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The Ukrainian artist Zoia Skoropadenko makes controversial art works out of octopus. She shapes pieces of the undersea creatures into human torsos before capturing them on canvas.

Comedian Trevor Noah is a huge star in his home country of South Africa. He is now finding fame on a global scale, performing around the world. Trevor grew up in Soweto, the son of a black South African woman and a white father from Switzerland and observations on race and his mixed ethnicity are a big theme in his comedy.

You've probably heard of the famous fictional detectives Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple. But how about a crime fighter from the Reindeer police of Northern Norway?. He's the creation of French born thriller writer Olivier Truc. His book Forty Days of Shadow is set among the indigenous Sami people of the far North of Norway.

85 year old Hedy Pagremanski is a Holocaust survivor who paints pictures of the disappearing landscapes of New York City. She paints buildings that have been condemned, blocks that are set to be redeveloped and streets and communities that have been overlooked. She tells reporter Matt Nelson how her motivation for capturing a particular moment comes from her experiences as a child growing up in Vienna where she and her family had to hide for months before escaping to Panama and then the United States.

The Paris-based artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert makes hand-blown installations out of glass. He's known for creating contemporary pieces of work - from ceiling lights that look like clouds, to the intricate colourful spirit fruit inspired by his West African childhood. Jeremy tells reporter Anna Bailey why he likes the fragile and dangerous nature of glass despite having been in a car accident where he went through a windscreen in his early twenties.

Yemi Fisseha is said to be Ethiopia's first female club DJ. She's one of the most sought after DJs in the bars and clubs of Addis Ababa. She tells the 蜜芽传媒's DJ Edu about turning the tables - on the turn-tables!

(Photo left: Zoia Skoropadenko. Photo center: Trevor Noah. Credit: Matthew Nelson. Photo right: Oliveri Truc. Credit: Paola Bevilacqua)