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| - We are offering the following three Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week + 'Lost paradise' as Mediterranean edges ever closer to home + In dust and heat Chadian women crush gravel to make ends meet + In Brazil, graveyard shift reveals staggering cost of pandemic + Inside China's gymnastics machine: the children training for Olympic glory + With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus UN-climate-environment-France-urban-planning-Mediterranean,FEATURE VIAS, France After fleeing to France to escape the Spanish Civil War, Amalia Romero's family eventually managed to build a home on the south coast directly looking out over the Mediterranean. 1,500 words by Isabelle Ligner. Pictures by Pascal Guyot. Video by Fabien Novial and Patrick Valasseris Chad-poverty-work-women,FOCUS N'DJAMENA In one hand Idjele grips a heavy hammer, in the other a block of concrete that she smashes into pieces with heavy blows that narrowly miss her fingers, her gaze towards the horizon. 700 words by Emmanuel Giroud. Pictures by Marco Longari. Video by Agnes Coudurier-Curveur Health-virus-Brazil-cemetery,FOCUS SAO PAULO In almost three decades of working in Sao Paulo's largest cemetery, the oldest gravediggers can't remember performing more than 10 night burials. 650 words by Paula Ramon. Pictures by Miguel Schincariol. Video by Anne-Laure Desarnauts Gymnastics-Oly-2020-2021-CHN,PHOTOESSAY BEIJING Under the twin emblems of the Chinese flag and the Olympic rings, two tiny boys dangle from the high bar in a cavernous gym -- the cradle of China's elite gymnasts. 450 words by Nicolas Asfouri with Danni Zhu. Pictures by Nicolas Asfouri. Video by Danni Zhu Kenya-health-virus-environment-research,FOCUS MACHAKOS, Kenya Kicking and grunting under the restraint of three men, the camel makes its displeasure known as Kenyan veterinarian Nelson Kipchirchir swirls a giant swab in the nostril of the grumpy dromedary. 800 words moved by Marion Douet. Pictures by Tony Karumba. Video by Celine Clery afp
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