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All aboard a floating jungle supermarket
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban's front deck. The Tomarahos had taken the boat downriver to vote in Paraguay's national elections and then had slept outside for four days, waiting for the Aquidaban to take them home.
Ukrainian women fight for uniforms that fit
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - At a training ground on the edge of Kyiv, a group of women ran through an obstacle course and fired Kalashnikovs, putting the new uniforms finally designed for them through a stress test.
Receding ice leaves Canada's polar bears at rising risk
AFP, Published on 30/09/2022
» CHURCHILL (CANADA) - Sprawled on rocky ground far from sea ice, a lone Canadian polar bear sits under a dazzling sun, his white fur utterly useless as camouflage.
Prêt-à-porter perfection
Life, Published on 26/08/2022
» To express the inspiration of "The Movement", the upscale German leather brand MCM (Modern Creation München) recently debuted its autumn/winter 2022 collection for the first time in Asia Pacific at Iconsiam.
From insurgency to city beat: Taliban police learn the ropes
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» KABUL - After spending 13 years as a Taliban fighter waging an insurgency, Rahimullah is now slowly adjusting to the relatively ordinary role of a policeman in Afghanistan's capital.
Sweden's snowy forests provide setting for Arctic warfare training
AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» BODEN (SWEDEN) - In a snow-draped forest in northern Sweden, hundreds of soldiers in white-camouflage uniforms built dugouts, patrolled on skis and laid mock ambushes to test their readiness to fight in Arctic environments.
Looking to nature for inspiration
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 19/11/2020
» Documenting every species living in the world's zoos, aquariums and wildlife sanctuaries is an ambitious goal of National Geographic's Photo Ark project led by its fellow and award-winning photographer Joel Sartore.
Gold shop heist linked to insurgents
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 26/08/2019
» Songkhla: The robbery of a gold shop in Na Thawi district on Saturday, in which a group of armed robbers made off with gold worth over 85 million baht, could be linked to the southern insurgency, police said on Sunday.
Nightmaresand daydreams
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 07/09/2018
» Elite chooses the best looks and moments from this season's Elle Fashion Week.