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Owen Bennett Jones introduces stories of public image - and image problems - from around the world.

Sarah Rainsford reflects from Moscow on what the assassinated politician Boris Nemtsov represented when she lived there in the 1990s - and what his alleged killers' trial is showing about real power and influence in Russia today.

Apocalypse when? Steven Evans is impressed by how calm South Koreans manage to stay, even in the teeth of lethal Seoul road traffic or under threat of nuclear attack from the North.

In Mauritania, officials can be touchy about the country's record on race and slavery - but Chris Simpson dares to explore the subtle social dynamics of a country which would like to attract more visitors.

In Costa Rica they've no shortage of tourists, drawn there by the tiny nation's extraordinary biodiversity and range of climates - yet when he wasn't taking in the extraordinary sights, Tim Hartley also heard rumblings about widespread corruption.

Photo: People bring flowers to a farewell ceremony for slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov at Sakharov Museum on March 3, 2015 in Moscow. (Alexander Aksakov/Getty Images)