Fifth Floor

Ten years after Tahrir Square


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It has been 10 years since the Egyptian revolution, which forced President Hosni Mubarak from office. But what has happened since? And are the people who were involved in the revolution satisfied with the ways in which the country has changed? Hanan Razek and Reem Fatthelbab of BBC Arabic have been speaking to former protesters to hear their reflections.

Nepal’s K2 heroes

Nepal is celebrating the success of a team of Nepalese climbers who have become the first to reach the summit of Pakistan's K2 mountain in winter. Krishna Acharya of BBC Nepali tells us about the significance of their achievement, after decades of Nepalese Sherpa mountaineers living in the shadow of the foreign climbers they guide and support.

Image: Thousands of Egyptians wave their national flag in Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 25, 2011

Credit: KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

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