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Japan's samurai spirit still burns in cooler conditions

Japan’s thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now, it is adapting to a new challenge: climate change.The Soma Nomaoi, held around Minamisoma in Fukushima...

Records suggest that Soma Nomaoi has been held uninterrupted for at least the last 400 years. — AFP

Japan's hand-forged knives a slice of samurai metallurgy

This photo taken on November 15, 2023 shows knife maker Yoshihiro Yauji placing a "santoku", a multipurpose knife, under a spring hammer at the Takefu Knife Village in the town of Echizen, Fukui prefecture. Blacksmith Yoshihiro Yauji pulls a piece of glowing metal from the forge in a Japanese village, continuing a tradition dating back centuries to when the region was renowned for crafting swords carried by samurai. - TO GO WITH Japan-culture-knives,FOCUS by Saad SAYEED

Queen Elizabeth II was concerned about dying in Scotland: daughter

(FILES) Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal looks at the flowers placed outside Balmoral Castle in Ballater, on September 10, 2022, two days after Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth II was persuaded to step back from making decisions about her own funeral after mentioning that it would be "more difficult" if she died in Scotland, her daughter told a forthcoming documentary. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)

Nizwa Market, the rich tapestry of Oman's oldest bazaar

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UK's iconic King's College Chapel gets controversial solar makeover

Worshippers pray in the Pauline Chapel, below the Salus populi romani Byzantine icon, inside the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the four papal basilicas in Rome, on December 19, 2023. Pope Francis has chosen to be buried not in St Peter's Basilica alongside his immediate predecessors but in a basilica in Rome, he revealed in an interview broadcast on December 13, 2023. "The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore," the pontiff, who turns 87 this weekend, told Mexican broadcaster Televisa's N streaming service. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)

Once the enemy, majestic condor wins hearts of Colombian farmers

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CULTURAL COEVOLUTION

A male greater honeyguide is seen in Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique. In parts of Africa, expert honey-hunters call out to a species of bird known as the greater honeyguide, which leads them to wild bee nests -- a mutually beneficial practice. - AFP

You’ll Pay More to See the Mona Lisa: The Louvre Is Raising Its Admission Price

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Warmest Arctic summer caused by accelerating climate change

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Swiss village set to vote to keep cowbells ringing

Swiss village set to vote to keep cowbells ringing

Archaeologists discover 'prison bakery' in ancient Pompeii

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Al Batinah women share artistic brilliance in the Rihaan exhibition

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Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them

A tank filled with less saline water than the water's edge.

Exclusive: Inside the Oman Botanic Garden's nursery

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US returns $1 mn in stolen antiquities to Nepal

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What it takes to become Oman’s first frankincense sommelier

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