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Spring Journey: A Cultural Path Through Muscat’s Living Heritage

Where salt-laden air from the Gulf slips through stone corridors and the old forts still hold the warmth of centuries in their walls, “Spring Journey” unfolded as a four-day cultural experience that reimagined the...

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Annual date harvest season, Al Tabseel, showcases centuries-old techniques

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The Photographer Capturing Musandam’s Hidden Beauty

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Who makes laundry smell nice? Meet the professional ‘noses’

Washing machines for testing perfume oil formulas are pictured at a test facility of the Symrise company in Holzminden, central Germany, on July 8, 2025. Smell, a powerful sense that triggers emotions and memories, often decides which food, cleaning or personal hygiene product ends up in the shopping cart. At Symrise's headquarters in Holzminden, each day at the company's in-house perfumery school begins the same way: sniffing out scents from dozens of tiny bottles while blindfolded.

SAVING THE REEFS

Marine biologist Teina Rongo from the environmental group Korero O Te Orau holding crown-of-thorns starfish collected from a reef off Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. — AFP

Why Khor Haffah Is the Ultimate Eco-Getaway

Why Khor Haffah Is the Ultimate Eco-Getaway

Eftalquot: A Hidden Coastal Gem for Trekkers, Stargazers, and Nature Lovers

Eftalquot: A Hidden Coastal Gem for Trekkers, Stargazers, and Nature Lovers

Italy receives back ancient mosaic stolen during WWII

Italy receives back ancient mosaic stolen during WWII

Beyond the Bottle: Rethinking Water Without Plastic

Beyond the Bottle: Rethinking Water Without Plastic

Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlife

Greece to create new marine reserves to protect underwater wildlife

Roll over Beethoven: Remote highway plays Ode to Joy

Roll over Beethoven: Remote highway plays Ode to Joy

Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

Europe's oldest lake settlement uncovered in Albania

Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's

Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's

Aloha, Bavaria! Munich surfers riding wild river wave again

Aloha, Bavaria! Munich surfers riding wild river wave again

Sweden’s Secret to Well-Being? tiny urban gardens.

Helén Karlsson Eklundh and Thomas Eklundh have tended their koloniträdgårdar in Stockholm for 20 years. (Sofia Runarsdotter/The New York Times)

Frames of tradition at Nizwa Goat Market

Parade of animals at the Nizwa souq
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