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UN votes to correct world map that visually shrank Africa for 450 years

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Nazi-looted art to return to Jewish heirs

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Killing the Himalayas slowly: Human urine is melting a glacier on Mount Everest

Dozens of residents in an impoverished Miami neighborhood are staying fed thanks to the efforts of a woman whose generous acts have sparked widespread giving. Since August, Sherina Jones has been feeding the hungry through free community refrigerators.

Miami community fridge sparks widespread giving

South Korea is a world capital of plastic surgery even during non-pandemic times. The industry is estimated to be worth about 11 trillion won ($10.03 billion) in 2020, according to Gangnam Unni, the country's largest online cosmetic surgery platform. Cosmetic surgeons say patients are interested in all parts of the face: those that can be easily hidden under masks, such as nose and lips, or those that face coverings don't conceal, which some consider the criteria of beauty in the coronavirus era.

Get your face done while pandemic lasts: Vaccine progress pushes South Korea in rush for cosmetic surgery

Tokyo's largest fish market, Toyosu, rang in the new year with its first tuna auction of 2021 on Tuesday (January 5) under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Toyosu staff, the price of the highest-selling tuna went at 20.8 million yen ($202,065) for a blue fin tuna. That was around only 10% of the highest selling tuna price of 2020, in which a blue fin tuna was sold at 193 million yen ($1.87 million), the second highest price in history.

Tokyo new year tuna auction sees highest price selling for only 10% of 2020

South Korea aims to cut some 30% of carbon emissions from railway travel by replacing all diesel passenger locomotives with a new bullet train by 2029, President Moon Jae-in said on Monday (January 4) at a station in the eastern city of Wonju.

South Korea to cut railway CO2 emissions by replacing diesel trains by 2029

Iran on Tuesday began a massive military drone exercise in the north of the country, state media reported. Combat, surveillance, and suicide drones were involved in the two-day operation.

Iran launches vast military drone drill

Palestinian Layan al-Dweik, 12, started taking horseback riding sessions to improve her posture after a spinal tumour left her paralysed from the waist down. But the riding sessions have done more than that. They have helped her gain some sensation in her limbs, according to instructor Hani al-Natsheh and her father.

Palestinian turns to therapeutic horseback riding in search of rehabilitation

COVID vaccinations at elderly care homes in France continued their roll-out on Monday (January 4) as the government looked to accelerate progress in vaccinating medical staff in hospitals, its health minister said.

France gives care home staff COVID shots as it plays catch-up with neighbours

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Prague, Czech Republic on Sunday with empty beer glasses to rally against the closing of pubs and restaurants in the country.

Czechs wave empty beer mugs in lockdown protest

Pakistan stands at the nexus of the illegal falcon trade, in which the birds of prey - including some endangered species - are trapped and trafficked for wealthy Gulf Arabs, for whom falconry is a treasured tradition.

Poachers' paradise: Gulf hunts fuel falcon trafficking surge in Pakistan

A "mermaid" was seen lounging in trash as volunteers efforts to rid rubbish and plastic invasion on famous Indonesian beach on Monday (January 4).

"Mermaid" spotted lounging in trash at iconic Indonesian beach

Dressed in South Korea's traditional costume 'Hanbok', two divers at a Seoul aquarium made New Year bows to visitors from underwater on Sunday (January 3).

Divers in 'Hanbok' send underwater New Year greeting from Seoul aquarium

Dozens of Russian families enjoyed winter weather in Kazan on Sunday while competing at a snowman festival. More than 25 snowmen, which were built and decorated by parents and their children, will stay at Uritsky city park until mid-January.

Russians enjoy winter weather at snowman festival

When lawyer Shadrack Wambui was growing up in one of Nairobi's slums, he vented his frustration at abusive police through boxing, cultivating discipline that helped him avoid confrontations that could have derailed his studies. Now the 29-year-old is turning to the sport again to help young people in poor Nairobi neighbourhoods, combining his passion for the sport with informal lessons on the law and legal clinics to resolve marital disputes.

Kenyan lawyer brings boxing and justice to the slums

Mexico's Zacango Ecological Park is celebrating the birth and good health of a Nile Hippopotamus baby who is growing up under the watchful eye of his mother.

Rare baby hippo delights Mexican zoo

Peruvian shamans met at San Martin plaza in downtown Lima to perform a mystical ceremony on Tuesday (December 29), where they predicted the end to the coronavirus pandemic in the new year.

'The pandemic will disappear!' - Peru shamans reveal 2021 predictions

Helping homeless Bolivians during the holidays has become a tradition for one La Paz church, but this year, the coronavirus pandemic has forced volunteers to curtail their support.

Christmas spirit for homeless Bolivians, despite pandemic restrictions

A dozen of worshippers gathered on Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana Beach on Tuesday (December 29) to pay tribute to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian queen of the sea.

Faithful pay tribute to Brazil’s sea goddess, Yemanja

As the coronavirus pandemic pummels Britain's arts industry, one theatre group has brought their traditional Christmas pantomime into the open by touring car parks across the U.K.

UK theatre group puts on panto in a carpark amid pandemic

Maria Asuncion Ojeda, 87, a resident at Madrid's Ballesol Parque Almansa nursing home was delighted on Monday (December 28) to be one of the first people in Spain to have received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Sunday (December 27) when the country kicked off its coronavirus vaccination campaign.

Joy in Spanish nursing home after residents get COVID-19 jab

About a dozen people lined up to shred the things they wanted to forget about 2020, including but not limited to the deadly global pandemic that swept the world, at the annual "Good Riddance" event held in New York City's Times Square on Monday (December 28).

'Good riddance' - New York ceremoniously knocks out '2020'

The crystalline silence of snow was felt in Milan as snow hit overnight and in the early hours of the morning, leaving a white layer covering the financial hub and bringing a Christmassy feel to the iconic Duomo square by the cathedral.

Heavy snowfall blankets the city of Milan

A restaurant in the Colombian capital Bogota is offering a juicy 24K-gold topped hamburger for a whopping $211,000 pesos or $60 USD. The price of a regular Big Mac in Bogota is $17,725 COP ($5.04 USD).

MacGold or 24K Whopper? Bogota restaurant offers golden burger

A cholita hairdresser livens the long hours of waiting for her clients at a hair salon in El Alto, Bolivia with up with traditional indigenous dances.

Singing and dancing cholita hairdresser livens up salon experience

Dances and songs with Father Frost are an essential part of New Year celebrations for Russian children, and this year most regional authorities have not cancelled the festivities, although some restrictions have been put in place.

Russia holds NY matinees for children despite pandemic

Sydney, one of the world's first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House, banned large gatherings that night amid an outbreak of the coronavirus, officials said on on Monday (December 28).

Sydney told to watch its famous New Year's Eve fireworks from home

Visitors to an aquarium in Thailand on Thursday (December 24) received a Christmas surprise when Santa Claus descended into the water, carrying a sack full of food and surrounded by shoals of fish.

Diving Santa spreads Christmas joy at Bangkok aquarium

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