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| - We are offering the following stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week: + Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens + 'Exhausted': Doctors at China's virus epicentre overworked and unprotected + Brexit robs German village of Scottish mayor + Iranians feel strain of turmoil and sanctions + In Minnesota, the Kafkaesque existence of Haylee Rucker Climate-agriculture-drought-Zambia-Zimbabwe-SAfrica,EDITOR'S CHOICE BUHERA, Zimbabwe Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as it was swept away by floods. The torrential rain came from Cyclone Idai, one of the worst storms ever to hit Africa and the fiercest on record to strike Buhera, a district in the usually arid province of Manicaland in eastern Zimbabwe. Today, the scene in Buhera is entirely different. But the misery remains. 2,200 words by Ish Mafundikwa in Zimbabwe and Beatrice Debut in Zambia and South Africa. Pictures by Guillem Sartorio and Jekesai Njikizana. Video by Maryke Vermaak and Farai Mugano China-health-virus-hospital,EDITOR'S CHOICE BEIJING, China Doctors on the frontline of China's new coronavirus epidemic are facing a daunting task: treat an ever-growing number of infected patients and risk getting infected themselves due to a drastic shortage of masks and other protective equipment. 780 words by Eva Xiao and Ludovic Ehret. Picture Britain-EU-politics-Brexit-Germany-Scotland,EDITOR'S CHOICE BRUNSMARK, Germany The tiny village of Brunsmark, an hour outside Hamburg in the lush north German countryside, might seem an unlikely spot to suffer a sudden Brexit shock. 560 words by Yannick Pasquet. Pictures by Morris MacMatzen. Video by Raphaelle Logerot Iran-politics-social-economy,EDITOR'S CHOICE TEHRAN, Iran On a crisp winter's day the snow glistens on the mountains above Tehran, but the mood is as heavy as the pall of pollution that often shrouds Iran's capital. 750 words by Lucie Peytermann. Pictures by Atta Kenare. Video by Majid Sourati US-politics-society-law,EDITOR'S CHOICE EVELETH, United States Haylee Ann Rucker lives in a rural Minnesota town. The 19-year-old was born in the United States to American parents. But legally, she did not exist for 19 years. 890 words by Ivan Couronne. Picture. Video afp
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