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Brazil: Descendants of Africans Who Escaped Slavery Gain Census Recognition Shanghai’s ‘Voguing’ Dancers Step Lightly to Avoid Official Gaze – In Pictures ‘Like a Blowtorch’: Mediterranean on Fire as Blazes Spread Across Nine Countries ‘Montmartre Was Dead’: How Paris District Has Been Revived by Music Emperor Nero’s Lost Theatre Found Under Site of Hotel in Rome ‘Love Is the Answer’: The Kurdish Refugees Finding Art and Healing in a Country that Imprisoned Them ‘There’s No Other Option But to Fight’: Iranian Women Defiant as ‘Morality Police’ Return Japan’s Population Drops by Nearly 800,000 with Falls in Every Prefecture for the First Time Final Straw? Choc-Mint Drink Becomes Symbol of Political Betrayal in Thailand 2,000-Year-Old Curry: Scientists Discover Evidence of Ancient Recipe in South-East Asia A Time Capsule of Human Creativity, Stored in the Sky A Story of Arab Loss Comes to Life at a Kibbutz in Israel

July 20, 2023

• Brazilian Constitution Translated into Indigenous Language for First Time
• Latest Studio Ghibli Mystery Film Release Ends Months of Guesswork for Japanese Fans
• ‘A Bright Life Ahead’: Botswana on Path to Seeing No Babies Born With HIV
• Pride and scorn as Bulgaria unveils EU’s highest flagpole
• ‘Music Lets Us Be the Real Versions of Ourselves’: Indonesian Muslim Metalheads Voice of Baceprot
• In Pictures: In the Islands of Indonesia, the Tradition of Sasi Laut Reaps the Rewards of Sustainability
• After the Floods, the Future Looks Bright: Truck Art in Pakistan – A Photo Essay
• Rebellious Robes and Stitches from the Civil War: The Radical Story of Palestinian Embroidery
• On the Map, Nothing. On the Ground, a Hidden Maya City
• Why Every Women’s World Cup City Has Two Names
• What Do You Call a German Siesta? An Answer to the Europe Heat, Some Say.
• Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
• ‘Sport is for All’: Ignored by Fifa, the Afghan Women’s Team Play on in Australia

July 13, 2023

• ‘Joy and Resistance’: South America’s Female Football Fans on Their Love of the Game – in pictures
• Giant Sloth Pendants Indicate Humans Settled Americas Earlier than Thought
• Philippines allows Barbie film but wants ‘childlike’ map lines blurred
• How Hip-Hop Fuelled Egypt’s Rebellion
• ‘We Sing for Our Freedom’: Estonians Still Find Strength in Choirs During Difficult Times
• Tour de France: Two Views on a Famous Race – archive, 1953
• Acropolis Now: Crisis as Soaring Visitor Numbers Overwhelm Greek Treasure
• Ancient Windcatchers in Iran Give Architects Cooling Inspiration
• The Elegant Minimalism of Michael Kenna’s Japanese Landscapes – In Pictures
• ‘Bread Is Much Easier’: How Japan Fell Out of Love with Rice
• ‘I’m Not Winning Unless All of Us Are Winning’: The Kenyan DJ Programme Promoting Community and Inclusivity
• Three Sisters and 120 Sweet Potatoes: Mexican Farmers Embrace Maya Traditions
• ‘It Speaks to Life Today’: Controversial Play Revived in Israel After 50 Years
• The Balkans’ Alternative Postal System: An Ad-Hoc Courier’s Tale
• Artifacts Stolen From Kenya Decades Ago Are Returned
• In Guatemala, A Collective of Young Artists Finds Family Through Film
• Why China's Young People Are Not Getting Married
• A Peek Inside Canada’s Most Complex Heritage Restoration Job
• A French Festival Focuses (Timidly) on English
• On the Front Line of a War Over Bullfighting Traditions

July 6, 2023

• Women Behind the Lens: ‘This Is What It Is to Be A Football Fan… Three Generations of Women’
• World’s Oldest National Newspaper Prints Final Edition After 320 Years
• Richard II in a Hot Tub, Much Ado Done Anew: Canada’s Stratford Festival Puts Shocks Into Shakespeare
• ‘We Didn’t Want to Sound Close to Anything Like Sting’: The Exhilarating Freedom of the Czech Shoegaze Scene
• Twentieth-century Egypt in Film Posters – In Pictures
• ‘Our Government Sees it as Cute But Unimportant’: The Musicians Keeping France’s Occitan Language Alive
• Eye Catching! Arles Festival of Photography – In Pictures
• Netherlands To Return Treasures Looted from Indonesia and Sri Lanka in Colonial Era
• ‘A Dying Art’: India’s Female Seaweed Divers Look to a Brighter Future for Their Girls
• The Female Sumo Wrestlers Fighting for Recognition – A Photo Essay
• Dodging Imaginary Bullets in Benghazi: Edgar Martins’ Best Photograph
• The Big Picture: A Celebration of Life in the Peruvian Rainforest
• ‘I Didn’t Want to Give Up My Culture’: Vegan Chefs Reimagine Filipino Dishes
• Istanbul’s Bellydancers and DJs Fight for Survival as Turkey’s Night-time Economy Takes A Hit
• Tuvalu – How Do You Save a Disappearing Country?
• Bison Return to Native American Lands, Revitalizing Sacred Rituals
• Japan’s Native Ainu Fight to Restore a Last Vestige of Their Identity
• Eton College Wrestles With Change in a More Modern Britain