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Shelling out: Japan crab fetches record $46,000 at auction 07 Nov 2019 - 09:36 am
This picture shows a snow crab, sold for a record of 46,000 USD at an auction, in Tottori city on November 7, 2019. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / STR
Researchers find ancient bird in dinosaur-era amber 03 Nov 2019 - 10:29 am
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Intimate Freud letter up for sale reveals his softer side 01 Nov 2019 - 10:56 pm
Sigmund Freud, in 1922. (Wikimedia Commons)
Kids of US immigrants move up just like those 100 years before 31 Oct 2019 - 11:26 pm
Immigrants look on before being sworn in as American citizens during a naturalization ceremony on the flight deck of the USS Hornet on July 3, 2018 in Alameda, California. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP
Trick or treat: Is your doorstep fair game for zombies at Halloween? 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
 Children wait at a doorway as they go
It's a man's world, says street artist (reluctantly) dubbed female Banksy 30 Oct 2019 - 11:34 pm
A portrait of British singer Amy Winehouse made by the anonymous female street artist 'Bambi' is depicted in her studio in London, UK on 30 October 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Adela Suliman
Humanity's homeland found in ancient Botswana 29 Oct 2019 - 08:09 am
Vanessa Hayes speaks with Headman ?kun ?kunta, from an extended Ju/'hoansi family, who provided genome data for a study identifying the ancestral homeland in southern Africa of all living members of our species, in Namibia, February 6, 2019. Chris Bennett
UK train firm searches for missing rare violin 28 Oct 2019 - 03:57 pm
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Dusty air, milky water: South African photographer captures coal-mining pollution 25 Oct 2019 - 11:31 pm
Entrance to a community mine in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, in South Africa, June 17, 2018. Photo courtesy of © Daylin Paul
Louvre blockbuster spotlights Leonardo da Vinci 500 years on 24 Oct 2019 - 11:11 am
An infrared reflectography of the painting
Orange is the new grey for Bangladesh beards 24 Oct 2019 - 08:53 am
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 24, 2019 shows men with henna-dyed beards in Dhaka on December 24, 2018. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Video stars: Russian child bloggers score millions of 'likes' 23 Oct 2019 - 10:30 pm
Russian child blogger Liza Anokhina (L), 12, participates in a shoot for her blog in a Moscow park on September 13, 2019. AFP / Alexander Nemenov
'Clarity brigade' to help Dutch civil servants speak plainly 23 Oct 2019 - 09:05 pm
An image from UK comedy 'Yes Minister' which satirises cluttered government lingo
Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death 22 Oct 2019 - 09:33 am
The painting
Thai king’s royal consort is stripped of her title 21 Oct 2019 - 08:16 pm
In this file undated handout from Thailand's Royal Office received on August 26, 2019, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn poses with royal noble consort Sineenat Bilaskalayani, also known as Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi. AFP
Artist sues over Missouri's 'Indian-made' law 21 Oct 2019 - 05:24 pm
Peggy Fontenot (Photo courtesy: pacificlegal.org)
In birthplace of the US revolution, a climate rebellion takes root 20 Oct 2019 - 09:09 pm
Extinction Rebellion members and those from immigrant, housing rights groups, participate in a four-minute long die-in upon arriving in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the end of the Honk! Festival march, October 13, 2019. Thomson Reuters F
Ssssh: As cities surge, some seek a new aim - peace and quiet 20 Oct 2019 - 09:09 pm
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