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Peru in fight to save its endangered languages 07 Feb 2017 - 08:56 am
Undated picture released on January 31, 2017 by the General Direction of Intercultural Bilingual and Rural Education of the Peruvian Ministry of Education (DIGEIBIRA) of Amazonian children participating in activities designed to practice their native lang
Hong Kong doll maker toys with Trump 04 Feb 2017 - 10:04 am
In this photograph taken on February 3, 2017, a prototype figurine replica of US President Donald Trump, made by toymaker Dragon in Dream (DiD), is seen in Hong Kong toy shop Seven. AFP / Anthony WALLACE
The wushu women of Kabul determined to succeed 02 Feb 2017 - 09:01 am
In this photograph taken on January 29, 2017, Afghan members of a wushu martial arts group led by trainer Sima Azimi (C), 20, pose for a photograph at the Shahrak Haji Nabi hilltop overlooking Kabul. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
As Trump sets up shop, nap studio helps Washingtonians unwind 02 Feb 2017 - 08:36 am
Sleep pods at Recharj.
'Rent-a-monk' biz thrives as Japan loses temple ties 01 Feb 2017 - 09:10 am
This picture taken on November 10, 2016 shows Buddhist monk Kaichi Watanabe (R) speaking to relatives during the one-year anniversary of a woman's death at her home in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo. AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Trekking through 20 countries on two wheels (Book Review) 31 Jan 2017 - 12:39 pm
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Kuwaitis seek roots in upmarket tents under the stars 31 Jan 2017 - 09:56 am
Men watch TV, play games and drink tea while gathering at a tent in a winter camp close to the border with Saudi Arabia, in al-Julaia, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital Kuwait City. AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
'Spiderman' burglar on trial over $100m Paris art haul 30 Jan 2017 - 01:09 pm
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Japan artist says latest sticker graffiti aimed at Trump 28 Jan 2017 - 11:44 am
A Japanese graffiti artist known as 281 Antinuke poses for a photo with his sticker art depicting U.S. President Donald Trump in Tokyo's Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, Japan, January 27, 2017. Reuters/Toru Hanai
Iraqi artist recreates ancient works destroyed by Islamic State 16 Jan 2017 - 03:45 pm
Ninos Thabet, an 18-year-old Christian who studied art at Mosul University, creates miniature replicas of statues destroyed by militants when they overran the 3,000-year-old Assyrian city of Nimrud 2-1/2 years ago, in Erbil, Iraq, January 13, 2017. Pictur
Contemporary artist uses skin color for abstract portrait on race and identity for National Gallery 16 Jan 2017 - 12:46 pm
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Lessons in respect at China's Confucius kindergartens 12 Jan 2017 - 09:59 am
This picture taken on February 2, 2016 shows girls learning to perform a tea ceremony at a Confucius kindergarten in Wuhan. With central government backing, hundreds of private schools dedicated to Confucian teachings have sprung up across the country in
Rejected tiger cub being cared for at German couple's home 10 Jan 2017 - 11:06 pm
Monica Farell walks four-months-old tiger baby
In Damascus, an old solution to water shortages: the hammam 09 Jan 2017 - 06:55 pm
Syrian men visit the Al-Malik al-Zahir Hammam in the capital Damascus on January 7 2017 as an ongoing water crisis continues due to the fighting between government forces and rebel fighters. The elegant Al-Malik al-Zahir hammam dates back to 985 AD but is
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