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‘Music Is the Language of the World’: How a Syrian Refugee Became the Toast of the Irish Folk Scene Norway Considers ‘Boar-Proof Fence’ Along Border with Sweden Seventy Years of Nigerian Album Covers – in Pictures British Museum’s Instagram Flooded With Calls to Return Easter Island Statue Cost of Raising Children in China Second-Highest in World, Thinktank Reveals ‘Dust Is Everywhere’: Rare Glimpse of How Michelangelo’s David Is Kept Clean Egypt’s Economic Woes Lure Digital Nomads – but Cast Others Out to Sea Hindu Nationalists Go to Court Over Lion Named After Muslim Emperor in India ‘Soon It Will Be Like a Museum’: the Last Rosewater Shop in Kashmir Late-Night Chai and Covert Flirting: Why US Muslims Flock to Yemeni Cafes Six-Metre Waves, Strong Currents, Small Boats: Why Thousands Brave the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico ‘Ruining My Career’: Calls Grow for Japan to Change Law on Married Surnames Expensive Toilets Cause a Stink at Japan’s World Expo On a Roll: Bullet Train Food Carts Become Japan’s Latest Must-Have 24 in 2024: Dancing, Home-Cooked Meals and Celebrating Little Wins in Fiji ‘Dirty Political Games’: Suriname Is Selling Its Gold and Timber – at the Cost of Tribal Land Rights The Finnish Miracle: How the Country Halved Its Suicide Rate – and Saved Countless Lives ‘We’re Going to Stand Up’: Queer Literature is Booming in Africa 36 Hours in Mérida, Mexico Leaked Files Show the Secret World of China’s Hackers for Hire The Two-Decade Fight for Two Letters on the Internet Women Outnumber Men in South Korea’s Sports Stadiums South Korean Doctors Walk Out, Protesting Plan to Increase Their Ranks A Film Festival in the Back of a Taxi

February 15, 2024

• ‘United in Extravagance’: Rio’s Working-Class Carnival Ball-Slammers
• End Fossil-Fuel Era to Address Colonial Injustices, Urges Prominent Historian
• Samba School Puts Rio’s Long-Silenced Legacy of Slavery at Center of Carnival
• The Power of Dragon Babies: Could an Auspicious Year Boost China’s Ailing Birthrate?
• ‘Love Is Our First Medicine’: Treating Mental Health in Cameroon’s Unique Refuge
• ‘Our Imitation Is Total’: Spanish Tech Startup Aims to Put 3D-Printed Meat on Our Plates
• Art of Africa: Marrakech Showcases Artists From Across the Continent
• ‘A Frenzy of Bodies in the Chamber of Death’: Italian Fishers Fight to Preserve an Ancient Tradition
• ‘Dark Valentine’ Day in Kenya, As Nationwide Vigils Mark Grim Toll of Murdered Women and Girls
• ‘A Way to Open up to the World’: Gallery Galvanises Madagascar’s Art Scene
• The Very Furry Goat-Men of Bulgaria: Charles Fréger’s Best Photograph
• Sculpture of Colonial Officer’s ‘Angry Spirit’ Returns to DRC As Dutch Urge Reckoning
• ‘She’s the Mother of African Dance’: the Senegal Sensation Who Shook the World
• Outi Pieski Review – an Entrancing Artist With Her Heart in the Arctic Circle
• 24 in 2024: Career Anxiety, Travel Dreams and ‘Meme Studies’ in South Korea
• South Korean Convenience Stores Preserved in Ink – in Pictures
• Last Rites for Delhi’s Forgotten: the Woman Who Cremates Strangers
• A Graphic Novel Finds a Relatable Hero in a Modern African Woman
• Mysterious Pattern in a Cave Is Oldest Rock Art Found in Patagonia
• Lost Images Reveal the History of Rio’s Carnival
• Confiscated Motorbikes Pile Up as Vietnam Goes After Drunken Driving
• Stolen Jewels, Now on Display
• A Rebrand for London’s ‘Spaghetti of Orange’ Overground Train System
• Greece Is Set to Be First Orthodox Country to Allow Same-Sex Marriage
• Booksellers on the Seine in Paris Get an Olympic Reprieve
• An English City Gave Soccer to the World. Now It Wants Credit
• These Israelis and Palestinians Are Still Working for Peace. Just Quietly.
• Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
• Death Masks from Ancient Egypt Find an Afterlife

