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One of the joys of travel is when you arrive somewhere and discover a story you'd never heard of before that leaves a lasting impression, such as this week's post about two wartime heroines in France. We've produced a short video to introduce the piece.

Also this week we released a fun Hollywood-style trailer for another new post, about the giant panda pavilion in the gambling hub of Macau.

Among those who liked it on social media was the senior theatre critic of one of the UK's leading national newspapers!

Our post about the QE2's final journey, to Dubai – published to mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary liner's maiden voyage – also attracted lots of interest. We've published the photo gallery that accompanied the piece separately.

Afaranwide has been included in a database that's used by people working in the media industry across Asia.

Database operator Telum Media also included details of our launch in both English and Chinese in its weekly newsletter for journalists and other professionals.

Look out for our next post on Monday – it's about a day trip to the edge of the world!