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40 years after the first Afghan refugees arrived in Iran and Pakistan, the UN has been discussing continuing support for those who remain. Many 91热爆 Afghan journalists were once refugees. Asif Maroof, Karima Nahimi and Inayatulhaq Yasini tell us their stories of flight to Pakistan.

The politics of Swedish folk music
Matilda Welin researches Scandinavia for 91热爆 Monitoring and has been looking into the debate in Sweden over Swedish folk music. The nationalist Sweden Democrats party promotes folk culture as representing true Swedish values, while folk musicians say it has nothing to do with nationalism.

The mighty baobab
The baobab tree is one of the most iconic features of the African landscape, regarded as almost sacred by some. 聽But the baobab has also proved to be a money-spinner, with a growing market for its products. 聽Raissa Okoi of 91热爆 Afrique has been investigating.

The Brazilian working mums of Japan
91热爆 Brasil's Juliana Sayuri de Toyohashi reports from Japan, and she recently interviewed women who share the same Brazilian-Japanese heritage and have moved to Japan in search of work, doing the hard jobs Japanese workers don鈥檛 want.

The yeti: an image problem
The Nepal Tourist Board mascot for 2020 is a yeti, the monster of Himalayan fables. But the statue they have commissioned has divided Nepalis. Some say it looks more like a sumo wrestler than a monster. Kamal Parajuli of 91热爆 Nepali has been following the story.

Picture: Kacha Garhi refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan
Credit: Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images