“As I approached the Dusit there was a strange smell in the air; a combination of smoke, petrol, and explosives. I’d smelt it before - the last time was in Northern Syria.” Joe Inwood reflects on the Al Shabaab terror attack on a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from correspondents around the world.

Stephanie Hegarty meets an 11-year-old social media star in Mexico who is using her online videos to come to terms with the death of her mother.

Charlotte McDonald is in Toulouse with a French veteran of the Algerian War of Independence who’s still making peace with the atrocities committed by his own side.

Karen Allen mingles with South Africa's growing Korean community, some of whom are making good money selling synthetic hair.

And Justin Rowlatt explains why he took his wife on a romantic getaway to Chernobyl.