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Summariess

Every week, we publish three summaries of longer articles which have caught our eye in media beyond the Anglosphere, selected and summarised by our team, regular contributors, and guest editors – including stories recommended to us by you, our readers.

Find our summary archive below with links to the original pieces; sign up for our free newsletter Overheard to receive new summaries of articles from around the world as they come in each week; and recommend articles that have caught your eye by writing or messaging us direct.

Ebola isn’t the only crisis unfolding in the DRC

How a political power struggle could distract from eradication efforts
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End of the line for Kyrgyzstan’s women drivers

A journalist set out to profile the women trolleybus drivers of Bishkek. What she found was a means of transport – and way of life – on the brink of
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Nepal’s silent epidemic

The devastating human and financial toll of surging non-communicable diseases
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Who’s calling cut on Finnish film?  

How dwindling grants and a war over who deserves them are threatening Finnish cinema
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Degrees of deception  

How a private institution in Tunis sold students the dream of an internationally recognised degree, then failed to deliver
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The city that forgot it was built on water  

Dhaka was once defined by its waterways – restoring them, experts argue, could finally free the city from its gridlock
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A victory on paper and nothing more

Why Romania’s efforts to legally recognize freelance cultural workers were doomed to fail
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What’s behind Putin’s new law on “sovereign genetics”?

A Russian-language outlet investigates the sinister motivations behind – and consequences of – the Kremlin’s new law on genetic material
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From silence, into the light

A shocking Colombian investigation into sexual abuse in the Catholic church
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The multiverse of “UK Shelby”

How a Chinese immigrant in a Welsh town has built a following on Chinese social media platform Douyin and what his fame says about language and belonging
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This side of the bridge

Venezuelan women cross into Colombia for abortions they cannot legally have at home, only to find that this “right” is not always easy to reach
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Running on empty

As war in the Middle East disrupts energy flows, millions of Indian households are left scrambling for gas
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