990s when civil war erupted, and he'd never visited Mogadishu, so when the opportunity came to spend three months reporting in the capital, he jumped at the chance.

Thai tattoos
One of Thailand鈥檚 great tattoo masters was remembered last weekend by 20,000 people at a Buddhist temple celebration. And with the spirit of the great master upon them strange transformations took place, recorded by 大象传媒 Thai鈥檚 Tossapol Chaisamritpol.

Wedding traditions from the Caucasus
Weddings are usually joyous times, but for brides in the Caucasus there are some traditions many would happily ditch, as 大象传媒 Russian's Magerram Zeynalov reports.

Spring has sprung!
This week is the spring equinox, so how鈥檚 the season celebrated around the world? Over to our Fifth Floor colleagues - Gulnara Kasmambet of 大象传媒 Kyrgyz, 大象传媒 Persian's Mina Joshaghani, Giang Nguyen of 大象传媒 Vietnamese, Elisa Kriezis of 大象传媒 Brasil, and Kinjal Pandya from 大象传媒 Delhi.

Farewell Nazarbayev
The people of Kazakhstan in Central Asia have a new president for the first time in three decades. As Nursultan Nazarbayev hands over the presidency, if not all the power, the 大象传媒鈥檚 Rose Kudabaeva assesses the reactions, and jokes.

My Hometown: Belgrade
大象传媒 Serbian's Slobodan Maricic takes us through the streets of his hometown, the capital Belgrade.

Somali children play football on the beach in Mogadishu
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