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Stargazing keeps tourism looking up 12 Mar 2017 - 10:57 am
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French dance star Hilaire fuses tradition, reform as head of Russian troupe 12 Mar 2017 - 09:14 am
French dancer Laurent Hilaire, the new artistic director of Moscow's Stanislavsky Music Theatre ballet troupe, speaks with a ballerina ahead of the theatre's performance of Giselle in Moscow on February 23, 2017. AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination 12 Mar 2017 - 08:58 am
The full moon is seen over Washington, DC, on March 11, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Water-saving technology, vegetable gardens grow hope in Myanmar’s Dry Zone 11 Mar 2017 - 08:47 pm
Residual water from the hydroponic garden at the home of Maung Maung, 46, is collected at the bottom and recycled again. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Thin Lei Win
Disaster response goes digital; but not for all 11 Mar 2017 - 08:40 pm
Residents use the internet via free wifi and charge their mobile phone batteries along a sidewalk in Pedernales, after an earthquake struck off Ecuador's Pacific coast, April 23, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Saudi women hope green light to hit the gym will improve lives 11 Mar 2017 - 08:22 pm
Susan Turner, chief executive of NuYu Fitness centres in Saudi Arabia, at one of the company's Riyadh gyms that cater for women only. Riyadh, March 9, 2017. Belinda Goldsmith / Thomson Reuters Foundation
Conflicts of interest keep Mongolian child jockeys in the saddle 11 Mar 2017 - 07:34 pm
This picture taken on March 5, 2017 shows a Mongolian child jockey (C) preparing to compete in the
Meet Cuba's top detective writer, incognito at home 11 Mar 2017 - 07:07 pm
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura stands on a street of the Mantilla neighbourhood, Havana on February 7, 2017. AFP / Adalberto Roque
Still checking work email on vacation? This employer says 'Stop' 11 Mar 2017 - 05:18 pm
Tiffani Alexander, editor in chief of the ACC Docket, in the conference room adorned with travel photos. Alexander is planning a month long sabbatical to visit Greece and work on her novel. (Photo by Pete Marovich For The Washington Post)
Small kids derail dad's BBC live interview 11 Mar 2017 - 03:26 pm
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Your brain may be ready for action, even at rest 11 Mar 2017 - 12:21 pm
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World's first museum of polar lands opens in France 11 Mar 2017 - 11:14 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 23, 2017 shows a child run past a mock whale tail during a visit at the Paul-Emile Victor museum on February 23, 2017 in the French eastern village of Premanon. AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON
Patients take flight as medical tourism booms 11 Mar 2017 - 10:58 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 08, 2017 shows information material for plastic surgery displayed at a section for medical tourism at the International Tourism Trade Fair (ITB) on March 8, 2017. AFP / STEFFI LOOS
Aleppo car lover aims to revive his 'wounded' classics 11 Mar 2017 - 10:32 am
A picture taken on March 9, 2017, shows 70-year-old Mohammad Mohiedine Anis opening the trunk of his 1949 Hudson Commodor outside his home in Aleppo's formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighbourhood. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Scientists grow potato under Mars-like conditions in Peru 11 Mar 2017 - 09:49 am
The Mars-simulating potato-growing environment at the International Potato Center in Peru. Credit: CIP
Sometimes, it's okay to 'dirty up' your clean eating 10 Mar 2017 - 08:09 pm
'Dirty' Cauliflower. (Photo by Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post)
One-off supercars: When rare just isn’t exclusive enough 10 Mar 2017 - 06:57 pm
A 800 horsepower SCG 0003S racecar is seen during the 87th International Motor Show at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, March 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)
Porsche considers electric SUV amid VW’s zero-emission drive 09 Mar 2017 - 11:59 pm
Porsche Panamera Turbo Spor Turismo is on display during the 87th Geneva International Motor Show at Palexpo Exhibition Centre in Geneva, Switzerland on March 07, 2017. The show opens to the public on March 9 to 19. (Fatih Erel - Anadolu Agency)