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Delio Payaguaje, a Shaman from the Siona indigenous community, walks in the protected Amazon rainforest of Cuyabeno, Ecuador. When the fish became scarce, the spirits revealed that ‘envious’ shamans had blocked their passage through the Cuyabeno rivers, but scientists attribute this to the major impact of deforestation, climate change, and pollution from mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon

General view of cherry blossom trees with Mount Fuji in the background at Lake Kawaguchiko, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, April 14, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Japan to introduce online booking for Mount Fuji trail

This photograph shows Gerry Halman, aka Lord Gregarious'
Life / 13 May 2024

Lord of his manor: Dutchman builds huge Roman castle in garden

This aerial photo taken on May 7, 2024 shows a general view of a pepper farm in Cambodia's Kampot province. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Cambodia’s famed Kampot pepper withers in scorching heatwave

Starting from 1st September 2024, ANA will be operating twice daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo, to its Narita and Haneda hubs. — Pictures by SoyaCincau
Life / 13 May 2024

ANA operates twice daily flights from Kuala Lumpur to Tokyo from September 1

Lauren McClain's job begins at her home workshop near Houston, Texas, where she carefully clears away dirt stuck to the more than 60-million-year-old remains using a tiny drill with an air compressor, similar to a dentist's tool. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

US restorationist solves 60-million-year-old dinosaur fossil ‘puzzles’

Wearing a traditional Buddhist robe, South Korean comedian Youn Sung-ho, known as NewJeansNim, get people pumped up for an electronic dance music (EDM) party with the teachings of Buddha, in celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha in Seoul, South Korea, May 12, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Celebrating Buddha’s birthday, a South Korean DJ is in spotlight

Volunteers take care of dogs at an animal shelter in a shopping mall parking lot in Porto Alegre, Brazil on May 11, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Dogs, horses, rabbits: More than 10,000 animals rescued from Brazil floods

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, react as Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (unseen), gives a speech at the State Governor House in Lagos on May 12, 2024 as they visit Nigeria as part of celebrations of Invictus Games anniversary. — AFP pic
Life / 13 May 2024

Prince Harry, Meghan end Nigeria tour with Lagos visit

A tourist explores the Ritacuba Blanco glacier at the Natural National Park Nevado El Cocuy in Boyaca Department, Colombia April 19, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Ritacuba Blanco: Death of a Colombian glacier

This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows James Cook University associate professor and toxicologist Jamie Seymour holding a stonefish, the world’s most venomous fish, in his work shed located in the Queensland city of Cairns.
Life / 12 May 2024

Milking venom from Australia’s deadly marine animals

World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, and his fiancee Jeanne Swerlin, 96, pose for a photo during an interview, April 3, 2024, in Boca Raton. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

US centenarian to marry at Normandy, 80 years after Allied landing

Nepali guide Kami Rita Sherpa who reached the top of Mount Everest on May 23, 2023, for a record 28th time gestures to the crowd upon arriving at the Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu on May 25, 2023. — AFP file pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Nepal’s ‘Everest Man’ claims record 29th summit

Several medical teams around the world including in China and the United States have been trialling similar treatments with good results for hereditary deafness that focuses on a rare genetic mutation. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

UK girl’s hearing restored after groundbreaking gene therapy

Nepal has been praised worldwide for combating poachers and conserving wildlife, allowing it to bring several animal species back from the brink of local extinction. — AFP pic
Life / 12 May 2024

Nepal’s nature threatened by new development push, say conservationists

French authorities have identified a few small problems potentially affecting visitors in the run up to the Olympics. — Picture courtesy of Mystockimages / Getty Images via ETX Studio
Life / 12 May 2024

France braces for petty scam wave during Olympics