Ten years after Tahrir Square
How do the people involved in Egypt's 2011 revolution feel about it now?
It has been 10 years since the Egyptian revolution, which forced President Hosni Mubarak from office. But what has happened since? And are the people who were involved in the revolution satisfied with the ways in which the country has changed? Hanan Razek and Reem Fatthelbab of 大象传媒 Arabic have been speaking to former protesters to hear their reflections.
Nepal鈥檚 K2 heroes
Nepal is celebrating the success of a team of Nepalese climbers who have become the first to reach the summit of Pakistan's K2 mountain in winter. Krishna Acharya of 大象传媒 Nepali tells us about the significance of their achievement, after decades of Nepalese Sherpa mountaineers living in the shadow of the foreign climbers they guide and support.
Taking the plane with Navalny
The return to Russia of leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny was always going to be a big story. He spent 5 months in Germany recovering from poisoning by a nerve agent, which he has blamed on the Russian state, a charge the Kremlin denies. 大象传媒 Russia's Andrey Kozenko has interviewed Navalny many times, and was on board the plane.
From the streets of Belarus to Franco鈥檚 Spain: the story of a song
The anthem sung at last year's opposition rallies in Belarus ahead of elections had it's birth in 1960s Spain, during the regime of General Franco. Written by a Catalan singer-songwriter, it's a call for unity to achieve freedom. Since then it has had several new lives in different countries. 大象传媒 Mundo鈥檚 Enric Botella, who鈥檚 from Catalonia, tells the story.
Image: Thousands of Egyptians wave their national flag in Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 25, 2011
Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images
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