You would have thought that a country with a police force that’s forever in the news for killing or maiming innocent people might want to keep a low profile as far as new...
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Burma, or Myanmar, is a country which has been closed off to the world at large for decades. The military junta and corrupt regime finally ended in 2012; the people are still crushingly poor...
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Gianluca Pardelli is an Italian born photographer who spent the last couple of years photographing marketplaces in areas rarely visited by Westerners. He moved through regions which, a few decades earlier, were under Soviet...
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After World War II, many monuments were designed and built across former Yugoslavia. They were built to commemorate battles, heroes, and massacres. The design of the monuments (often by renowned designers and architects), and their...
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Global warming: virtually everyone accepts it is happening and that it will inevitably result in dire consequences for humanity and other life on this planet. Most people accept the overwhelming weight of evidence...
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David Hlynsky was born on the shores of the Great Lakes in the US of A, but has his genetic roots nestled in Poland. As he got older, he realised that the depressing anti-Soviet US propaganda couldn’t all...
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“Monument aux Martyrs” by prise par un touriste inconu – algerie. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons. As part of my long term project to write a short article on a...
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EDL, BNP, UKIP, all worryingly familiar names in British politics nowadays. Due to economic changes and social issues at home and abroad the far right in Britain and Europe at large is having...
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Last year the UN released a sweeping and damning report on North Korea’s awful human rights performance. The document was heavy in word count and detail. Painstakingly researched using North Korean visitors and defectors...
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Here’s your sixth installment of the Global Selfie Project where we stare at people from around the world. My premise is simple, I wanted to collect a selfie taken in every country, I’ve almost managed it… I’ve...
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