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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
 Children wait at a doorway as they go
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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Dusty air, milky water: South African photographer captures coal-mining pollution 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
Entrance to a community mine in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, in South Africa, June 17, 2018. Photo courtesy of © Daylin Paul
Louvre blockbuster spotlights Leonardo da Vinci 500 years on 24 Oct 2019 - 11:11 am
An infrared reflectography of the painting
Orange is the new grey for Bangladesh beards 24 Oct 2019 - 08:53 am
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 24, 2019 shows men with henna-dyed beards in Dhaka on December 24, 2018. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Video stars: Russian child bloggers score millions of 'likes' 23 Oct 2019 - 10:30 pm
Russian child blogger Liza Anokhina (L), 12, participates in a shoot for her blog in a Moscow park on September 13, 2019. AFP / Alexander Nemenov
'Clarity brigade' to help Dutch civil servants speak plainly 23 Oct 2019 - 09:05 pm
An image from UK comedy 'Yes Minister' which satirises cluttered government lingo
Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death 22 Oct 2019 - 09:33 am
The painting