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Going off grid: putting Tokyo fashion week on the map 23 Mar 2017 - 10:36 am
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Young Chinese jet set shop at Hong Kong's Art Basel 23 Mar 2017 - 09:10 am
In this picture taken on March 22, 2017, Chinese investment banker Huang Xiaoshuai, 26, and his wife Wei Mengyuan chat in front of their newly acquired painting 'Fire' by Chinese artist Zeng Fangzhi, during an interview with AFP at Art Basel in Hong Kong.
Art market down 11 percent in 2016 22 Mar 2017 - 02:37 pm
(File Photo) Art Basel
Pope tells young to resist 'false' reality of social media 21 Mar 2017 - 07:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis reading a book to Syrian refugee children at the Vatican ( Casa Santa Marta via AFP)
Five frozen tigers found in Vietnam 21 Mar 2017 - 03:23 pm
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Iran pre-nups land thousands of men in jail 19 Mar 2017 - 10:44 am
An Iranian couple walk in a park in the capital Tehran on March 14, 2017.  AFP / Atta Kenare
Afghans find some escape as 'family cinema' opens in Kabul 18 Mar 2017 - 10:32 pm
An Afghan family queue to buy tickets at the Galaxy Family Cinema in Kabul In this photograph taken on November 4 ,2016.  AFP / Shah Marai
Priceless Van Goghs or just plain art? 18 Mar 2017 - 10:10 pm
Steve Meadows, an architect, actor, inventor and dabbler in art, poses in his Venice, California, home on February 14, 2017, with two paintings he shipped to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for an authentication review as possible works by the Dutch mast
Fashion renaissance: from slick city to hip Hong Kong 18 Mar 2017 - 09:33 am
In this picture taken on March 17, 2017, a customer browses clothes in an independant fashion shop in Hong Kong. AFP / Anthony WALLACE
Mythic creatures dance through Dublin on St. Patrick's Day 17 Mar 2017 - 07:44 pm
Participants on sheeps are seen during the St. Patrick's day parade in Dublin, Ireland March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet, dies at 87 17 Mar 2017 - 07:06 pm
Saint Lucian Literature 1992 Nobel Prize laureate Derek Walcott, during a press conference in Caracas. Walcott died on March 17, 20017 at his home in St. Lucia, his publisher announced. Walcott was 87. No cause of death was given.  AFP / Pedro Rey
Fashion house Givenchy names Waight Keller as new artistic director 16 Mar 2017 - 05:31 pm
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"Family blooper" goes viral after Korea expert's kids crash BBC interview 15 Mar 2017 - 11:56 am
Robert Kelly (R), an expert on East Asian affairs and a professor at South Korea's Pusan National University, his wife Kim Jung-A (L), daughter Marion (2nd R) and toddler son James pose during an interview with AFP at the university in Busan on March 15,
South Africa's 'chicken feather' painter brushes off fame 14 Mar 2017 - 10:45 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 6, 2017 shows South African artist Esther Mahlangu, 81, posing at her home in Mabhoko Village, Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga. AFP / GULSHAN KHAN
Different strokes: Underwater hockey makes splash in Hong Kong 14 Mar 2017 - 08:28 am
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Sun-seeking retirees flock to 'China's Florida' 13 Mar 2017 - 10:38 am
Elderly people practice their daily exercise by dancing in Sanya, Hainan province, on February 15, 2017. AFP / STR
Young pioneers push envelope on freestyle indoor skydiving 13 Mar 2017 - 10:01 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 19, 2017 shows Maja Kuczynska, 17, making airborne gymnastic moves during her skydiving performance inside a wind tunnel in the Polish capital Warsaw on February 19, 2017. AFP / Janek Skarzynski
Unearthing 2,000 years of history in central Algiers 13 Mar 2017 - 09:58 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 2, 2017 shows ancient stones at an archaeological site on Algiers' Martyrs Square after part of the square went under excavation for construction of the Metro. AFP / STRINGER