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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: + Kenya's locust hunters on tireless quest to halt ancient pest + In transient Dubai, expats struggle to find love + 'Worse than my ex': Myanmar's very online youth take on the junta + Far from the Mediterranean: African migrants cross the Americas Kenya-agriculture-livestock-climate-locusts,FOCUS MERU, Kenya As dawn breaks in central Kenya, a helicopter lifts off in a race to find roosting locusts before the sun warms their bodies and sends them on a ravenous flight through farmland. 850 words by Fran Blandy. Picture by Yasuyoshi Chiba. Video by Raphael Ambasu Lifestyle-UAE-dating-Valentines,FOCUS DUBAI In Dubai, known for its luxury haunts and parties, Lindsey knows she has reasons to be happy. But like many young expatriates, she's sure her quest for a partner will force her to leave. 700 words by Aziz El Massassi. File picture Myanmar-coup-politics-internet,FOCUS HONG KONG Their signs say it all: Myanmar's ruling junta is worse than an ex-boyfriend, fouler than fish curry, rejected by millions and more painful than a period. 550 words by Laignee Barron. Picture Colombia-Panama-Africa-migration,FOCUS NECOCLI, Colombia Ahmed Kabeer fled his homeland of Sudan where he was tortured and traveled thousands of miles to find himself in a new hell: the ominous jungle that straddles Colombia and Panama. 850 words by Juan Sebastian Serrano. Pictures and video by Raul Arboleda afp
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