Being an informed citizen is not always easy.

You want to know what's going on, to stay up to date with the big news stories that affect

your fellow humans across the planet.

But the non-stop deluge of important events makes it difficult to completely understand

the headlines.

And that's where we hope the explanation from the BBC World Service can help.

One of the reasons I think why people become journalists and foreign correspondents is

that you feel that you get a chance to see history unfolding.

I'm Anu Anand.

I'm going to ask some of my BBC colleagues to help me break down big global stories,

using archive recordings made on the ground to make sense of why these stories are important.

Another one again.

Another straight line with Hong Kong.

Today we delve into democracy in Hong Kong.

This is the explanation from the BBC World Service.

OK, so you left excuse me, I have like a tear gas mask on at the moment.

And here the rounds of tear gas being fired as we speak.

Right police firing to the after-tuned clear protest is back from the police reserve

and potential portans usually like my breath back.

This was a familiar scene in Hong Kong in 2019.

Protesters blocking streets, riot police, tear gas.

Months of violent protests rock the tiny but rich island city whose wealth, free markets,

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