February 8, 2024

• The Art of Doing Nothing: Have the Dutch Found the Answer to Burnout Culture?
• Northern Ireland Has a Sinn Fein Leader. It’s a Landmark Moment.
• India’s Plan for Untouched Nicobar Isles Will Be ‘Death Sentence’ for Isolated Tribe
• Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide
• A Menopause Revolution Is Stirring in Africa – I’M Helping It to Succeed
• Anti-Fgm Caravan Embarks on 7,400-Mile Campaign to End Cutting in Africa
• ‘Love Is Our First Medicine’: Treating Mental Health in Cameroon’s Unique Refuge
• The French Sex Recession: Has la Flamme Really Gone Out?
• Japan Court Lets Transgender Man Change Official Status Without Sterilisation in Legal First
• Amid Jeers and Boos, Strained Māori Relations With Government Dominate National Holiday
• Women Behind the Lens: ‘Those Few Seconds Seemed to Encapsulate the Depth of Her Pilgrimage’
• Flight Risk: Suspected Spy Pigeon Released After Eight Months in Detention in India
• Floating Sauna Rescues Occupants of Tesla That Plunged Into Oslo Fjord
• 36 Hours in Marrakesh, Morocco
• Read Your Way Through Lagos
• Who Created Butter Chicken? India’s Great Curry Clash.
• Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an Oasis for China’s Drifters and Dreamers
• Cleaning Latrines by Hand: ‘How Could Any Human Do That?’
• Australia Introduces Workers’ ‘Right to Disconnect’
• In Australia and New Zealand, Barefoot Is a Way of Life
• Digital Art Group Reconstructs a 43-Foot Ancient Roman Statue

February 1, 2024

• The First Lady and the Dior Bag: the Scandal Shaking up South Korean Politics
• Smoked Monkey and Whole Sharks: the Suitcase Smugglers Feeding Europe’s Hunger for Bushmeat
• ‘People Weep and Shower Me With Rupees’: the Overwhelming Artistry of Pashtun Singer Zarsanga
• ‘A Way to Open up to the World’: Gallery Galvanises Madagascar’s Art Scene
• The Battle Against Illegal Goldmining in the Amazon – in Pictures
• Refacing of Egyptian Pyramid With Granite Sparks Outrage Online – Video
• Cornets in Kampala: Community Brass Bands in Uganda – in Pictures
• Malaysia Swears in Motorbike-Riding Billionaire As New King Under Rotating Monarchy System
• I Took My Children to the Caribbean to Live Free From British Racism, and Have Never Looked Back
• ‘Water Comes From All Four Sides’: How Rotterdam’s Tidal Park Protects the City
• ‘We Said, There Must Be Ladies’: the Pioneering Maasai Women Ending All-Male Leadership of the Land
• Somalia to Launch Its First Current Affairs Tv Show Led by Women
• A Crappy Day Out: Melbourne’s Poo Museum Is Now Open for Business
• Carmakers May Be Using Aluminium Made by Uyghur Forced Labour, NGO Investigation Finds
• ‘Living on the Fringes’: Why New Zealand Novelists Are Making Waves
• How Rice Hidden by a Woman Fleeing Slavery in the 1700S Could Help Her Descendants
• Bullfighting Returns to Its Largest Arena. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On
• 36 Hours on Grenada
• If It Isn’t Perfect, Is It Still K-Pop?
• Gin and Jellyfish? You Might Be at a Bar in Singapore
• A Stunningly Well-Preserved 600-Year-Old Gauntlet Is Found in Switzerland
• French Lawmakers Vote to Enshrine Abortion Rights in Constitution