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Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar are sleeping by the road because refugee camps are overcrowded. Around 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have sought refuge in Bangladesh nearly three weeks into Rakhine State’s bloody conflict. VOA visits camps near the southern city of Cox’s Bazaar, where local residents are trying to help the desperate new arrivals.

EXPLAINER: The Rohingya are considered one of the world’s most persecuted minority groups. The mostly-Muslim group is not officially recognized by Myanmar’s government. Here’s a quick guide to who the Rohingya are.

VIDEO: Scientists are drawn to some of the world’s coldest and most remote locations in Greenland to study why the Arctic is melting faster than expected. One of those research facilities is Summit Station, located more than 600 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. As VOA discovers in Greenland, there’s really only one way to get there — by using a military transport system that traces its roots back to the Cold War.

‘God. This is bad.’ Residents of the Florida Keys are trying to make sense of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. The islands are located on the southernmost point of the continental United States. One man who chose to ride out the storm in a neighbor’s cinder-block hurricane room, emerged to find his home completely destroyed.

Clandestine deals. The United Nations imposed another round of sanctions on North Korea this week for conducting its sixth nuclear test. The idea is to deprive Pyongyang of billions of dollars in revenue and needed components for its nuclear program. But with evasion, loopholes and a thriving black market, just how effective can sanctions be?

From bust to boom. The Northland area of Columbus, Ohio was booming in the 1960s and 70s, where activity centered around the Northland Mall on Morse Road. But things went downhill in the early 2000s, when the mall closed and the area became best known for vacant storefronts and increasing crime. Columbus city officials scrambled to find ways to reverse the decline, but when help arrived, it came from an unexpected place —  immigrant and refugee businesses.