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How Ramadan Sounds in Oman

Ramadhan is not painted as a solid sight, but it has its own sound. Long before the crescent moon is sighted, peace begins to soften daily life almost imperceptibly. Mornings grow quieter, afternoons slow gently, and...

This Elephant Uses a Hose to Give Herself a Shower Every Day

Mary, an Asian elephant at the Berlin Zoo who has learned to use a hose to shower herself. (Urban et al., Current Biology 2024 via The New York Times).

‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace, food

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Dinosaur skeleton fetches 6 million euros in Paris sale

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Resilient but threatened, Kenya celebrates Maa culture

Morans (traditional warriors) of the Samburu community perform a cultural dance that entails high vertical leaps during the Maa festival that brought members of Maasai tribes from across Kenya to the Samburu national reserve in Archer's Post, near Samburu, on November 7, 2024. The Maa Festival celebrates one of the best-known parts of Kenya's culture, which has been remarkably resilient even as it is strained by modernisation and climate change. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

Brazilian Fossil Hints at Older Origin for All Dinosaurs

An undated illustration provided by Matheus Fernandes Gadelha shows Gondwanax paraisensis in a Triassic landscape of present-day southern Brazil. (Matheus Fernandes Gadelha via The New York Times)

Bait Al Oud is a significant historical and cultural landmark in Al Amerat

Bait Al Oud is a significant historical and cultural landmark in Al Amerat

Fading literature: Delhi's famed Urdu Bazaar on last legs

This photograph taken on October 22, 2024 shows Sikander Mirza Changezi, the co-founder of Hazrat Shah Waliullah public library, speaking during an interview with AFP, at his library in Urdu Bazar in the old quarters of Delhi. Urdu, spoken by many millions today, has a rich past that reflects how cultures melded to forge India's complex history. - To go with 'India-Language-History-Urdu', FOCUS by Aishwarya KUMAR and Abhaya SRIVASTAVA (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) / To go with 'India-Language-History-Urdu', FOCUS by Aishwarya KUMAR and Abhaya SRIVASTAVA

4,000-year-old town discovered hidden in Arabian oasis

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Lost Mayan city discovered in southern Mexico jungle

A composite of Lidar images shows what archeologists in Mexico say is a newly discovered lost Mayan city, which they named Valeriana, hidden deep in the southern jungle of Campeche, Mexico, in this undated handout released October 29, 2024. Auld-Thomas et al, 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

Modern art museum breathes new life into downtown Warsaw

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Teeth Reveal Full Range of Deadly Lions’ Diet

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Omani and regional artists invited to showcase at Al Ghorrah

Artists interested in participating must submit their entries by Nov 5

Fungi finding: mushroom hunters seek new species and recognition

Participants Chris Medary (L) and Oscar Hammer carefully handle an Amanita mushroom they found during a fungi biodiversity survey near Port Angeles, Washington, on October 17, 2024. Amateur mycologists and mushroom experts alike are stepping up efforts to identify and name the approximately 94 percent of fungi that have yet to be identified out the 2.5 million species of fungi that are thought to exist on earth. So far less than six percent of mushrooms have been classified. The recognition of the importance of fungi in the earth痴 health and ecology has grown, so much so that the role of mushrooms is set to come up for discussion at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP16 meeting in Colombia, which kicks off on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

A Leggy Tyrannosaur Emerges From a Mexican Desert

An artist’s concept of Labocania aguillonae, a long-legged Mexican tyrannosaur, confronting a Coahuilaceratops. (Rivera-Sylva and Longrich, Fossil Studies 2024 via The New York Times)

Restored 'Apollo Belvedere' marble back on show in the Vatican

A view of the 'Apollo Belvedere' statue after it was unveiled after restoration at the Vatican Museums at the Vatican, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
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