BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent

The USA and the Czech Republic

Alistair Leithead on seeing TS Isaac pass over New Orleans; Rob Cameron on Czech changes.

Tom Esselmont meets Russian skinheads who hate Putin; Sian Griffiths does yoga in Ottawa.

Pascale Harter with the pick of personal stories and reflections from around the world.

Pascale Harter introduces personal reflections from Rahul Tandon and Rajini Vaidyanathan.

Rani Singh meets disabled kids in Dhunche; Nick Davis takes a last train to Kingston.

Will Grant on how Ecuadoreans view Julian Assange; Dany Mitzman's on the Riviera Romagnola

An extended essay by David Willey on an extraordinary trip to the China of the Maoist era.

Pascale Harter with personal stories from Mike Thomson in Mopti and Mattia Cabitza in Lima

Pascale Harter presents insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world

Tales of the open market - from Paul Moss in Buenos Aires and Terry Egan in Marrakech.