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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Twitter: @AFPfeature We are offering the following items: + Asylum seekers give new life to 'end of the world' French village + Climate change threatens Afghanistan's crumbling heritage + 'Pre-school Picasso' shakes up German art world France-migration-social,FEATURE CHAMBON-LE-CHATEAU, France Some of its inhabitants say it feels like Chambon-le-Chateau is located at the end of the world: buffeted by the ferocious winds high in the Massif Central, frigid in winter and a long drive from the nearest town with no public transport. But the village in the central Lozere region, France's most thinly-populated, has proven an unlikely success story in providing a welcoming home to asylum seekers whose presence has lifted the community. 1,000 words by Isabelle Ligner. Video by Ysis Percq Afghanistan-archaeology-heritage-climate,FEATURE BAMIYAN, Afghanistan After bearing the brunt of jihadist dynamite and looting by thieves, the archaeological treasures of Afghanistan's Bamiyan province are facing a new and possibly more daunting threat: climate change. 650 words by Pierre Celerier. Pictures. Video by Najiba Noori Germany-arts-painting-children,FOCUS BERLIN With his striped jumper, goofy grin and dreams of becoming a professional footballer, Mikail Akar seems just like any other seven-year-old boy. Yet the Cologne-born youngster is actually an expressionist whizz kid who has taken the international art scene by storm. 600 words by Kit Holden. Pictures by John MacDougall. File video by Julien Gathelier afp
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