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Venezuelan comic pokes fun at stereotypes to explain Latin America 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
Venezuelan-American comedian, writer, and actress Joanna Hausmann speaks during an interview in Central Park on April 17, 2019 in New York. AFP / Don Emmert
Five things to know about Ukraine 21 Apr 2019 - 09:13 pm
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This is our story: Photographs reimagine South African inequality 21 Apr 2019 - 07:41 pm
Sibusiso Nyamakazi speaks to his music students in a classroom in Philippi, Cape Town. Handout photo courtesy of Ross Jansen/AFD.
'Britain's Notre-Dame' tells fiery tale of restored glory 21 Apr 2019 - 05:01 pm
A general view shows the exterior of York Minster in York, northern England, on April 18, 2019.  AFP / Oli Scarff
Roll on, Columbia? US tribes demand seat at river treaty negotiating table 19 Apr 2019 - 10:58 pm
Confederated tribes of the Colville Reservation chief Rodney Cawston poses for a photograph at the tribes' fish hatchery at the foot of Chief Joseph Dam in Bridgeport, Washington on November 14, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Gregory Scruggs
Poppies bloom across Afghanistan as drought eases 18 Apr 2019 - 04:58 pm
In this photograph taken on April 13, 2019, Afghan farmers harvest opium sap from a poppy field in the Gereshk district of Helmand province. AFP/Noor Mohammad
In Denmark, drop-in baptisms help boost church numbers 18 Apr 2019 - 04:58 pm
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'I feel lost': Notre Dame fire destroyed a spiritual home 17 Apr 2019 - 07:26 pm
A man takes pictures of Notre-Dame Cathedral after a massive fire devastated large parts of the gothic gem in Paris, France April 16, 2019. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
'Masters of our destiny': Myanmar's Wa rebels in show of force 17 Apr 2019 - 06:40 pm
Day fireworks go off during a military parade, to commemorate 30 years of a ceasefire signed with the Myanmar military in the Wa State, in Panghsang on April 17, 2019. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Valley of the dolls: scarecrows outnumber people in Japan village 17 Apr 2019 - 04:11 pm
This picture taken on March 16, 2019 shows life-size dolls displayed at a roadside in the tiny village of Nagoro in western Japan. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Pulitzers given to Aretha Franklin, author Richard Powers 15 Apr 2019 - 09:35 pm
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Enough mansplaining: Women tackle gender investment gap 14 Apr 2019 - 02:42 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 09, 2019 traders work ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. AFP / Johannes Eisele
'The people's messengers': Myanmar's satirical poets target censorship 13 Apr 2019 - 11:33 am
Students from Dagon University perform Burmese traditional slam poetry or thangyat during Burmese New Year in Yangon, Myanmar, April 13, 2019. Reuters/Ann Wang
No playing around: French authorities halt game with house as prize 12 Apr 2019 - 12:14 pm
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'Flight shame' has Swedes rethinking air travel 10 Apr 2019 - 02:24 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 17, 2017 An airplane takes off as the sun sets in Stockholm airport in Sweden. AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Pearls of wisdom: Japan's cultured farms still glisten 09 Apr 2019 - 06:34 pm
A farmer of the Sakaguchi Akoya pearl farm cleans oysters in Shima on October 12, 2018.  AFP / Martin Bureau
Survival in arid eastern Chad depends on struggle for water 09 Apr 2019 - 06:34 pm
A hawker looks on after filling barils with water in the wadis Moura in Hadjer Hadid, in the Ouaddaï region, in eastern Chad, on March 24, 2019.  AFP / Amaury Hauchard
DNA reveals US Revolutionary War hero was likely intersex 08 Apr 2019 - 07:28 pm
Kazimierz Pu?aski at Cz?stochowa during Bar Confederation (Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons)