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Brazil has been devastated by coronavirus and the poorest people are being hardest hit – in particular the country’s millions of domestic workers. Our World travels to Sao Paulo to meet them and their employers, and discover how the virus has changed their lives. On @BBCiPlayer

More than 25 million people go on cruises each year. As coronavirus spread throughout the world, cruise ships suffered devastating outbreaks that resulted in thousands being infected and dozens dying. Our World tells the story of three ships and the passengers on them.

It is a race against time to exterminate this generation of locusts before they breed another, larger, more voracious generation. Our World, Kenya's Locust Hunters: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

How do you fight millions of locusts? Find out on @bbciplayer this weekend Our World: Kenya's Locust Hunters

East Africa has seen the worst invasion of desert locusts for decades and there are warnings of even larger swarms to come. We join Albert the Samburu locust hunter as he struggles to track the pests who have been decimating crops and pastures across his native northern Kenya

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Inside Wuhan: Life after coronavirus lockdown bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

Wuhan was the city where the coronavirus outbreak began, and the first to be locked down. Now the lockdown has been lifted, and it is trying to recover. But just how normal is daily life in Wuhan now – and how are its people adjusting to a new world? @BBCWorld @BBCiPlayer

With unprecedented access from the first few hours of the outbreak, Laura Bicker tells the inside story of South Korea's virus hunters. How did they manage to keep the death toll so low, and what can the rest of the world learn from South Korea's story? On the @BBCiPlayer now

Our World, New York: Coronavirus Diaries: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer New York has been the epicentre of America’s coronavirus outbreak. This is the story of doctors and nurses on the frontline – told through their video diaries as the crisis unfolds.

Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus. Our World follows the lives of some of those at the heart of the crisis, among them a nurse who moved away from her children to play her part in the fightback. This weekend on @BBCWorld @BBCNews @BBCiPlayer

What is life really like in Venezuela without modern healthcare, stable food supply or reliable electricity. Our World : Sat and Sunday at 930 pm @BBCNews

Deforestation has skyrocketed in Colombia since the peace deal of 2016 That means that rare plant species are at risk but some people are on a mission to save them before they vanish forever bbc.in/3cMRWMR

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How do you survive when daily life gets shut down? #coronavirus #lockdown Our World, Wuhan: Life under Lockdown: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

Our World tells the story of life under lockdown in Wuhan. It is a film which takes you from the deserted streets to the homes of those battling the virus. How do you survive when daily life gets shut down? This weekend on @BBCiPlayer @BBCWorld @BBCNews

@BBCJustinR joins an international team of scientists travelling to Thwaites, the so-called Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. The team wants to discover why it is melting so quickly. But during the trip the weather closes in, playing havoc with their plans. @bbcnews in 10 min

@BBCJustinR joins an international team of scientists travelling to Thwaites, the so-called Doomsday Glacier in Antarctica. The team wants to discover why it is melting so quickly. But during the trip the weather closes in, playing havoc with their plans. @bbcnews in 10 min