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Christmas in Iceland means a 'flood' of books under the tree 10 Dec 2019 - 11:24 pm
Visitors check out the Iceland pavilion featuring giant projections of people reading, on October 12, 2011 at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Iceland was the guest of honour in 2011. AFP / Daniel Roland
Dictionary chooses gender-neutral 'they' as word of 2019 10 Dec 2019 - 11:23 pm
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Paris charity gets share of $1 mln prize for training refugees as museum guides 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
Representative image: People take part in a visit of the Discorde, Fille de la Nuit season exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris on May 5, 2018. AFP  / Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt
Homeless Santa? Banksy reindeer mural goes viral amid rough sleeping crisis 10 Dec 2019 - 08:54 pm
A man lays on a bench next to a new mural by Banksy in Birmingham, Britain, December 9, 2019, in this picture obtained from social media. @banksy/Instagram via Reuters
Chop-your-own Christmas trees: Dutch park makes festive free offer 09 Dec 2019 - 02:54 pm
People with their chosen Christmas tree to take home for free at The Dutch Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo, Netherlands December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
At 50, Sesame Street still going strong -- and big honor awaits 08 Dec 2019 - 03:38 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 04, 2010 Sesame Street Live characters (L-R) Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Zoe and Cookie Monster (front) celebrate the renaming of the corner of 31st Street and Eighth Avenue to
Man eats $120,000 piece of art -- a banana taped to wall 08 Dec 2019 - 10:48 am
David Datuna shows the remains of the artwork 'Comedian' by the artist Maurizio Cattelan at Perrotin stand in Art Basel in Miami Beach, Florida, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Marie Uzcategui
Banana Hanging on a Wall sells for $120,000 at Miami Basel Art Fair 07 Dec 2019 - 10:38 am
People post in front of Maurizio Cattelan's
Paris ballet's foreign legion reaches for the stars 04 Dec 2019 - 07:56 pm
Australian ballet dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet Bianca Scudamore poses during a photo session in Paris on October 16, 2019. AFP / Joel Saget
Four artists join forces to share 2019 Turner Prize 04 Dec 2019 - 12:01 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 26, 2019, an artwork entitled ‘Collective Conscience’ by Colombian artist Oscar Murillo, is pictured during the press view of the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2019, at the Turner Contemporary
'One Team', '#KuToo' buzzwords for 2019 in Japan 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
The word #KuToo, a play on words from the Japanese word
End of an error: full stop for UK apostrophe society 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm
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Dictionary.com chooses 'existential’ as word of the year 02 Dec 2019 - 04:08 pm
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Taiwan's wheelchair athletes find love on the dance floor 30 Nov 2019 - 11:46 am
This photo taken on November 9, 2019 shows wheelchair dancers Ivy Huang (R) and Vincent Kuo (front L) with members of the Taiwan Wheelchair Dance Sport Association training for a performance at the Community Centre in New Taipei City. AFP / Hsu Tsun-hsu
Napoleon's boots walk tall at Paris auction 29 Nov 2019 - 07:56 pm
Boots that might have be worn by French statesman Napoleon during his final exile in Saint-Helena are handled before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, November 28, 2019. Reuters/Christian Hartmann
At Instagram hotspot, LOLs trump likes 26 Nov 2019 - 10:42 pm
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'Pervasive' digital sexual violence against women skyrockets in Singapore 25 Nov 2019 - 07:35 pm
Visitors try devices during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 27, 2017. Reuters / Eric Gaillard
Female comic superhero fights India's sex traffickers, challenges stigma 25 Nov 2019 - 07:35 pm
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