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The frantic music and dancing transform the mask wearer into a spirit which communicates with ancestors.

[Jacob Balzani Loov/Al Jazeera]

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Just before the World Cup, 12 teams from unrecognised or long-extinct states competed in a tournament of their own.

<p>The Nagorno-Karabakh team stands during the playing of the national anthems before a game. Although the football federation of Azerbaijan requested that CONIFA prevent the breakaway republic from participating, CONIFA declined to do so.</p>

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New project trains yoga teachers and students in some of the poorest parts of Nairobi.

<p>Benta Atieno, 19, on the way to teach a yoga class in Kibera, considered to be one of the largest slums in Africa. Atieno started the course to become a yoga teacher after finishing dress-making school in 2009.</p>

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After a bloody 2008 war over South Ossetia, Russia is now building a fence inside territory disputed with Georgia.

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