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Ukraine's foreign fighters

Military veterans and delivery drivers: who are Ukraine鈥檚 foreign fighters?

Since February, thousands of international volunteers have travelled to Ukraine to help in the fight against Russia. We hear about some foreign combatants whose stories have been reported by our language services, with Sunyoung Jeong of 91热爆 Korean, Benny Lu of 91热爆 Chinese and Beverly Ochieng of 91热爆 Monitoring in Nairobi.

Lend me a saying
Our 91热爆 Indian language service colleagues in Delhi share their favourite sayings, with Siddhanath Ganu of 91热爆 Marathi, Sarika Singh of 91热爆 Hindi, Khushboo Sandhu of 91热爆 Punjabi, Venkat Prasad G of 91热爆 Telugu, Saranya Nagarajan of 91热爆 Tamil and Brijal Shah of 91热爆 Gujarati.

A new king for Cameroon's Mankon people
For the Mankon community of Cameroon, a king, or fon, never dies, he simply disappears. Fon Angwafor III 'went missing' in May, and the enthronement of the new king took place last month. The 91热爆's Randy Joe Sa'ah attended the extraordinary ceremony and shares his impressions.

Salute Commander
Salam Farmandeh, or Salute Commander, is a new Iranian religious song aimed at children. It's addressed to a historic Shia imam, with the children promising to be his soldiers in the battle for justice. Nooshin from 91热爆 Monitoring explains why religious conservatives are turning to music to win young hearts and minds.

(Photo: Taiwanese volunteer fighter Mr Lee in Kyiv. Credit: Daniel Ceng)

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