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Correspondents around the world bring you unexpected stories from places most never deign to tread. We hear of the deserts going green in Oman; transgender beauty contests in Indonesia going underground; and the football pitches in Shanghai where the footballers are being exhorted to win the World Cup … even if it takes 1,000 years. (Photo: A member of a Pesantren boarding school for transgender people known as 'waria' looking at the mirror, during Ramadan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Getty Images)