From Nigeria to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. People everywhere have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness.

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The photograph(Nigeria) / Sefi Atta -- Leonard (New Zealand) / Adrienne M. Frater -- The strange child (Nigeria) / Anthony C. Diala -- The house (Jamaica) / Erica N. Robinson -- The deceivers (Nigeria) / Folakemi Emem-Akpan -- Callus (Malaysia) / Janet Tay Hui Ching -- Chinna and Muthu (India) / Suchitra Karthik Kumar -- The festive season in a part of Africa (South Africa) / Tod Collins.