Observed: A Day at the Races

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Observed: A Day at the Races

A pleasant afternoon of ox racing in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Yes, it's another entry in the less than universally praised iPhone web video series, Observed the Other Day.

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'We have the right to be Muslims'

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'We have the right to be Muslims'

More Muslims live in Indonesia than in any other country.  But for people who are transgender, practising Islam can be difficult in the country’s more conservative mosques. Now, one person has started her own Koran study group specifically for transgender Muslims. It’s the first of its kind in the country.

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Nuon Chea on the stand

Nuon Chea on the stand

What does an 85-year-old accused war criminal sound like? Here's a short clip of Nuon Chea speaking in court today, sans interpreter. Photo: ECCC/Nhet Sok Heng

The Divided Village

The Divided Village

What happened when a flood barrier split a tense Bangkok neighbourhood in half.