Five Great Reads: After the flood, leaving Maga, and sex doll ethics

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Hello and welcome to the weekend. This week, we have selected stories that will move you. A dispatch from a disaster zone, where rescue teams are sifting through scattered, buried remnants, a feature about walking away from a community that once welcomed you, and a piece on running just to see how far you can go. Enjoy. 1. After the flood In the aftermath of the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster, thousands remain missing and access to aid remains hindered by treacherous conditions. On the ground in some of the worst-hit areas, our south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and journalist Gaurav Pokharel write that while the scale of the damage caused by…

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