Dhaka-based photographer Jessica Lim sent these photos of the scene unfolding just outside her door.

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Racism against Roma intensifies with economic downturn.

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The Swiss media is in an uproar over the future of bank secrecy - a practice in Switzerland that has been protected in private law for over 300 years.

This video from Worldfocus shows what some people in Haiti are doing to fill their empty stomachs.

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia shook up his kingdom by boldly appointing the first female minister to his government cabinet earlier this week.