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23 April 2019

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Child behind blurred glass

Netherlands 'hosts most child abuse images'

About half of such images reported to the Internet Watch Foundation in 2018 were hosted in the Netherlands.

An Indian artist dressed as Lord Rama, a character from a Hindu mythological epic poem entitled Ramayana, gestures during Hanuman Jayanti festival in Bangalore on December 20, 2018.

The ancient epic dominating India's election

The Ramayana, a 2,500-year-old mythological epic has been brought to the fore of the world's largest election

An ostrich is seen at a local zoo in Havana

Stampede of ostrich memes mocks Cuba's government

A revolutionary hero's suggestion that Cuba's food shortages could be resolved by eating ostrich is ridiculed online.

Amal Clooney at United Nations

Amal Clooney: 'Justice is not inevitable'

The human rights lawyer spoke to the UN Security Council as it voted on a resolution to end sexual violence in war.

Brigitte Baudresson/Getty Images

'Pawn in global battle': French exec who fought US law

The jail ordeal of ex-Alstom executive Frédéric Pierucci is a warning for firms with a history of corruption.

Hands typing on a manual "qwerty" typewriter

How did the qwerty keyboard become so popular?

It's not the best layout, so why do most of us still use it?

Family sitting on a bed

Labour vows to end 'slum' office housing

It says current planning rules allow developers in England to convert offices into "rabbit hutch" homes.

Children at one UK school have been testing them out. Some say other approaches should also be taught.

The Lego bricks for children with sight loss

Children at one UK school have been testing them out. Some say other approaches should also be taught.

Alaa Salah

The women driving change in Sudan

Sudanese protest icon Alaa Salah tells the BBC of her unexpected fame after demonstrating against the country’s former leader.

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