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US woman says strict Christian parents subjected her to FGM 01 Apr 2019 - 08:09 pm
Jennifer, an American woman who says her strict Christian parents forced her and her sister to undergo FGM when she was five, is pictured here aged about three. Photo supplied by Jennifer
Embroidery, the inoffensive feminine pursuit, now a medium of aggressive feminist art 01 Apr 2019 - 08:09 pm
German artist Jess de Wahls poses at her studio in south London on March 8, 2019.AFP/Tolga Akmen
Rwanda's genocide killers learn new life back home 01 Apr 2019 - 05:58 pm
Serubanza Boniface, a former FLDR combattant, attends a class at a vocational training centre at the Reintegration and Demobilisation Centre in Mutobo, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) north-west of Kigali and beneath the Virunga mountains, on March 5, 2019
In Rwanda, the long, slow journey to forgiveness 31 Mar 2019 - 05:13 pm
Jean-Bosco Gakwenzire (L), 65, of Tutsi ethnicity shakes the hand of Rose, 72, wife of his old school mate, Pascal Shyirahwamaboko (R), 68, both Hutu's, following Sunday mass at their church in the sector of Mutete, in Byumba city.  AFP / Jacques Nkinzing
Picasso in Ivory Coast? A village tells of its brush with the artist 31 Mar 2019 - 05:13 pm
An artist displays his paintings in his workshop, in the village of Fakaha, a remote village in northern Ivory Coast, some 650 kilometres (400 miles) from Abidjan on January 24, 2019. AFP / Sia Kambou
Hemingway center opens in Cuba to preserve writer's work 31 Mar 2019 - 12:06 pm
A view of the Ernest Hemingway Museum during a visit of U.S. Congressman James Mcgovern (not pictured) in Havana, Cuba, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Sheep nibble Madrid's largest park into shape 30 Mar 2019 - 11:25 am
Sheep graze at the Casa de Campo park in Madrid on March 26, 2019. AFP / Oscar Del Pozo
Sherpa widows breaking down taboos as they eye Everest 29 Mar 2019 - 09:08 pm
In this picture taken on February 12, 2019 Furdiki Sherpa (L) and Nima Doma Sherpa (R), the Nepali widows of mountaineers, train at a climbing gym in Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash Mathema
After Putin in bullets, artist paints Ukraine president in sweet wrappers 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm
Ukrainian artist Daria Marchenko eats a candy as she creates a large-scale artwork entitled
Paris's Louvre museum: eight centuries of history 28 Mar 2019 - 06:35 pm
French contemporary artist and photographer Jean Rene (L), aka JR, is helped by volunteers during preparation works of his installation in the main courtyard Cour Napoleon of the Louvre Museum in Paris on March 27, 2019, as part of the 30th anniversary ce
Art ambition: Hong Kong battles Beijing as dreams for culture soar 28 Mar 2019 - 05:44 pm
In this picture taken on December 6, 2018, local artist Kacey Wong poses at his studio in Hong Kong.  AFP/Anthony Wallace
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre's pyramid 28 Mar 2019 - 05:44 pm
In this file photo taken on August 7, 1987 shows the Louvre Pyramid under construction, designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. AFP / Patrick Kovarik
Singapore defends UN bid for street food honour 28 Mar 2019 - 11:00 am
People gather at the Hawkers Centre at lunchtime in Singapore on March 28, 2019. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
Apologising for colonial pasts 27 Mar 2019 - 07:39 pm
Swiss Guards before attending a swearing-in ceremony in Vatican City on May 6, 2017. AFP/Tiziana Fabi
Long-lost treasure of Russian aristocrats displayed for first time 27 Mar 2019 - 01:12 pm
A view of pieces of the treasure once belonged to the Narshykin aristocratic family, which was discovered in 2012 during a restoration of an 18th century mansion in Saint Petersburg, during a media event at the Tsarskoye Selo palace museum in Pushkin on M
The tree helping Kenyan farmers beat drought and poverty 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Farmer Jonathan Kituku Mung’ala takes stock of his Melia volkensii trees at his farm in Kibwezi, southern Kenya, on February 5, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi.
Does #nomakeup trend help women or is it bare-faced cheek? 26 Mar 2019 - 07:06 pm
Musician Alicia Keys arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, August 28, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
Shakespeare's birthplace mirrors a scepter'd isle riven by Brexit discontent 26 Mar 2019 - 03:08 pm
A woman walks past a tourist shop in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon, Britain, March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls