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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: + Syrian heritage suffered 'cultural apocalypse' + The towering sea wall legacy of Japan's 2011 tsunami + A bid 'to exterminate us': Tigrayans recount massacre by Eritrean troops + Rwanda's children born of genocidal rape look to future + The unstoppable revenge of the mullet Arab-revolution-Syria-conflict-heritage,FOCUS PALMYRA, Syria A decade of war has not only destroyed Syria's present and poisoned its future, it has damaged beyond repair some of its fabled past. 1,300 words by Maher al-Mounes with Jean-Marc Mojon in Beirut. Pictures by Louai Beshara. Video by Youssef Karwashan Japan-tsunami-anniversary-earthquake-walls,FOCUS TARO, Japan The Japanese town of Taro had sea walls that were supposed to be able to survive almost anything the ocean could offer up, but the 2011 tsunami still brought utter destruction. 850 words by Natsuko Fukue. Picture. Video. Graphic Ethiopia-Eritrea-conflict-massacre,INVESTIGATION DENGOLAT, Ethiopia It was well before noon, yet Beyenesh Tekleyohannes's house had already been buzzing for hours: more than 30 guests were singing, praying and sharing plates of shiro stew and lentils in honour of a major Orthodox Christian holiday. 1,000 words by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Rwanda-genocide-rapes-children,SPECIAL REPORT MUHANGA, Rwanda Nearly 27 years have passed since the genocide in Rwanda, but the children born of rape perpetrated during the country's torment are still struggling with trauma, even as the country works towards national reconciliation. 1,900 words by Lucie Peytermann. Pictures by Simon Wohlfahrt and Lucie Peytermann Lifestyle-Offbeat-hair-fashion,FOCUS PARIS "Business in front, party in the back": a hairstyle considered so obnoxious that for years it verged on being an arrestable offence, the mullet has made the unlikeliest comeback of the century. 750 words by Eric Randolph. File picture afp
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