In the midst of the Syrian war, Dr Hatem is a paediatrician working in the rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo. He describes a trip he made to Turkey in April that had agonising repercussions.

Image: the damaged Al-Quds hospital building

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Hannah Engelkamp is a travel writer who walked 1,000 miles around Wales - and took a donkey along for company. The idea seemed simple enough. The donkey could carry her bags and provide her with much-needed company on the six-month adventure. So what could possibly go wrong?

Image: Chico and Hannah Engelkamp

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When Nicholas Opiyo was a child in northern Uganda his family were persecuted by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. Nicholas is now a leading human rights lawyer who's been involved in some of the country's most high-profile court cases. And he has decided to defend a former LRA rebel Commander in court.

Image: Ugandan human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

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The Telephone: people whose lives have been changed forever by a phone call

Image and credit: Emily Winslow (l) (credit Jonathan Player) and Aaron Rodrigues (r) (credit Aaron Rodrigues)

'Maha' is a Syrian woman who says her husband poured petrol on her and set her alight. She adds that women in the country are being subjected to much more extreme domestic violence than before the conflict began.

(Image: Rubble covers the street of Aleppo, on June 11, 2014. Credit: ZEIN AL-RIFAI / AFP / Getty Images)

As a young man, Paul Midden began training to be a priest. But before he was ordained, he changed his mind and instead he studied psychology. He went on to become one of the leading counsellors to Catholic priests in America. One of the main issues he deals with is priests who have been unable to keep their vow of celibacy.

When Emily Winslow was a student in Pennsylvania she was attacked by a stranger. It was twenty years before she learned his name and had a chance to pursue justice. Emily has written a memoir called Jane Doe January. (Photo credit: Jonathan Player.)

Memories of Roberto Kozak, who saved 30,000 political prisoners from persecution under the regime of Augusto Pinochet in Chile.

Image: Roberto Kozak

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Ibrahim Al-Hussein is a Syrian swimmer who lost part of his leg to a bomb. He now hopes to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Image: Paralympic hopeful Ibrahim Al-Hussein

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Gilad Millo has become a pop sensation in Kenya, singing in both English and Swahili. But a lot of his fans have been surprised to discover that he's actually a white Israeli ex-diplomat in his mid-40s. When our reporter Andrea Kidd went to meet him in Nairobi, Gilad told her how he discovered that his first song Unajua had gone to number one.

Gilad Millo singing at The Alchemist.

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