An estimated 100m landmines are scattered in some 70 countries, a legacy of often long-past conflict, and the devices injure up to 20,000 people a year.

"Celebrity response to controversy has taken on a surreal and defiant new form."

"People wanted me to make one of the brothers a terrorist. But the world is hungry for films which break those moulds."

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"The new generation of MCs is pushing religion to the forefront of their music and using it to explore their psyches."

David Dao, the passenger violently dragged from his seat by police on a United Airlines flight, will need reconstructive surgery, his lawyer has said.

"Why is the dearth of women on Wall Street being symbolised with a child?"

Joseph Szabo was a frustrated high-school teacher in need of inspiration – so he started photographing his students, and captured all the angst and excitement of being caught between childhood and adulthood.

Shana Tolliver had a simple question: how many of her Facebook friends knew a murder victim whose case was still unsolved?

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"This 'mother of all bombs' and Trump’s newfound penchant for war will not help Afghan mothers, many of whom are widows struggling to take care of their families after their husbands have been killed. The $16m cost of this one explosion could have provided over 50 million meals for Afghan children."

"Financial markets are starting to have doubts about Donald Trump. The euphoria that sent share prices on Wall Street to record levels has quickly dissipated amid fears that the new president is dangerously unpredictable."

"For women who have actual friendships with women, it seems disingenuous, if not a little insulting. Girls reduced women’s friendships to their most negative stereotypes: selfishness, narcissism, a willingness to throw other women under the bus when sex with a man is in the offing."

China has urged the US and North Korea to step back from the brink of a potentially catastrophic conflict after Pyongyang warned it would not “keep its arms crossed” in the event of a pre-emptive strike.

This video from 2016 tells the story of Kunkush the cat. Kunkush was a beloved member of a family who became refugees when they fled Iraq for the safety of Europe. Travelling through Greece, cat and family became separated, sparking an international online search in hopes of reuniting them.