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Policeman Ahmad regrets the day he detained a motorist at a checkpoint for possession of a gun without a licence, bringing the weight of...
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Kathmandu’s feared Demon Dancer finally performed again after a two-year break at this year’s Indra Jatra festival, an annual celebration that marks the end...
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Nimble after years of practice, Trinley Norbu is used to hoisting himself three stories up the side of a stone house and through the...
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Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering...
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A statue of a Chinese goddess that became a social media sensation after being pictured flying business class for a Southeast Asian tour has...
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At the highest point of the Coricancha temple in Cuzco at dawn, an indigenous actor interpreting a ceremony of the ancient Inca raises his...
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With a slender sword in one hand and an antique storybook in the other, Ahmad al-Lahham captivates a packed Damascus coffeehouse with tales of...
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Raniero Mancinelli cannot afford to drop a stitch. Pope Francis is creating five new cardinals next week and the race is on to have...
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A traditional double-hulled canoe has returned to Hawaii after concluding a three-year epic journey around the globe, the first trip of its kind by...
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Just outside the southernmost settlement in the world, an 89-year-old woman is the last native speaker of her people’s ancient language and struggling to...