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Festival takes music deep into Istanbul's centuries-old heritage 09 Jul 2018 - 01:06 pm
China chili fest gets off to scorching start 09 Jul 2018 - 10:23 am
This photo taken on July 8, 2018 shows a contestant taking part in a chilli pepper-eating competition in Ningxiang in China's central Hunan province. The winner of the contest ate 50 chilli peppers in one minute. - China OUT / AFP
Latvian mega choir echoes Baltic state's history 08 Jul 2018 - 09:51 pm
Choir singers and dancers wear traditional dress as they perform during the final show at the Song and Dance Celebration in Riga, Latvia July 8, 2018. Reuters/Ints Kalnins
To protect from sun Rohingya refugee camp girls continue to wear traditional thanaka paste 06 Jul 2018 - 06:43 pm
A Rohingya refugee girl named Amina poses for a photograph as she wears thanaka paste at Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, March 30, 2018. Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Feminists, animal rights groups reshape Pamplona bull fest 06 Jul 2018 - 05:12 pm
A reveller is thrown into air by others during the opening the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2018. Reuters/Susana Vera
Portuguese lawmakers reject proposal to ban bullfighting 06 Jul 2018 - 04:59 pm
A bull charges during a bullfighting training session in Mosquera municipality on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia on January 17, 2017. AFP / Guillermo Legaria
Wedding guests face tough World Cup choice 06 Jul 2018 - 12:19 am
A model presents a wedding dress by designer Elie Saab as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2018/2019 fashion show in Paris, France, July 4, 2018. Reuters/Regis Duvignau
On July 4th, Americans celebrate life, liberty & the pursuit of hot dogs 04 Jul 2018 - 10:49 pm
Immigrants look on before being sworn in as American citizens during a naturalization ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Hornet on July 3, 2018 in Alameda, California. 76 immigrants from 31 countries were sworn in as American citizens during a ceremon
On the wall: Art inspired by Michael Jackson displayed in London 04 Jul 2018 - 03:49 pm
A visitor views 'In Memory of Michael Jackson 1958-2009' by Yan Pei-Ming which forms part of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' showing until October 21 at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Britain, June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
That's butter! The Indian ads punning for half a century 03 Jul 2018 - 10:12 am
This photo taken on June 22, 2018 shows an Indian worker adjusting an Amul dairy products billboard on the side of a building in Mumbai. AFP / Punit PARANJPE
Cambodia earns Guinness Record for longest woven scarf 02 Jul 2018 - 09:33 pm
Cambodians roll out a 1,149.8 metre-long krama scarf so it can be declared as the world's longest hand woven scarf, in Phnom Penh on July 1, 2018. AFP / Tang Chhin Sothy
French lawmakers urge fix for 60-year-old typo in constitution 28 Jun 2018 - 08:28 pm
An employee of the constitutional council climbs stairs on June 19, 2018 in the constitutional council in Paris.  AFP / Joel Saget
Iran's women are the winners as they cheer on World Cup team 26 Jun 2018 - 08:42 pm
Fans gather for a public viewing event at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran on June 25, 2018, to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group B match between Iran and Portugal. (Fatemeh Bahrami /Anadolu Agency)
Captive whales find new home as aquarium shows decline 26 Jun 2018 - 06:42 pm
In this file photo taken on January 10, 2016 a woman poses for a photo in front of a beluga whale at a zoo in Beijing.  AFP / Wang Zhao
Egypt potter creates vases from clay and passion 24 Jun 2018 - 09:10 pm
Vases made at Mostafa el-Agoury's pottery workshop in the village of Shamma in Egypt's Nile Delta Menoufiya province,are photographed on June 21, 2018.   AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World's Ugliest Dog title 24 Jun 2018 - 10:47 am
Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog, drools while competing in The World's Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, north of San Francisco, California on June 23, 2018. AFP / JOSH EDELSON
All grown up and nowhere to work: Berlin runs short of office space 24 Jun 2018 - 10:22 am
The former Hotel Baltic, now a senior citizen home and soon office space is pictured in Berlin, Germany, June 18, 2018. Picture taken June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Quite a mud-dle! Filipino devotees slather themselves in soil 24 Jun 2018 - 10:07 am
Devotees wearing costumes made of banana leaves cover themselves with mud as they prepare to head to church to attend a mass as part of a religious festival. AFP / NOEL CELIS