Kenya's Election Drama

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The Kenyan presidential election took another surprising turn this week. The crisis has seen protests, a shock intervention from the judiciary, and now the surprise withdrawal of the main opposition candidate. Kenyans Esther Kahumbi and Dickens Olewe from BBC Africa share their stand-out moments. Chinese student boot camps As first year students around the world settle into university life, freshers in China face a challenging fortnight at compulsory military boot camp. Vincent Ni of BBC Chinese remembers his own time at boot camp. Delhi Diwali without fireworks Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, has traditionally been marked with fireworks in Delhi, but not this year. A ban on their sale has been introduced to prevent pollution, as the BBC's Nitin Srivastava reports. Village of widows A suicide bomb attack in 2010 in a remote village in north west Pakistan left more than 100 dead, and many women widowed. BBC Urdu's Azizullah Khan has returned to find out how they are faring. Foot Iron Marwa Nasser of BBC Arabic has been to meet the mistress of a dying art in Alexandria. Ebtessam Mohamed presses clothes with a huge iron which she moves with her foot. She started when she was ten, too small to lift the iron by herself. And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web. Image: Kenya election protests: crowds protesting on streets, watercannons firing jets Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images