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Locals fearful as mega-projects drive rush for land on Kenya’s coast 10 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm
A tourist rides on a camel's back at the Jomo Kenyatta public beach in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, March 24, 2013. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
Love in the time of Trump: Dating sites for the politically passionate 10 Dec 2016 - 05:01 pm
A couple look on the Street performers during a sunny day on April 5, 2016 on the Old Town Square in Prague (AFP / Michal Cizek)
United States returns stolen 14th century image of saint to Italy 10 Dec 2016 - 12:36 pm
A page from a 14th century manuscript repatriated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) repatriated to the government of Italy at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington,D.C., is shown Decem
'Handcuff king' Houdini's secrets unlocked in Hungary 08 Dec 2016 - 08:57 am
A wax figure of Harry Houdini, the famed Hungarian-born escape is seen in the
Egyptian mummies virtually unwrapped in Australia 08 Dec 2016 - 08:53 am
A young boy looks at a three-dimensional image of a CT scan of an Egyptian mummy as the the hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology
Burkini, Brexit leaflet on show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum 03 Dec 2016 - 08:13 pm
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A), London, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Princ
It's a squeeze, but Paris Impressionist museum is still a hit after 30 years 03 Dec 2016 - 12:14 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 15, 2015 shows the Orsay museum and the Eiffel tower in Paris.  AFP / JOEL SAGET
'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' plans 2018 Broadway debut 03 Dec 2016 - 09:38 am
A store assistant holds copies of the book of the play of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child parts One and Two at a bookstore in London, Britain on July 31, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
Kickin' it old school: Vietnam's ancient 'foot badminton' 02 Dec 2016 - 12:08 pm
This picture taken on November 28, 2016 shows
From milk to lightbulbs, Fidel Castro reshaped life in Cuba 30 Nov 2016 - 08:42 pm
A woman carries a portrait of Cuba's late President Fidel Castro in Santa Clara, Cuba, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
UK former first lady Samantha Cameron launches fashion line 30 Nov 2016 - 01:17 pm
Samantha Cameron (AFP / BEN STANSALL)
Fooled by Art: black swan sculpture moved from Beijing financial district 29 Nov 2016 - 03:04 pm
This handout combination photo taken on September 16, 2014 and released on November 29, 2016 by Guo Jian shows a black swan sculpture by Chinese artist Guo Jian in Beijing. AFP PHOTO / Guo Jian
Orthodox Israeli director opens window on closed society 27 Nov 2016 - 06:53 pm
Israeli film director Rama Burshtein poses for a photograph during the Haifa Film Festival on October 20, 2016, in Haifa. Burshtein's team includes all the usual movie-making roles, but with a couple of exceptions: her rabbi and an assistant who keeps her
I wanna eat like you-oo-oo: Thai town lays on monkey banquet 27 Nov 2016 - 11:54 am
Monkeys eat fruits and vegetables during the Monkey Buffet Festival, near the Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Olive business roots young farmers in drying rural Morocco 26 Nov 2016 - 10:15 pm
Ait Bella Omar (right), president of the Amghras civic forum, shows off olive trees, planted to prevent erosion of steep mountain slopes in Amghras, Morocco, Nov. 13, 2016. TRF/Megan Rowling
Roots revival: India's classical dance is back en vogue 26 Nov 2016 - 09:38 pm
A twenty-six year old Kishan Manocha (3rd L) participates in an Odissi dance lesson under the tutelage of acclaimed dancer Madhumita Raut inside a garage-turned-studio in New Delhi. Class participants range from from pre-teens to surgeons and marketing ma
Fat lady sings for Chinese rural opera 24 Nov 2016 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on November 19, 2016 shows actors from the Jinyuan Opera Company performing in a temple in White Horse town in Daying, in China's southwest Sichuan province. AFP / STR
Anne Frank poem fetches 140,000 euros at Dutch auction 23 Nov 2016 - 08:26 pm
Bubb Kuyper auction house shows a rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank (AFP)