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Ukraine's stolen sunflowers

Ukraine’s symbolic flower is being stolen in the regions occupied by Russian forces.

In parts of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, sunflower farmers report having their crops seized. Maria Korenyuk from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Ukrainian and Andrei Zakharov from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian have been investigating who is taking the sunflowers and where they end up.

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Venezuela's Tren de Aragua criminal gang
What began with a few railway workers demanding bribes in Venezuela’s Aragua State has evolved into one of the largest criminal gangs in South America. Tren de Aragua, or Aragua Train, now operates in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo's Norberto Paredes reports.

The treasures of a sunken Spanish galleon
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In search of my mother
Widya is a Dutch Indonesian adoptee who, like many, wants to find her birth mother. Ayomi Amindoni and Dwiki Marta of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Indonesian traveled with her across Indonesia, uncovering a history of fake documents, false mothers and criminal networks.

(Photo: Ukrainian sunflower field. Credit: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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