Al-Shabab Beach Attack Survivor
In January Somali student Nasro Dahir Abubakar and her brother were enjoying a trip to the seaside in Mogadishu when al-Shabab militants attacked.
Somali student Nasro Dahir Abubakar was on a beach in Mogadishu when militants attacked in January.
Dan Berlin is a runner from Colorado who after going blind set himself the challenge of conquering Peru's Inca trail.
Film director Ashvin Kumar is the youngest Indian nominee for an Oscar. His latest film, Noor, is set in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita is the first Nepali woman to become a certified mountaineering instructor and has just been named Adventurer of the Year by National Geographic Magazine.
Joseph Park founded a chain of coffee shops in South Korea to give work to his fellow defectors from North Korea. Our reporter Alex Jensen went to meet him.
(Picture: the Lido Cafe, Mogadishu, after the al-Shabab attack
Picture credit: Reuters)
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