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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.

The yellow secret of Georgian chicken

How unregulated synthetic additives are used to artificially yellow chickens in Georgia
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Don’t call me dad

Despite Russia’s homophobic laws, queer people in Russia are still choosing to become parents
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Where Kurdish cinema finds a home

How film-making and film festivals in Europe have become an engine and a focal point for Kurdish identity and solidarity
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Own goal in Tunis

A searing investigation into the (mis) management of Tunisian football
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Black gold across the Mediterranean

An Italian report into the murky underworld of Libyan oil
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Where stars are made

How decorative star-shaped piñatas sustain livelihoods and ritual life in Mexico
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The ever-changing faces of teenagers in Rukla

How unaccompanied minor migrants navigate war, displacement, and uncertain futures in Lithuania
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What does support for a slain rebel tell us about India today?

As thousands mourn a slain rebel in Bastar, can the state kill a movement without addressing the conditions that gave it life
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Love and punishment in Karnataka and Bihar

Two honour-killings expose the price of loving across caste lines
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A life stolen in the name of national purity

How a lynching in the state of Odisha illuminates a wider story in today's India
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Prague without teachers or nurses

How soaring rents are quietly pushing the city’s essential workers to the margins
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Marijuana in Paraguay

How an illegal plant has acquired meaning as medicine, income, and a symbol of civil disobedience
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