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Wars, revolutions, chubby squirrels and jihadi hairstyles. All in a day's work for the multilingual journalists of BBC Monitoring, with David Amanor. Image: TV news monitors with stories from around the world Credit: BBC

A year after Saudi women participated and voted in municipal elections for the first time, BBC Arabic's Hanan Razek has been back to see what's changed in the kingdom. She also tracked down the 'Niqabi Comedian' to find out why this mystery woman is making so many people laugh. Odd insults There's been a lot of heavy news in 2016, but on the Fifth Floor we like to spread a bit of happiness, and wh...

Fake news; Gambia re-visited; Daredevils of Sassoun; Dakar workouts; Polygon timewarp

Image: Adama Barrow, Gambia's President-elect, gesturing to the crowd in Kololi, Gambia. Credit: Joe Sinclair/AFP/Getty Images

Image: Gulnara Karimova at a press conference during Style. Uz Art Week 2013 in Tashkent Credit: Yves Forestier/Getty Images for Style. Uz Art Week 2013

L - Photo: Ghana elections, NDC supporter. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images. R - Photo: Ghana elections, NPP supporter. Credit: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images.

Closing Dadaab; Russia's rival parades: weddings and the taxman; Iran's fencers Image: Refugees at Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya Credit: TONY KARUMBA/Getty Images

Trump's victory; Ivan the Terrible; Syrian soul food; a portrait of Kashmir

Social change in Saudi, Mombasa night weddings, and the missing Kyrgyz constitution. Image: Saudi women walking past a jewellery shop at Tiba market in Riyadh Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images

Photo: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near Bashiqa. Credit: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images.

Guest presenter Emilio San Pedro, in Miami Emilio heads to Miami's Little Havana district and its famous Versailles café to talk politics with Ivette Leyva and Luis Fajardo of BBC Mundo and Rafael Abuchaibe of BBC Monitoring. Later he watches the final presidential debate at the BBC bureau as the Mundo team pick out what's of most interest to their audience and watch for reaction on social media....

Photo: Afghan refugee families wait to board trucks near Peshawar in July 2016. Credit: A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images.

Image: A close up of an under-nourished child's had held by an adult hand. Credit: Ashwaq17

Photos: The ancient market in Aleppo, Syria before and after it was badly damaged by fire. Credits: AFP/Getty Images.

Kashmiri protestors clash with Indian government forces during a protest against civilian killings in Srinagar, Kashmir. Credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images.

Photo: Tamil demonstrators hold photos of their relatives who disappeared during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/GettyImages.

Photo: An Afghan National Security Forces serviceman takes position during a military operation in Helmand province. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images.

Life after conflict in Colombia; Syrian footballers changed by war and Tajikistan's incomprehensible words. Image: Colombia's President Santos (L), Cuban President Raul Castro (C) and 'Timochenko' (R), head of FARC signing the ceasefire 23 June 2016 Credit: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images

Photo: Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua. Credit: Rafael Trobat/AFP/Getty Images.

The relationship between Turkey's army and the people, tackling leprosy in Brazil and spoken word poetry in Nairobi. Image: A Turkish soldier stands guard in front of the damaged Grand National Assembly building in Ankara Credit: Getty/Dimitar Dilkoff

Photo: David Amanor with the BBC Arabic journalists in Cairo. Credit: BBC

South China sea; Zimbabwe protests; Egypt in song; building bridges; 5th Floor Sapeurs Image: An official map of Vietnam at an exhibition about the South China Sea in Hanoi Credit: Getty

Myanmar's ethnic conflicts, Russian rock and the military, remembering Abbas Kiarostami.

Turkey under attack; Afghan Ramadan; singing Ghazals; Sunni Shia families; Tbilisi zoo Image credit: Getty Images

Sistan Baluchistan, Mar Mar Aye, Russian dream, South Africa; Bangladeshi women in news