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Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet, dies at 87 17 Mar 2017 - 07:06 pm
Saint Lucian Literature 1992 Nobel Prize laureate Derek Walcott, during a press conference in Caracas. Walcott died on March 17, 20017 at his home in St. Lucia, his publisher announced. Walcott was 87. No cause of death was given.  AFP / Pedro Rey
Fashion house Givenchy names Waight Keller as new artistic director 16 Mar 2017 - 05:31 pm
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"Family blooper" goes viral after Korea expert's kids crash BBC interview 15 Mar 2017 - 11:56 am
Robert Kelly (R), an expert on East Asian affairs and a professor at South Korea's Pusan National University, his wife Kim Jung-A (L), daughter Marion (2nd R) and toddler son James pose during an interview with AFP at the university in Busan on March 15,
South Africa's 'chicken feather' painter brushes off fame 14 Mar 2017 - 10:45 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 6, 2017 shows South African artist Esther Mahlangu, 81, posing at her home in Mabhoko Village, Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga. AFP / GULSHAN KHAN
Different strokes: Underwater hockey makes splash in Hong Kong 14 Mar 2017 - 08:28 am
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Sun-seeking retirees flock to 'China's Florida' 13 Mar 2017 - 10:38 am
Elderly people practice their daily exercise by dancing in Sanya, Hainan province, on February 15, 2017. AFP / STR
Young pioneers push envelope on freestyle indoor skydiving 13 Mar 2017 - 10:01 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 19, 2017 shows Maja Kuczynska, 17, making airborne gymnastic moves during her skydiving performance inside a wind tunnel in the Polish capital Warsaw on February 19, 2017. AFP / Janek Skarzynski
Unearthing 2,000 years of history in central Algiers 13 Mar 2017 - 09:58 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 2, 2017 shows ancient stones at an archaeological site on Algiers' Martyrs Square after part of the square went under excavation for construction of the Metro. AFP / STRINGER
French dance star Hilaire fuses tradition, reform as head of Russian troupe 12 Mar 2017 - 09:14 am
French dancer Laurent Hilaire, the new artistic director of Moscow's Stanislavsky Music Theatre ballet troupe, speaks with a ballerina ahead of the theatre's performance of Giselle in Moscow on February 23, 2017. AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
Conflicts of interest keep Mongolian child jockeys in the saddle 11 Mar 2017 - 07:34 pm
This picture taken on March 5, 2017 shows a Mongolian child jockey (C) preparing to compete in the
Meet Cuba's top detective writer, incognito at home 11 Mar 2017 - 07:07 pm
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura stands on a street of the Mantilla neighbourhood, Havana on February 7, 2017. AFP / Adalberto Roque
Still checking work email on vacation? This employer says 'Stop' 11 Mar 2017 - 05:18 pm
Tiffani Alexander, editor in chief of the ACC Docket, in the conference room adorned with travel photos. Alexander is planning a month long sabbatical to visit Greece and work on her novel. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post)
Small kids derail dad's BBC live interview 11 Mar 2017 - 03:26 pm
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World's first museum of polar lands opens in France 11 Mar 2017 - 11:14 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 23, 2017 shows a child run past a mock whale tail during a visit at the Paul-Emile Victor museum on February 23, 2017 in the French eastern village of Premanon. AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON
Nike to launch high-tech hijab for female Muslim athletes 09 Mar 2017 - 02:23 pm
A woman poses in a Nike hijab being developed for Muslim women athletes, in an undate photo released by the company March 8, 2017. Photos: Vivienne Balla/Nike
Forward to the past: contemporary master Viola embraces Renaissance roots 09 Mar 2017 - 10:47 am
A journalist watches a video by US artist Bill Viola during a press preview of the exhibition
Yellow cabs are safer, study finds 07 Mar 2017 - 06:04 pm
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NY museums wage cultural war against Trump prejudice 01 Mar 2017 - 12:51 pm
People listen to curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art February 24, 2017 as ten-minute gallery talks are given in the permanent collection created in the lands that are now Iraq, Syria, Iran and Yemen. AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY