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9 Global Stories You May Have Missed In 2017

Now's your chance to learn about an all-female orchestra from Afghanistan, the boy who escaped from Boko Haram, a board game that's all about running away from the matchmaker — and more.
Marjan practices at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul.

By looking at the number of pageviews for our stories from 2017, we came up with our most popular stories of the year.

But there are other ways to measure success.

Some stories don't get a lot of pageviews — maybe people missed out on them because

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