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Stories from the Fifth Floor following the evolving Covid-19 pandemic, from bats in China, to global social media fake news. As told by Howard Zhang of 91Èȱ¬ Chinese, Giang Nguyen of 91Èȱ¬ Vietnamese, 91Èȱ¬ Persian's Siavash Ardalan, Sunyoung Jeong of 91Èȱ¬ Korean and 91Èȱ¬ Africa's Bara'atu Ibrahim.

My home town: Ejigbo, Lagos
Sarah Tiamiyu from 91Èȱ¬ Pidgin welcomes us to hometown Ejigbo in Lagos, Nigeria.

Matronymics – a new Russian revolution?
The patronymic is set in stone when it comes to naming Russian children. First name first, then patronymic, which is your father's name, then surname. But as Olga Robinson of 91Èȱ¬ Monitoring explains, dramatic changes are afoot, with some mothers putting their own name in the middle - a so-called matronymic.

Interviewing Asia Bibi
Aliya Nazki of 91Èȱ¬ Urdu tells us about meeting Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian who spent years in solitary confinement after being sentenced to death for blasphemy.

Kabul's female street-food vendors
Zuhal Azad of 91Èȱ¬ Afghan recently reported on the trail-blazing female street-food vendors of Kabul.

Picture: Coronavirus structure (illustration)
Credit: Science Photo Library