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Tuesday

Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at Africulturban's center in Pikine, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

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Saturday

Pape Dieye tells people it's not worth the risk to try to take a boat from Senegal to Europe. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. Here's why he says no

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Monday

Moustapha Dieye on his boat in Guet Ndar, Senegal on October 5. Dieye took a pirogue to Spain in 2006, where he now legally resides. His family has a boat in Saint Louis, where he is originally from. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Tuesday

Serigne Mbaye, who was born in Senegal and is now a deputy in the Spanish General Assembly in Madrid, in the Lavapiés neighborhood in Madrid, Spain on October 19. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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How one man went from a migrant leaving Africa, to an elected official in Spain

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Monday

Mamadou Diop, 52, stands in front of the strawberry farms where he does seasonal work in Palos de la Frontera, Spain on October 16. Born in Senegal, Diop speaks more than five languages. He lives in makeshift housing near the farms, and he sends money back to his wife and children in Joal Fadiouth, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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In the strawberry fields of Spain, migrants from Africa work in hope of a better life

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Sunday

Four young men from Senegal sell bracelets in Madrid on October 20. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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The risks are high and the rewards low for the desperate manteros of Madrid

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Friday

Steven Khon Khon, of South Sudan, stands on the Spanish side of a four-layered fence dividing Nador, Morocco from Melilla, Spain on October 11. On June 24, Khon Khon and many others trying to get to Europe charged the fence. They were beaten back by Moroccan authorities. Dozens were killed. Khon Khon made it to Spain that day, but his brother remained stuck in Morocco. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Dozens died trying to cross this fence into Europe in June. This man survived

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Thursday

TK EPISODE IS ABOUT THE HILL IN Nador, Morocco ... IS THIS THE SAME HILL? IF NOT, I CAN USE ONE OF THOSE, THIS IS JUST NICER WITH THE VISIBLE BORDERMelilla, Spain (October 13, 2022) - A fence runs all around the land border that Melilla, Spain shares with Morocco. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Officials have made Nador uninhabitable for migrants

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Wednesday

Sadio Konte Dior, 20, on the farm where he works outside of Dakar on October 4. He came to Senegal from Mali. On these small farms just outside of the capital, men and women who have migrated regionally grow lettuce and other vegetables. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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What a lettuce farm in Senegal reveals about climate-driven migration in Africa

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Tuesday

Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at one of Africulturban's facilities in Pikine, Senegal on April 26, 2018. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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How Senegal's artists are changing the system with a mic and spray paint

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Monday

Yaram Fall makes tea in her home in Guet N'dar, Senegal on October 6. She is the head of an economic interest group for women who preserve fish. She represents hundreds of Senegalese women who do her kind of work, and she discourages youth from taking the boat to Europe clandestinely. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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'Stay here, work here, succeed here': Why this Senegalese woman is against migration

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Mamadou Niang at his home in Gandiol, Senegal, on Oct. 6. Mamadou's father worked their family farmland until he died in 2006, and Mamadou would have liked to follow in his footsteps. But he can't, he says, because rising seas are pushing salt water into the fields. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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He has attempted the journey to Europe three times, and refuses to give up

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Sunday

Pape Dieye in Guet N'dar, Senegal on October 7. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. He keeps refusing

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Friday

Mamadou Thiam in Saint-Louis, Senegal on October 5. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Saint-Louis is being swallowed by the sea. Residents are bracing for a new reality

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Tuesday

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STD rates are surging. Here's why

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Thursday

'Who Killed Daphne' podcast seeks answers and justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia

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Wednesday

The book 'Haven' is a monastic retreat to an island inhabited only by men and birds

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Alexander Dugin attends a farewell ceremony of his daughter Daria Dugina, who was killed in a car bomb explosion in Moscow on August 23. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption

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Daria Dugina's assassination could spell trouble for Putin's allies in Russia

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Tuesday

How Daria Dugina's death impacts security for Putin allies in Russia

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Monday

Here's what the FBI Agents Association says about recent threats to federal agents

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Friday

Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel explores family, forgiveness in times of change

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Tuesday

How the search in Mar-a-Lago might impact the Justice Department

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Friday

The White House has a new public engagement advisor. Here's her plan

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