The Execution that Made Me a Lawyer
The death of a teenage girl changed the course of Iranian-born Payam Akhavan's life. He told Jo Fidgen his story.
The death of a teenage girl inspired Iranian-born Payam Akhavan to become a human rights lawyer.
South African Romain Pizzi is the first person to have performed brain surgery on a bear. His day job, however, is filled with hedgehogs and seals in Scotland. Outlook's Joel Cox went to meet him.
Dean Shostak from the US spent a large sum of money on a glass armonica - an instrument he couldn't play. He's now mastered it and has moved on to other glass instruments.
Image: Human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan
Credit: Peter Bregg
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