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What a relief! Paris show lifts taboo on historic outdoor loos 21 Nov 2019 - 06:18 pm
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Original 'Tintin' page fetches 394,000 euros at Paris sale 20 Nov 2019 - 09:30 pm
Comics author Georges Remi, also known as Hergé, reading his book “Tintin and the Lake of Sharks” on December 7, 1972. AFP
Apple sleuths hunt Northwest for varieties believed extinct 20 Nov 2019 - 09:15 am
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South Korea's model daughter in law 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm
This picture taken on August 30, 2019 shows Emma Sumampong (L) helping her mother-in-law Kim Geum-nyeo (R) during an interview with AFP at her house in the mountainous town of Hoengseong. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Havana at 500: a city in four portraits 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm
Cuban Yosbel Sosa, 33, drives his Chevrolet Impala '59 through the streets of Havana, on August 20, 2019, in search of tourists.  AFP / Yamil Lage
Victoria Beckham knew fashion industry would dismiss her as a wannabe 16 Nov 2019 - 03:59 pm
Designer Victoria Beckham attends the 4th edition of the Vogue Fashion Festival in Paris, France, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
The Mona Lisa makes visiting the Louvre miserable; here are seven solutions, according to Twitter 11 Nov 2019 - 10:25 am
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Flames and fireworks as Myanmar fire balloon fest opens 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
This picture taken on November 4, 2019 shows participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Out of school, in the dictionary: 'Climate strike' declared 'word of the year' 07 Nov 2019 - 08:24 pm
Activists attend an environmental demonstration, part of the Global Climate Strike, in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 20, 2019. Reuters / Anton Vaganov
Old McDonald's: Aussie mates show off burger bought in 1995 07 Nov 2019 - 10:54 am
Casey Dean inspects a McDonald's burger bought in 1995 and kept in an Australian shed for years... AFP / William West
Shelling out: Japan crab fetches record $46,000 at auction 07 Nov 2019 - 09:36 am
This picture shows a snow crab, sold for a record of 46,000 USD at an auction, in Tottori city on November 7, 2019. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / STR
Researchers find ancient bird in dinosaur-era amber 03 Nov 2019 - 10:29 am
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Intimate Freud letter up for sale reveals his softer side 01 Nov 2019 - 10:56 pm
Sigmund Freud, in 1922. (Wikimedia Commons)
Kids of US immigrants move up just like those 100 years before 31 Oct 2019 - 11:26 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. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP
Trick or treat: Is your doorstep fair game for zombies at Halloween? 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
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It's a man's world, says street artist (reluctantly) dubbed female Banksy 30 Oct 2019 - 11:34 pm
A portrait of British singer Amy Winehouse made by the anonymous female street artist 'Bambi' is depicted in her studio in London, UK on 30 October 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Adela Suliman
Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana 29 Oct 2019 - 08:09 am
Vanessa Hayes speaks with Headman ?kun ?kunta, from an extended Ju/'hoansi family, who provided genome data for a study identifying the ancestral homeland in southern Africa of all living members of our species, in Namibia, February 6, 2019. Chris Bennett
UK train firm searches for missing rare violin 28 Oct 2019 - 03:57 pm
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