GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - October 2016

What is World Fiction? Find out how it is different from other writing:

• Writers are crossing borders

Here are some of the 'world fiction' short stories - this first one is about a boy from South Korea. He doesn't want to do military service so he starts eating to get too fat. Read what happens to his family:

• Fat by Krys Lee

Read a story about Anna. She is Czech and moved to the USA. When a young man who lived in her flat dies, she remembers so many things from her past:

Ghosts by Ana Mendez

Who's the president of the Philippines? - How much do you know about Rodrigo Duterte? Read here:

• Worldbeaters: Rodrigo Duterte

From the web this month:

That terrible recent hurricane - look here for photos to show what happened:

• Picture story: after Hurricane Matthew in Haiti