Buenos Aires is loud and bewildering. But the city is also a symbol of melancholy, which is reflected in the many bars, honky-tonks and milongas where tango is danced each night. Few people have grown as rich on the music or th...
> moreWearing their traditional red uniform and riding on horseback, the “Mounties” have long been a national symbol of Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police riders present their cavalry drill skills on national comme...
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Mandalay, the former capital of Myanmar, is the center of the jade market. More than 10,000 traders and polishers make their living from the jade market, doing business with the “kidney stones”.
Riga, the 2014 cultural capital, wants to put itself in the limelight. The 2008 financial crisis pushed the country into a deep social abyss. In these hard times, the Latvians rallied themselves again...
> moreFor half a century now, 77-year-old Lucio Zurlo has been running Naples most successful professional boxing gym, “Vesuviana Boxe”. He trains young men and women there, getting them ready for local, national or even ...
> moreFred and Hugo have given up their comfortable life as white-collar workers so that they can devote their time to a shared passion: recreating vintage motorcycles. Three years ago the two mechanical artists founded “Blitz ...
> moreThe Olympus mountain chain runs along the east coast of Greece only 20 km (12 miles) inland from the Aegean coast. It is the highest mountain range in Greece, and literally means a “glowing heaven,” a “place i...
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From Elvis to Lady Gaga, how has gender identity been transformed and how has sexual diversity got underway?