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What's in a number? Dutchman, 69, seeks age change to 49 08 Nov 2018 - 07:28 pm
This photo taken on November 5, 2018 shows s portrait of a 69 year old Dutchman Emile Ratelband in the centre of Arnhem, The Netherlands.  AFP / ANP / Roland Heitink
Comic artist draws on history for tales of politically powerful women 08 Nov 2018 - 12:51 pm
Pic: Facebook/Queenie Chan
#MeToo may be curbing corporate holiday parties, survey shows 06 Nov 2018 - 07:36 pm
Me too on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. (AFP/Bertrand Guay)
Village in the city tries to save Zimbabwe traditions 03 Nov 2018 - 11:32 pm
Poet, storyteller and retired schoolteacher, Hatifari Munongi adjusts a welcome banner reading at the replica traditional homestead she set up in the backyard of her house in the suburb of Marlborough in Harare on October 18, 2018.  AFP / Jekesai Njikizan
Budapest's underwater wonderland draws divers from far and wide 29 Oct 2018 - 11:51 am
A member of a group of hobby divers, speleologists and accompanying staff descends into the water at the entrance tunnel during an exploration of the Janos Molnar cave system on October 2, 2018 under the Buda Hill in Budapest. AFP / ATTILA KISBENEDEK
'Have you news of my boy?': Kipling's vain search for lost son 28 Oct 2018 - 12:41 pm
A picture taken on October 18, 2018 shows the grave of John Kipling, son of British writer Rudyard Kipling, at the Sainte Mary's military cemetary in Haisnes, near the city of Lille, northern France. AFP / DENIS CHARLET
Decades of war shatter Afghanistan's glassblowing craft 24 Oct 2018 - 01:11 pm
In this photo taken on August 2, 2018, Afghan man glassblower Ghulam Sakhi, mid-40s, crafts a glass object at his traditional glassblowing workshop in Herat province. AFP / HOSHANG HASHIMI
Grain pain: Japan's ageing rice farmers face uncertain future 21 Oct 2018 - 11:56 am
In this photo taken on August 31, 2018, Japanese farmer Toshiko Ogura loads harvested rice by a combine in Kazo city, Saitama prefecture. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
After long hiatus, Rio's ballet dancers return to the stage 17 Oct 2018 - 08:33 pm
Ballet dancers perform during a rehearsal before the opening night of a ballet production at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 20, 2018. AFP/Carl De Souza
Robot's debut in UK parliament invites 'Maybot' mockery 16 Oct 2018 - 07:44 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows a robot called Pepper attending an Education Select Committee hearing in London on October 16, 2018.  AFP/ PRU
Rembrandt masterpiece 'The Night Watch' to be restored - live 16 Oct 2018 - 11:23 am
Rijksmuseum
Norway makes rare discovery of Viking ship traces 15 Oct 2018 - 02:06 pm
This handout picture released on 15 October 2018 by Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) shows an Image generated from a georadar, showing what archeologists mean is a viking ship buried near Halden, some 150 km south of Oslo, Norway.
Karaoke office: Japan inc. shifts to unusual workspaces 14 Oct 2018 - 08:27 am
This photo taken on September 11, 2018 shows company employees working inside camping tents erected on the lawn outside an office building in Tokyo. AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
#MeToo inspires wave of old misconduct reports to colleges 13 Oct 2018 - 07:41 pm
#MeToo on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. AFP/Bertrand Guay
Modern art, antiques on show at Lebanon cube museum 11 Oct 2018 - 01:10 pm
Artifacts are seen on display at Nabu Museum, in Lebanon's el-Heri village, north of Beirut, on September 27, 2018. AFP / JOSEPH EID
In Iraq's city of bookshops, theology and poetry rub spines 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm
Iraqi men check a shop at the Howeish book market in the holy city of Najaf, 150 kilometres (95 miles) south of Baghdad, on August 16, 2018. AFP / Haidar Hamdani
Sayonara Tsukiji! Exodus as relocation of Tokyo's famed fish market begins 08 Oct 2018 - 06:59 pm
A buyer inspects fish before the final tuna auction at the landmark Tsukiji fish market, the last day of the market's operations before closing its doors, in Tokyo on October 6, 2018.  AFP / Nicolas Datiche
Banksy artwork self-destructs moment after $1.4 million sale 06 Oct 2018 - 12:40 pm
The image shared by the artist on his Instagram page