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We are offering the following Editor's Choice stories which have been selected by AFP's chief editors for re-publication as some of the best of the week: + Disfigured by acid, the face of violence against Yemen's women + Covid patients asphyxiate as Latin America battles oxygen shortage + For billionaire Jared Isaacman, the space tourism era begins + Oxford blues over virus curbs on city's historic pubs Yemen-conflict-women-crime,FOCUS SANAA Married at the age of 12, rejected at 16, and then disfigured in an acid attack, Al-Anoud Hussain Sheryan's fate is a shocking illustration of abuse in a society beset by war and poverty. 700 words by Mohammed Huwais with Mohamed Hasni in Dubai. Picture. Video Health-virus-Latam,FOCUS MONTEVIDEO As a second, deadly wave of Covid-19 batters Latin America, images have emerged from country after country of desperate people lining up for days to buy oxygen to ease the suffering of infected loved ones fighting for breath. 800 words by Yemeli Ortega with Alina Dieste in Washington and AFP bureaus. Picture. Video. File picture. File video US-space-SpaceX-Isaacman,FOCUS HAWTHORNE, United States Jared Isaacman is not a professional astronaut, but by the end of the year the young billionaire will have shot around the Earth multiple times at the helm of a space mission made up entirely of tourists. 600 words by Laurent Banguet. Picture. Video Health-virus-Britain-economy-pubs,FOCUS OXFORD, Britain The faded sign of The Lamb & Flag swung in the wind as staff removed barrels from one of Oxford's oldest pubs, which has closed permanently during the coronavirus lockdown. 800 words by Anna Malpas. Pictures by Adrian Dennis. Video by Nick McAvaney afp
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