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News happens, it can be anywhere. CLIP: "... to dissolve the constitution on a temporary basis..." On PRI's The World, we look for second opinions, unusual angles. CLIP: "No, you cannot do that. This is democracy..." We help you think through the day's events. CLIP: "You may see even more demonstrations down the road. This is only the beginning of Revolution 2.0" PRI's The World - it's your world.

Paris can seem intimidating to tourists. CLIP: Bonjour you stupid American pigs. here are your menus. That stereotype has inspired an organized effort to make Parisian waiters more accommodating. CLIP: How can I help you. Maybe we won't be as rude as the reputation. A kinder, gentler Paris - next time on The World.

(singing) PRI's The World brings you more than news. CLIP: Wild hippos have (fade under) (chanting with drums) Every day we test your knowledge of places and people with The World's Geo Quiz. We provide clues... CLIP: to the south you would… ... you guess the mystery location. (singing, bus passing by) Play along by texting the word geoquiz to 69866. Message and data rates may apply. You’ll hear the answer on the next edition of The World. (music to end)

In Cape Town, South Africa, a seventeen year-old high school student puts on a gathering. His mother has just died. Now young Sive is head of the family. And he's got a funeral to plan. CLIP: There are people that don't know yet about my mom, so I have to go there and tell people that my mom passed away. Growing up fast in South Africa, next time on The World.

A composer recorded sounds of a bridge in New York City, hundreds of metal cables, bolts and girders. Those sounds became the notes for this composition. Now he's using the same technique on a structure in Paris. CLIP: Believe it or not, we're getting things that sound like tympani, things that sound like marimbas, but we're just playing on metal. Playing the Eiffel Tower, next time on The World.

Next time on The World, a city that imports most of its food - begins to grow its own. CLIP: Whatever we produce in Singapore must compete with the prices of vegetables coming into Singapore. And they do. These local vegetables cost more, but they're fresher, picked each day in the city's four super-efficient high-rise greenhouses. The vertical farms of Singapore, on The World.

CLIP: They said they would pay me... This nanny hasn't been reimbursed for money she spent on the children she cares for. And she's afraid to bring it up. So she turns to a mediator, who helps domestic workers negotiate with the families they serve. CLIP: They took care of your children, from birth sometime. Like, you've had such an intense intimate bond. Finding a voice for America's invisible workers, next time on The World.

Next time on The World, students at a South African high school face hazards. CLIP: They deal with violence, they deal with crime, almost every day. But the threat's not IN their school. It's on their WAY to school. Through some lawless neighborhoods. CLIP: This is where I feel scared We join one student on his long walk to school. That's on The World.

Next time on The World, processing the Marathon bombings. It's especially complicated for some Muslim students. CLIP: I also feel kind of a second wave of sadness at, you know, like, the increasingly suspicious eyes, and the just utterly dumb claims that are generalizing about a community that includes me and my family and my friends. Students who are Muslim - worry about backlash. That's next time on The World.

These language students are learning Irish. And that's unusual. You see, they live in Northern Ireland. They're Protestants. And there, Irish has been a Catholic thing. CLIP: When I was at school, I was brought up in East Belfast, yes, in a very Protestant area and for me to learn Irish would have been considered very strange. Belfast Protestants learn to speak Irish. That's next time on The World.

(sung) 'Grandola, villa morena..' The World is people. MARCO WERMAN: You love this tune, Carlos. You also play it on your radio program, Radio Familia. What's being said? CARLOS BAHIA: Okay, so Grandola, villa morena: Big town, big town of Grandola. The people, the people are the ones that do what's best. MARCO: It sounds pretty patriotic and proud as songs go. CARLOS: It's a very patriotic song, definitely I'm Marco Werman. Join us on The World.

A public high school in South Africa helps kids break out of poverty. Authorities want to build on its success. They've more than doubled the number of students. And that worries the principal. CLIP: "More and more of the learners that have not been prepared adequately. You know, they don't have the basics." A remarkable school in South Africa faces new challenges. We begin a year-long series... Wednesday on PRI's The World.

Team Milan is on the field. Not the Italian team. These players are in Phoenix, Arizona. CLIP: We got Andy, Souvenir, Yusuf, Amhad, Tutu... Kids from Burma, Iraq, Thailand, Afghanistan, Congo, Refugees all. Outsiders. Their coaches can feel like outsiders, too. They're undocumented immigrants from Mexico. Finding common ground on a soccer field, next time on The World.

Next time on The World, we're in rural India. A bunch of boys are running on the playground. Among them, one girl: 12-year old Sarita. Her parents have raised her to be ambitious and outspoken. And in this traditional farm village, there may be no place for her. How a girl grows up in India today. And how the past can interfere with her future. That's next time on The World.

MW: Hi, this is Marco Werman calling from The World program in Boston. GUEST: Ah. Hello my friend. MW: Are you ready to talk about pufferfish and making deadly foods non-deadly? MW: Take a little pull on it and tell us what you're tasting. GUEST: If I, uh, breathe, you can actually hear me nosing it. Right? MW: That's a nose. MW: It's the first time, I've gotta say, I've heard the trumpet used as a percussion instrument. GUESTS: (Laughter) Join us on The World.

Post-war America was to be home for the fledgling United Nations. Before New York got the nod, hundreds of other cities and towns vied for the honor of building the world capital. Philadelphia wanted it. Also San Francisco. Even Rapid City, South Dakota. The forgotten contest to host the U-N, coming up on PRI's THE WORLD.