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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: + 'Worse than a jungle': the cartel controlling Iraqi borders + One child's solo odyssey from Guatemala to the US border + Singing opera in a surgical mask + 'Beautiful and fierce': Voguing balls let LGBT Chinese shine Iraq-politics-corruption-imports,INVESTIGATION BAGHDAD Along Iraq's borders, a corrupt customs-evasion cartel is diverting billions of dollars away from state coffers to line the pockets of armed groups, political parties and crooked officials. 2,000 words by Maya Gebeily. Picture. File picture. Graphic US-Mexico-immigration-children,SCENE ROMA, United States Oscar is 12 years old and has just crossed the Rio Grande river from Mexico to Texas in a small, inflatable boat piloted by human traffickers. He is tearful, hungry and afraid after a dangerous month-long journey from Guatemala. 800 words by Laura Bonilla Cal. Pictures by Ed Jones. Video by Diane Desobeau France-opera-virus,FOCUS PARIS No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester. 650 words by Rana Moussaoui. Picture. Video China-gender-social-LGBTQ-culture,FOCUS BEIJING Leather, glitter, stilettos and a strut -- voguing, the underground dance phenomenon, has seized Beijing and given China's LGBT community a "playground" to celebrate their identities. 700 words by Laurie Chen. Picture. Video afp
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