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

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The Fifth Floor: Pakistan's Persecuted Hazaras

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Hazara graveyard

18/05/2018 GMT

Pakistan's Persecuted Hazaras

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Shot at and besieged: Quetta's targeted community

Hazaras in Quetta; Sport Africa's all female Lagos team; Royal wedding and Mumbai's Dabbawalas; BBC Arabic in Turkey; Hometown Esfahan; Dhaka's punishment books. With David Amanor

BBC Urdu's Musa Yawari recently reported from his hometown Quetta, in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.  Musa is from the Hazara community, an ethnic group who follow Shia Islam and have been targeted by militants. Musa's report focused on the taxi drivers braving bullets to take passengers from one Hazara district to another, but he remembers happier times as well.  

Meet the BBC Lagos sports team
Janine Anthony and Debola Adebanjo are part of the Lagos team for BBC Sport Africa.  The sports mad duo tell us about their journeys to the screen and the stories they're covering.

Royal Wedding from Mumbai
Mumbai's Dabbawalas deliver hundreds of lunches to office workers every day.  Two Dabbawalas attended the wedding of Prince Charles in 2005, and BBC Marathi caught up with one ahead of the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.  Kinjal Pandya has the story.

Witnessing history in Turkey
Shahdi Alkashif arrived in Turkey as the BBC Arabic correspondent in early 2015. Since then he's reported on a series of huge news stories, including the war in Syria and the attempted coup of 2016. Shahdi shares the highs and lows of covering the news from Turkey. 

My Hometown: Esfahan, Iran
We ask colleagues on the Fifth Floor to share memories of their childhood homes: today Feranak Amidi, who was born and bred in Esfahan, Iran.

Punishment books in Bangladesh
Dhaka airport has a new regime and staff are facing unthinkable penalties for their misdemeanours. No sackings, suspensions, or loss of earnings... If you misbehave you have to... read a book. Rocky Shahnewaj from BBC Bangla tells us more.

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