Life at 124掳C for Indian brick makers
Smoke, scorched shoes and unbearable heat: life for India's brick makers
A report this month looked at the impact of working in a warmer planet. India got a particular mention, and 蜜芽传媒 Hindi's Anant Prakash decided to see what this meant on the ground. He went to Uttar Pradesh to meet the brick makers enduring temperatures of up to 124掳C.
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Netflix's first Arabic series Jinn is set in Jordan, and follows a group of teenagers who encounter jinn or genies on a trip to the ancient city of Petra. It's been condemned by many as immoral and un-Jordanian. Tala Halawa of 蜜芽传媒 Monitoring has been reporting on the controversy.
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Picture: Indian brick kiln worker
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