Spreading Contagion

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Yolande Knell examines how civil war in Syria and a slew of recent bombings have reopened old schisms between the Turkish government and the Kurdish minority in Turkey. Sanjoy Majumder explains why India's Jat caste has been protesting around the capital city, Delhi. Emilie Filou sits in on an eye operation in Ethiopia which is part of a global fight against trachoma. And, British oarswoman Sally Kettle is in the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador, hearing how the climatic swings of an El Nino year can affect their unique wildlife. (Photo: Prime Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu (centre) prays at the Kocatepe Mosque on February 19, during a funeral for eight victims of the February 17 car bombing in Ankara. Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)