Pride and prejudices

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As Pride events are held in Israel, Yolande Knell examines the social divides which LGBT-positive parades and banners can't overcome. Pascale Harter introduces this and other stories from writers and reporters around the world, On Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast, Chris Haslam delves into why the rector of an agricultural college was recently the target of a hitman - and why the killing wasn't carried out. Against a backdrop of political ferment, the region's also undergoing a rush to development as roads and infrastructure are upgraded. But what will that mean for local communities - especially the indigenous groups the college was set up to help? At the base of the Tien Shan mountains, near Kazakhstan's border with China, Monica Whitlock happens on to the scene of a family celebration. Hundreds of members of one clan have gathered to eat their way through a huge pile of meat, and share memories of a matriarch who witnessed almost the entire 20th century over the course of her life. Famine, exile, the Stalin era - she outlived it all, and still kept to Kazakh ways. And Kieran Cooke may have two left feet but he's still got a keen ear - and a sharp eye - for the details which make Irish culture so appealing. He finds the annual music and dance festival (or fleadh) in Louisbergh, in western Ireland, is livelier than ever, as the Gaelic language, traditional music and dance echo through every space in town. Photo: Participants wave gay rainbow pride flags during the 18th annual Jerusalem Gay Pride parade on June 06, 2019.(MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP/Getty Images)