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It's a year since Myanmar's military removed the democratically elected government from power. We share key moments in Myanmar's journey towards democracy from The Fifth Floor archive, with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Burmese editor Soe Win Than, former editor Tin Htar Swe and presenter Yee Yee Aung. And we hear how the service is marking the anniversary, with stories about the opposition-run 'zoom government' outside Myanmar, the past year of military leadership, and how citizens will be marking the day.

Driving on the frozen sea
Around this time of year Estonia opens up its ice roads on the frozen Baltic sea. People can drive their cars and visit some of the islands off the coast, and in 2019, two intrepid reporters from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Russian - Ivan Chesnokov and Yury Baranyuk - couldn’t resist driving the ice road for themselves.

Reporting from the Democratic Republic of Congo
The risks of rebel activity, capsizing boats and an active volcano – some of the challenges ´óÏó´«Ã½ Africa’s health correspondent Rhoda Odhiambo faced on a recent trip to eastern DRC to report on child malnutrition and a vaccination campaign.

Brazil's pioneering female football referee
Lea Campos was one of the first women in the world to become a qualified football referee. But in her home country, Brazil, she was barred from working after being told women were too emotional to referee in men’s football games. Fernando Duarte of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Minute tells us how she fought back.

Celebrating Vietnamese Tet
Vietnam's lunar new year celebration of Tet is the time families come together to see out the old year and welcome the new. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Vietnamese journalist Tran Vo is spending her first ever Tet away from home in Bangkok, and put together a report on how Bangkok's Vietnamese community celebrates with the traditional Banh Chung rice cake, to remind her of home.

(Photo: Protestors after the military coup in Myanmar, February 2021. Credit: Reuters)