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Global stories from the BBC’s 40 Language Services, with Faranak Amidi

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services

The Fifth Floor: Reporting the Aftermath

Boston Aftermath

19/04/2013

Reporting the Aftermath

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Reporting the Aftermath

From Boston to Baghdad, the challenges of reporting the aftermath of tragic events

Boston to Baghdad; Juba nightlife; Bollywood and the Soviets; My home Alexandria; and Islamabad's Big Bellied Cricket team.

A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with presenter David Amanor.

THE AFTERMATH
This week has seen bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Baghdad and the Boston marathon. How do journalists on the scene deal with the challenges of covering acts of violence on location? With Bahman Kalbasi in Boston, Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai, and Rafid Jaboori in Baghdad.

SWINGING JUBA
In South Sudan, BBC Africa's Nyambura Wambugu has been discovering the nightlife growing beneath the fear on Juba's city streets.

ARTS DAILY: BOLLYWOOD AND THE SOVIETS
Why did Soviet central Asia succumb to the charms of Hindi cinema? Rustam Qobil, Firuz Rahimi, Priyath Liyanage, Mirza Waheed and Famil Ismailov reveal their love for Raj Kapoor. 

ONLINE GREATEST HITS
BBC Brasil's Thomas Pappon gives the lowdown on the big-hitting stories across the World Service language sites this week, including; 

MY HOME: ALEXANDRIA
Middle East editor Shaimaa Khalil introduces the Fifth Floor to her home town and to her granny.

THE BIG BELLY CRICKET CLUB
BBC Islamabad has a cricket team that they affectionately call The Big Belly Cricket Club. They're dedicated but not exactly successful - so far this season they have lost every match. Zaheer Babar is on the crease.

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