Who Are Algeria's Harkis?

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Algeria's Harkis became outcasts after fighting for the French in the Algerian war of independence. Rachid Sekkai of BBC Arabic is himself Algerian and has been in Paris to meet Harkis to find out about their experiences. Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen The young Kazakh singer Dimash Kudaibergen is famous for his vocal acrobatics. His fans include Venera Koicheva of BBC Kyrgyz, who interviewed him this week while he was in London for a concert. The fainting dance ban in northern Nigeria The Sharia police in Nigeria's Kano State say they will arrest anyone caught engaging in the popular social media challenge known as the fainting dance. Mansur Abubakar of BBC Pidgin, who’s based in Kano city, has been covering the story. Nepali migrant worker deaths Why do so many of the thousands of Nepalis who go abroad as migrant workers come home with life-threatening illnesses or even in coffins? Pradeep Bashyal of BBC Nepali has been investigating. Russian seaweed harvest In the far north of Russia, on an island in the White Sea, a group of workers gather every summer for the seaweed harvest. Maxim Lomakin of BBC Russian shared their lives while making a documentary. My home town: Rio de Janeiro Luis Barrucho of BBC Brasil celebrates his home town with caipirinhas and samba dancing. Image: Harki veterans at The Invalides ceremony, marking national day of homage to the Harkis. Paris 2018. Credit: Phillipe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images