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| - We are offering the following Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week: + Russia asserts presence in Arctic with northern military base + 'We're not animals': The Mexican girls sold as brides + Afghan war displaced settle in the ruins of a lost city + Crossing through forest, Belarusians flee 'the horror' Russia-Arctic-base-Nato,SCENE ALEXANDRA LAND, Russia "The enemy shall not pass," exclaims commander Ivan Glushchenko, standing in the glistening white snow that surrounds an ultra-modern Russian military base in the heart of the Arctic, the site of Moscow's stand-off with NATO. 750 words by Maxime Popov. Pictures by Maxime Popov. Video by Reza Nourmamode Mexico-women-children-indigenous,FOCUS METLATONOC, Mexico Eloina Feliciano begged her mother not to sell her into marriage aged 14 under an ancestral tradition in their indigenous community in southern Mexico, but her pleas were in vain. 650 words by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias. Pictures by Pedro Pardo. Video by Amaranta Marentes Afghanistan-conflict-archeology-culture,FOCUS LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan Once the winter residence of sultans from illustrious Islamic dynasties, the ruins of a thousand-year-old royal city in southern Afghanistan have become home to hundreds of people who have fled Taliban clashes. 750 words by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani. Pictures by Wakil Kohsar. Video by Noorullah Shirzada Lithuania-Belarus-unrest-politics,FOCUS VILNIUS Shivering on a cool night on the border between Belarus and Lithuania, a 19-year-old Belarusian has just fled his homeland through a forest, dodging regime border guards along the way. He is one of dozens of Belarusians to have walked across this EU border illegally after a bloody crackdown in Belarus. 900 words. Pictures and video by Vidmantas Balkunas afp
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