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'Gagging' law protecting Cuban culture draws artists' ire 14 Feb 2019 - 10:32 am
Cuban Singer and composer Tony Avila speaks during an interview with AFP in Havana, on January 20, 2019. AFP / YAMIL LAGE
Is it love? Maybe not, as romance scams proliferate 14 Feb 2019 - 12:17 am
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
Carpenter preserves old Shanghai, one nail at a time 13 Feb 2019 - 09:07 am
This file photo taken on January 31, 2019 shows carpenter Ma Jiale working in an old building in Shanghai. Peter Stebbings and Lan Lianchao / AFP / STR
Wire fox terrier wins top prize at Westminster dog show in New York 13 Feb 2019 - 08:50 am
A Wire Fox Terrier
Brandon Maxwell's mom joins him for his NY Fashion Week bow 11 Feb 2019 - 08:08 am
Designer Brandon Maxwell and his mother Pam Woolley walk the runway for the Brandon Maxwell fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Penn Plaza Pavilion on February 9, 2019 in New York City. / AFP / Angela Weiss
'I don't want to hide' says Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa 11 Feb 2019 - 08:00 am
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In a rare success story, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is packed 10 Feb 2019 - 07:41 am
Commuters wait to board a train heading for the city on January 29, 2019, in Cowdray Park township, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AFP / Zinyange Auntony
Extra! Jeremy Scott makes news (literally) on the runway 09 Feb 2019 - 11:58 am
Models present a creation from the Jeremy Scott collection during New York Fashion Week in New York, U.S., February 8, 2019. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci
Dogs have their day at revived NY museum 07 Feb 2019 - 10:10 am
This picture taken on February 1, 2019 in New York City shows a display with dog figures at The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. AFP / Johannes EISELE
Effort to save Egypt's Abu Simbel temples in 1960s recalled 06 Feb 2019 - 10:02 pm
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia / Pepaserbio /CC BY-SA 4.0
Don McCullin, chronicler of human suffering 04 Feb 2019 - 05:11 pm
British photographer Don McCullin poses for a picture in front of his photographs including 'Shell-shocked US marine, the Battle of Hue 1968' (L), during a press preview of a retrospective exhibition of McCullin's work at Tate Britain in London on Februar
Bomb de terre: WW1 grenade found in French potato shipment 03 Feb 2019 - 11:46 am
This handout photograph taken on February 2, 2019, and released February 3 by the Hong Kong Police Force shows World War I-era German hand grenade that was found among a shipment of French potatoes bound for a potato chips factory, in Hong Kong.
'Cold, hellish, terrifying' -- tough guys go for it in UK competition 27 Jan 2019 - 09:26 pm
A competitor negotiates a water obstacle in the Tough Guy endurance event near Wolverhampton, central England, on January 27, 2019.  AFP / Oli Scarff
Pope Francis calls Mary history’s biggest ‘influencer’ 27 Jan 2019 - 08:07 pm
A pilgrim who took part in an evening vigil rests in the early morning before the arrival of Pope Francis to officiate an open-air mass on World Youth Day, at the Campo San Juan Pablo II on the outskirts of Panama City, on January 27, 2019.  AFP / Luis Ac
Diana Athill, literary editor and writer, dies at age 101 25 Jan 2019 - 01:00 am
Diana Athil
Greece removes historic sites from fund list after privatisation protests 22 Jan 2019 - 08:26 pm
Tourists stand in front of the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, August 5, 2017. Reuters/Costas Baltas
China's ageing elite live golden years in style 22 Jan 2019 - 02:14 pm
This photo taken on December 5, 2018, shows residents taking a dance class at the Yanyuan community for senior citizens, on the outskirts of Beijing. AFP / GREG BAKER
Fashion rolls up for Dior's chic strongwoman circus 22 Jan 2019 - 08:05 am
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri appears at the end of her Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2019 collection show for fashion house Dior in Paris, France, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes