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Cup of nostalgia at timeless Chinese teahouse 09 Jan 2017 - 06:32 pm
An elderly woman preparing tea for customers at a hundred years old teahouse in the early morning in Chengdu southwest China's Sichuan province on September 11, 2016.  The 50-seat teahouse in Chengdu capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan and the
The hidden artist of the Soviet space programme 08 Jan 2017 - 07:02 pm
Galina Balashova, the artist who designed the first space habitation module for Soviet cosmonauts, shows drawings of her work in the city of Korolyov outside Moscow on October 21, 2016. An architect by training and an artist at heart, Balashova went on to
Egyptians throw parties to save in 'money pools' 08 Jan 2017 - 06:35 pm
Egyptian master of ceremonies collects money at a wedding in the Egyptian Qalyubia governorate, north of Cairo on October 14, 2016. Under a large colourful tent set up in farmland, lit up with bright white bulbs, about 500 attendees sit in a fog of smoke
The little something that makes France's New Year cake 07 Jan 2017 - 07:07 pm
This file photo taken on November 3, 2016 shows a person holding a charm for king cakes traditionally eaten on Twelfth Night, the eve of Epiphany, during the production process, in Autreville, eastern France. In their small workshop in eastern France, sis
Delicious irony: BuzzFeed’s old school cookbook is bestseller 05 Jan 2017 - 09:23 pm
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Princess Diana notes to former palace steward to be auctioned 05 Jan 2017 - 02:09 pm
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Why some artists no longer want to be famous 05 Jan 2017 - 11:43 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 17, 2011 shows a graffito attributed to secretive British artist Banksy, depicting a child wielding a machine gun, in black and white, surrounded by colored flowers, in Westwood, California. AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS
Surgical forceps removed from Vietnamese man after 18 years 04 Jan 2017 - 03:58 pm
An X-ray of Ma Van Nhat's stomach show where the scissors have been hiding for years.
Two-year-old boy saves twin brother from fallen dresser; video goes viral 04 Jan 2017 - 02:55 pm
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Scratching a living in Myanmar's storied 'land of rubies' 04 Jan 2017 - 12:07 pm
This photo taken on November 22, 2016 shows a buyer looking at rubies in a jade market in Mandalay. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' becomes German bestseller: publisher 03 Jan 2017 - 02:19 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 08, 2016 shows a copy of an annotated version of Adolf Hitler's book
Facebook sleuths bring home India's stolen idols 03 Jan 2017 - 09:32 am
In this photograph taken on November 8, 2016, India temple priests carry a diety of Hindu god Parthasarathy in a procession on a street in Chennai. AFP / Arun SANKAR
Mexico’s Maya point way to slow species loss, climate change 02 Jan 2017 - 08:12 pm
Taking a break from serving breakfast to visitors at the community lakeside eco-resort of Sijil Noh Ha, which means “Where the Lake is Born”, Samuel Montalvo looks at the leafy wild chaya plant (centre), which is used in egg dishes, soup, tea and baking f
Syrian child refugees taught to release stress and resist recruitment 02 Jan 2017 - 08:36 am
Syrian refugee children queue as they head towards their classroom at a school in Mount Lebanon, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Italy's philosopher tycoon shapes landscape of his legacy 01 Jan 2017 - 09:14 am
File photo of Italian clothing designer Brunello Cucinelli posing as seamstresses in the Umbrian village of Solomeo October 7, 2009. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Wedding vows a blessing for clean-up of filthy Indonesian river 31 Dec 2016 - 10:02 am
Novanto Rahman and his bride Sandra Fidelia Novianti, a volunteer who takes part in a Ciliwung river clean-up initiative, hold part of their wedding ceremony on the Ciliwung, which runs more than 100 km (60 miles) from its source in West Java to Jakarta b
Woods worth $740 million, Jordan a billionaire says Forbes 29 Dec 2016 - 09:36 am
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Queen bees: how honey co-ops help Afghan women take control 29 Dec 2016 - 09:28 am
In this photograph taken on November 5, 2016, Afghan Hazara women beekeepers check beehives as they work at a bee farm in the Yakawlang District of Bamiyan Province. AFP / Wakil KOHSAR