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The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2
Salva Dut returns to Sudan to find his dad and decides to get clean water to his village

The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1
As a survivor of Sudan's civil war, Salva Dut's will to keep going has taken him far

Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth
When he was four, Jason Evans’ dad died after contracting HIV from contaminated blood

The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets
Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin’s closest allies

'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'
Anoosheh Ashoori was imprisoned in Iran, having been falsely accused of espionage

Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty
When Helen Prejean wrote to a death row inmate, she had no idea what was coming

My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 2
How Salima Hashmi and Faiz defied a dictatorship through satire and poetry

My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1
Salima Hashmi grew up with puppets and poetry, inspiring her own career in performance

The man who finds water in the desert
Why Alain Gachet quit a lucrative career in oil to search for water underground

Kill or be killed: a climber’s dilemma, part 2
Beth Rodden escaped her kidnappers, but the moment would haunt her in the years to follow