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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: + Coastal cities face their mortality on the climate 'frontline' + Catholic Church gains foothold in communist Cuba + Syria 'fixers' cash in on despair of prisoners' families + Junkyard of empires: Afghans sift through leftovers of US occupation + South Africa's 'Biking Bandits' reclaim Soweto streets Climate-IPCC-report-cities-oceans,FOCUS PARIS Many of the world's large coastal cities are fundamentally threatened by rising seas even as their populations continue to swell, according to an unpublished UN report seen by AFP. 1,900 words by Kelly Macnamara with AFP bureaus in Dhaka, Cape Town, Rotterdam and Venice. File picture. Video. Graphic Cuba-religion-church-poverty-Catholic,SPECIALREPORT PLACETAS, Cuba In Cuba, where communism and religion live uneasily side by side, there is a city -- Placetas -- where it is no longer strange to see a priest walk down the street in a white cassock followed by enthusiastic greetings of "Good day, Father!" 1,000 words by Katell Abiven. Pictures and video by Adalberto Roque Syria-conflict-prisoners-rights,FOCUS BEIRUT Syrian mother Umm Saeed was so desperate to find her two jailed sons she even sold the family furniture to pay "fixers", but a decade of deceit has left her no closer to the truth. 950 words moved by Rouba El-Husseini. File Picture Afghanistan-US-conflict-Bagram,FOCUS BAGRAM, Afghanistan Squatting in the dust by the main road to Afghanistan's biggest airbase, Mir Salam sifts through a pile of broken electronics in front of him, salvaged from departing US troops. 800 words moved by Anne Chaon and Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video Lifestyle-SAfrica-cycling SOWETO, South Africa Letting out exhilarated howls in the light of a full moon, young cyclists barrel down a steep hill on their "fixie" bikes, sound bars blaring out music, in South Africa's Soweto township. 500 words moved by Michelle Gumede. Picture. Video afp
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