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Rijksmuseum puts the spotlight on Roman poet's epic

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Friday opens the biggest exhibition ever devoted to art inspired by "Metamorphoses", Roman poet Ovid's most famous work, featuring contributions from artists as varied as Caravaggio,...

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How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff

A giant boulder, made of limestone and mistaken for a hill, in Tongatapu, the largest island of Tonga in the South Pacific. (Martin Köhler/The University of Queensland via The New York Times)

A Model of Sustainable and Innovative Organic Farming in Oman

A Model of Sustainable and Innovative Organic Farming in Oman

In Tunisia's arid south, camel milk offers hope for economic gain

A man milks a camel at the Chenchou experimental station in the El Hamma region that serves as a training site for herders to learn mechanised milking.

Kenya NGO saves turtles from nets, plastic and rising tides

LOC began life in 1997 as a group of volunteers who hated seeing the creatures being eaten or dying in nets.

Albania town where everything's coming up roses

Ariana Nikolla poses in a public rose garden in Permet, some 250km Southwest of the capital Tirana, on May 28, 2025. In Permet, deep in the spectacular Vjosa Valley of southern Albania, roses rule supreme, whether used to make perfumes, flavoured water or the Turkish delight sought out by thousands of sweet-toothed tourists. (Photo by Adnan Beci / AFP)

Moroccan women embroider 'art with purpose'

French Morocco artist Margaux Derhy (R) holds an art work during an embroidery workshop in Sidi Rbat, some 70 kilometres (45 miles) south of Agadir, on May 14, 2025. Derhy founded the workshop in 2022 in her father's native village of Sidi R'bat, to fulfil her "dream to make art with purpose". The project uses textile and old photographs to explore her family heritage before they left the country in the 1960s, turning sepia-toned portraits and scenes into large silk-and-linen canvases. Just 19 percent of Moroccan women hold steady jobs, according to official figures, and in rural areas they are particularly affected by poverty, unpaid labour and a lack of opportunity. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)

How the Oman Perfume Show Is the Ultimate Industry Incubator

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'Moving forward': Gen-Z farmer growing Fukushima kiwis

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Banksy reveals lighthouse image in undisclosed location

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How Two Brothers in Rustaq Are Preserving Oman’s Traditional Woodworking

How Two Brothers in Rustaq Are Preserving Oman’s Traditional Woodworking

Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey

Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey

Tools made of whale bones reveal inventiveness of prehistoric people

Tools made of whale bones reveal inventiveness of prehistoric people

How to manage blood sugar with exercise

Movement can be a powerful medicine for people with diabetes and other forms of insulin resistance. But intensity and timing can make a difference.

Why are these crabs glowing and why Oman's nature continues to mesmerise

Why are these crabs glowing and why Oman's nature continues to mesmerise

Raising Predatory Animals in Oman: A Hidden World of Passion and Responsibility

Raising Predatory Animals in Oman: A Hidden World of Passion and Responsibility
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