Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Awais Ahmad discuss the deadly flooding in Afghanistan and Pakistan, plus more on elections in Peru and Benin, meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and a major strike impacting the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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This episode includes work from Factal editors Awais Ahmad, Vivian Wang, Clara Ip Wai Nam, Jess Fino, and Theresa Seiger. Produced and edited by Jimmy Lovaas. Music courtesy of Andrew Gospe. 

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