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Music can help bridge cultural and political divides. That’s what the Jerusalem Youth Choir aims to achieve, bringing together Jewish, Muslim and Christian youth to sing in harmony. Report: Torsten Teichmann Presented by: Samantha Early

This week on Pulse: how music and dance shape the world we live in. We meet some Africans singing patriotic songs about Russia. We hear from a youth choir in Jerusalem that’s bridging cultural and political divides. And we find out how dance is changing lives in Kenya and keeping Californian kids off the streets.

It's not always easy to be an outsider. Two young Africans are showing that music can play an important role in identity and facilitating integration. Emily Sherwin caught up with two members of the Moscow-based rap group AMG to find out more.

This week on Pulse we hear from people who are sticking up for kids and doing their bit to make life better for the next generation. We meet university students working to combat child malnutrition in Ghana, and a Kenyan teacher who's trying to protect teenagers from extremist recruiters. Plus, the former Olympic champion using sport to empower underprivileged kids.

Start ups are big business in India and are growing bigger every day. The city of Bangalore has the second fastest growing start-up ecosystem in the world, just behind global leader Berlin. Indian entrepreneurs have the world's youngest median age too, at just 28, compared to 36 in Silicon valley. Their ideas are helping to change Indian society and the world.

Tunisia has struggled to find its footing as a democratic society over the last five years since the 2011 Jasmine Revolution. But one young group of independent journalists, called Inkyfada, are trying to push investigative journalism to new levels in the country, and in the process taking on and breaking the traditional bounds of Tunisian society and politics.

On today's show we're going to be breaking free from our boundaries. From the young journalists in Tunisia, breaking free from the boundaries which used to tie them; to the new wave of Indian entrepreneurs who are generating ideas and big money; and, finally, from a zero waste blogger who does everything she can to avoid adding trash to the world's landfill sites.

One big intenet trend right now is "zero waste" blogging. Many of the most visible bloggers are young, generation Y, women, like Florine Hofmann, host of the blog "The capital f". She explained to Pulse why she started living this lifestyle, and how she goes about daily life generating zero waste.

How do you express your identity? On Pulse, we meet the artists creating a portrait gallery at a Jerusalem market and visit the newly-opened Palestinian Museum. Learn about the uncertain future facing trainee bullfighters in Spain and life as a German poet. Plus, promises of prosperity from the pulpit in Zimbabwe.