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From milk to lightbulbs, Fidel Castro reshaped life in Cuba 30 Nov 2016 - 08:42 pm
A woman carries a portrait of Cuba's late President Fidel Castro in Santa Clara, Cuba, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
UK former first lady Samantha Cameron launches fashion line 30 Nov 2016 - 01:17 pm
Samantha Cameron (AFP / BEN STANSALL)
Fooled by Art: black swan sculpture moved from Beijing financial district 29 Nov 2016 - 03:04 pm
This handout combination photo taken on September 16, 2014 and released on November 29, 2016 by Guo Jian shows a black swan sculpture by Chinese artist Guo Jian in Beijing. AFP PHOTO / Guo Jian
Orthodox Israeli director opens window on closed society 27 Nov 2016 - 06:53 pm
Israeli film director Rama Burshtein poses for a photograph during the Haifa Film Festival on October 20, 2016, in Haifa. Burshtein's team includes all the usual movie-making roles, but with a couple of exceptions: her rabbi and an assistant who keeps her
I wanna eat like you-oo-oo: Thai town lays on monkey banquet 27 Nov 2016 - 11:54 am
Monkeys eat fruits and vegetables during the Monkey Buffet Festival, near the Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Olive business roots young farmers in drying rural Morocco 26 Nov 2016 - 10:15 pm
Ait Bella Omar (right), president of the Amghras civic forum, shows off olive trees, planted to prevent erosion of steep mountain slopes in Amghras, Morocco, Nov. 13, 2016. TRF/Megan Rowling
Roots revival: India's classical dance is back en vogue 26 Nov 2016 - 09:38 pm
A twenty-six year old Kishan Manocha (3rd L) participates in an Odissi dance lesson under the tutelage of acclaimed dancer Madhumita Raut inside a garage-turned-studio in New Delhi. Class participants range from from pre-teens to surgeons and marketing ma
Fat lady sings for Chinese rural opera 24 Nov 2016 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on November 19, 2016 shows actors from the Jinyuan Opera Company performing in a temple in White Horse town in Daying, in China's southwest Sichuan province. AFP / STR
Anne Frank poem fetches 140,000 euros at Dutch auction 23 Nov 2016 - 08:26 pm
Bubb Kuyper auction house shows a rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank (AFP)
Artist transcribed Quran on silk 23 Nov 2016 - 06:12 pm
Painter and decorative artist Tünzale Memmedzade wrote Quranic verses on silk. Nov. 2016. (AA Photo)
Many Thanksgiving travelers hoping to leave politics behind 23 Nov 2016 - 09:47 am
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Tokyo holds its first fashion show for Muslim women 22 Nov 2016 - 04:40 pm
A model presents a creation by designer Lynn Siregar from her brand Weddingku Gallery during Tokyo Modest Fashion Show, Muslim fashion show, at Halal Expo Japan in Tokyo, Japan, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Buckingham Palace gets funds for urgent overhaul 22 Nov 2016 - 01:15 pm
A general view of Buckingham Palace in central London, Britain, 18 November, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Huge interest as Anne Frank poem goes up for auction 21 Nov 2016 - 06:48 pm
This photo taken on November 21, 2016 at the Bubb Kuyper auction house in Haarlem shows a rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank, penned shortly before she went into hiding from the Nazis, addressed to
Tommy Hilfiger says you can be too popular 21 Nov 2016 - 01:47 pm
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Climate-threatened nations aim for 100 pct renewable energy 20 Nov 2016 - 06:54 pm
High-Level Delegates at the first Climate Vulnerable Forum at Male Maldives, November 2009. Photo courtesy:  Maldives Presidency
Interview: Pacific island poet marshals youth against climate threats 20 Nov 2016 - 06:44 pm
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Reuters file photo)
Nigeria fights myths, fear in polio vaccine drive 20 Nov 2016 - 06:34 pm
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