The Pope in Chile

Indonesian volcanoes
BBC Thai's Jiraporn Kuhakan recently returned from a volcano hopping trip to Indonesia, including the photogenic, and sulphurous, Kawah Ijen.

Pakistan's cadet school for girls
Pakistan has opened its first girls cadet school. The schools promote physical and academic excellence and are an established part of the education system for boys. BBC Urdu's Asad Ali Chaudhry went to cadet school himself, and explains the significance of this development.

Cairo Underground Music
Nirvana El Saied of BBC Arabic shares her passion for underground music and explains its links to Egypt's 2011 revolution.

Reporting Venezuela
Daniel García Marco is BBC Mundo's correspondent in Venezuela. On a trip to London he stopped by the Fifth Floor studios to share stories of curfew, crime - and Scrabble.

Uzbek stew
A video about a traditional dish served at a restaurant in northern Afghanistan turned into a surprising hit for BBC Uzbek. The dish is qovurdoq, fried lamb with onion, and the restaurant is in Sheberghan, home to many Afghan Uzbeks - including the BBC's Firuz Rahimi.

Image: Pope Francis in the northern city of Iquique, Chile
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