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During its fifth edition, Accra Fashion Week gathered West African designers for a weekend of runway shows after last year's hiatus amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

After internal Facebook documents were shared widely with news organizations, the question remains whether and how Facebook will change. Michelle Quinn reports.

Nebraska State Patrol released dashcam footage Wednesday showing a semitrailer truck losing control before being blown over by the wind on Interstate 80, near Lincoln. (Reuters)

Tonight on the Women's RoundTable we are focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Zimbabwean women, the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence Campaign and World AIDS Day Commemorations.

In Hong Kong, students and teachers have been seeing a change in the classrooms this school year as a part of the National Security Law implemented by Beijing. Some – such as the two teachers in this story – are expressing concern and anxiety. VOA’s Elizabeth Lee reports

The small town of Seneca Falls, New York is celebrating the 75th anniversary of a beloved Christmas movie at its annual It's a Wonderful Life Festival. As Aaron Fedor reports, many there believe the town was the inspiration for Bedford Falls, home to the enduring main character, George Bailey.

Newly crowned Miss Universe, Harnaaz Sandhu was welcomed with loud cheers as she arrived home in India's western Mumbai city on Wednesday, after winning the Miss Universe pageant. (Reuters)

Nigeria has been recording massive growth in its information technology sector, but only one-fifth of IT workers are women, according to government figures. Aid groups are trying to help women and girls enter the IT world by teaching them about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

A drop in the levels of rainfall around Lake Chad in Cameroon has caused waterways to dry up and worsened the conflict between farmers and herders over scarce resources. Anne Nzouankeu reports from Kousseri, on the border with Chad , about efforts to make peace between the communities.

Local groups in northeast Syria are working to protect and restore archaeological sites damaged by over a decade of conflict between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and rebels. VOA’s Zana Omer has more in this story, narrated by Sirwan Kajjo.