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Dressed in a red and silver sequined jacket and trousers, 13-year-old Muhamed Balikhanov holds a long pole as he slowly rides an old red...
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“I’m dressed like a river,” says priestess Osundele Okugbesan as she shows off her flowing white strapless dress and long beaded necklaces cascading down...
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In his war-torn city, a Yemeni artisan is transforming shrapnel which litters the streets into the country’s celebrated traditional daggers. For 45 years, blacksmith...
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In and around the Tunisian coastal city of Gabes, henna has long been a key driver of the economy — so much so that...
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One person was gored and four others injured on Saturday at the first running of the bulls in this year’s San Fermin festival at...
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Pamplona’s famed San Fermin bull-running festival, one of Spain’s best-loved traditions, got off to a typically raucous start Friday — although a sexual abuse...
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Traditional samba school Beija Flor was crowned winner of the Rio carnival Wednesday after a performance that portrayed politicians as rats with money-stuffed briefcases...
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Down a sandy track past a desiccated animal carcass lies a cluster of half-built huts that Ethiopia’s government and aid agencies hope will blunt...
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Huddled together on a dusty racetrack, Saudi judges scrutinise pouty lips and shapely humps in a high-stakes camel beauty pageant mired in scandal after...
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Under a blazing sun, a procession carrying a replica of the Ark of the Covenant marched on a path of red carpets through the...