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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: + 'The fighting continues': A Tigray town reels from drawn-out war + Then and now: 10 Syrians recount a decade of war in pictures + 'Valheim' rides Viking gaming mania to 5 million sales + George Floyd Square: scene of tears and tensions Ethiopia-Eritrea-Tigray-conflict-unrest,FOCUS WUKRO, Ethiopia Kibrom Hailu wasn't too worried when his 15-year-old son stepped out to play volleyball one morning last month near their home in Wukro, in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region. Only when he heard gunfire did Kibrom realise the danger, and by then it was too late. 1,000 words by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Syria-conflict-anniversary-disabled-migration,PHOTOESSAY DAMASCUS Samer became paralysed, Bakri had a leg amputated and Rukaia fled to France: a decade of civil war in Syria has devastated millions of lives. 700 words by Maher al-Mounes with AFP photographers. Pictures Internet-games-Sweden,FOCUS BRUSSELS If you've felt a recent urge to unleash your inner Viking, you're not alone: millions of people have been riding the waves, swigging mead and slaying the enemy in a craze for the video game "Valheim". 700 words by Kilian Fichou. Picture US-racism-justice-Floyd,FOCUS MINNEAPOLIS, United States Memorial or no-go zone? The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed last summer by a white police officer has become a bit of both. 650 words by Charlotte Plantive. Picture afp
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