The Fifth Floor Episodes Available now
Spotlight on Brazil
Reporting tragedy and celebration - a journalist reflects on a week of extremes in Brazil
Egypt's déjà vu?
Curfews, battles in Tahrir and angry speeches from the president. What year is it again?
Reporting the truth in Nigeria
Following more attacks in Nigeria, we ask how a reporter finds the truth behind the events
Reporting Mali
As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for BBC Africa?
Sri Lanka: Stories from the frontline
Tamil and Sinhala perspectives on reporting Sri Lanka's civil war
Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma
How to cover a tragedy with an unnamed victim: reporting on the Delhi gang-rape and murder
29/12/2012
Looking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections
22/12/2012
A Palestinian journalist's story of growing up in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp
15/12/2012
Inside the world of obituaries: how journalists prepare for breaking bad news
08/12/2012
A deity in the dock? How holy Hindu Gods can be called into court
