蜜芽传媒

Pascale Harter introduces the pick of this week's personal stories, wit and analysis from 蜜芽传媒 correspondents and writers around the world. In this edition:

ALAN JOHNSTON feels the strain of Italy's new austerity on the streets of Rome, in the working-class district of Testaccio;

DAMIEN McGUINNESS describes how despite a stern fiscal haircut, some Latvians are wearing their 'cheap chic' well;

NATASHA BREED traces the reasons for growing conflict between man and lion in Kenya;

HAMILTON WENDE sees how his home town of Johannesburg is trying to shed its old image as a crime-ridden urban assault course;

and ANU ANAND traces the roots of her family tree on a very personal pilgrimage to Haridwar, India - and finds just the Hindu priest to ask for help.