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A fragment of the organic glass that was found inside the skull of the deceased individual, who was killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy, is pictured in this handout image released on February 27, 2025. — Reuters It...

A part of a rare giant frieze that has just been uncovered in the ancient city of Pompeii is seen in this handout picture released on February 26, 2025. — Reuters Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious...

A person carries a box while entering the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic. — AFP/File COPENHAGEN: A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island has received more than 14,000 new samples on...

Logo and grids of French lottery group Francaise des Jeux are pictured in this illustration picture in Bordeaux, France, November 6, 2019. — Reuters A man in France whose stolen credit card was used to buy a winning lottery ticket has made an unexpected offer: he wants to split the...

Physiotherapist Igor Simoes Andrade and young people with disabilities swim with pink dolphins on the Rio Negro river in Iranduba, Amazonas state, Brazil, on February 20, 2025. — AFP IRANDUBA, BRAZIL: Floating in the Rio Negro river in the Brazilian Amazon, Luiz Felipe,...

The image shows the universe. — Nasa/ESA/File The largest-scale structure in the known universe, which is a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters that spans across roughly 1.3 billion light-years and contains a mind-boggling 200 quadrillion solar masses, may have...

Ukraine's Stanislava Pinchuk painting at the villa. —AFP/File The former home of Albania’s repressive dictator, Enver Hoxha, is now a vibrant creative space for young artists worldwide, marking the country’s latest step to break free from its authoritarian past, AFP...

The mummy of King Thutmose II is transported in a convoy from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, in Cairo. — AFP/File CAIRO: In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, a joint Egyptian-British team has uncovered the...

Village chief Carlito Cernal pours a plastic container filled with water and mosquito larvaes handed over by residents into a strainer for counting at the start of "peso for a mosquito" programme to eradicate dengue in Manila on February 19, 2025. — AFP Residents in a...

A drone view shows workers looking towards a large sinkhole in Godstone, southern Britain, February 19, 2025. — Reuters A large sinkhole has appeared in a southern English village, swallowing up at least one garden and forcing authorities to evacuate residents from around 30...

A representational image of a paraglider. — Reuters/File An Indian student found an innovative solution to hours-long traffic jams as he paraglided to his examination centre to avoid being late in Maharashtra's Satara district. A video of Samarth Mahangade, a student...

Brazilian couple Manoel Angelim Dino and Maria de Sousa Dino poses for a photo. — Guinness World Record/File A Brazilian couple, Manoel Angelim Dino and Maria de Sousa Dino, now 105 and 101 respectively, have been married for an incredible 84 years and 77...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in southern Chile, before spitting him out unharmed, an amazing escape that was all captured on video. Adrian Simancas was paddling off the Patagonian city of Punta Arenas on Saturday when the giant baleen surged out of the water...

The image shows an illustration with English letters A and I written and robotic hand is shown. — Reuters/File MILAN: Italian authorities have successfully frozen nearly €1 million after a prominent businessman fell victim to a sophisticated scam involving artificial...

A green sea turtle returns to the sea after laying eggs on the beach in Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba, June 28, 2022. — Reuters PARIS: Dancing turtles have proved for the first time that some animals use Earth’s magnetic field to create a personal map of their favourite...

Garip, a stray dog, who has been taken care by the shopkeepers at a local market, is pictured in Istanbul, Turkey, July 23, 2024. — Reuters Struggling to get your dog to fetch your slippers? Scientists who strapped eye-tracking helmets to a bunch of dogs have found the perfect...

The 6 feet and 0.8 inches tall water buffalo named King Kong. — Guinness World Records/File A three-year-old water buffalo has been named the tallest among his kind in the world, with a height of 6 feet and 0.8 inches from hoof to withers. Named King...

A man waits for customers at a dimmed footwear shop during a nationwide power outage in Galle on February 9, 2025. — AFP COLOMBO: An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials...

Classical US violinist Stefan Jackiw plays the Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin during a preview of the violin's auction at Sotheby's in New York City on February 3, 2025. — AFP NEW YORK: A rare Stradivarius violin crafted over 300 years ago by Antonio Stradivari during his...

The Sarandi stream, which flows into the Rio de la Plata river, is seen dyed red for unknown reasons, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 6, 2025. — Reuters A canal in the greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned an intense red on Thursday, alarming residents who suspected toxic...

A Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai pursuit diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with nautilus-like ammonites and marine reptiles called plesiosaurs nearby, about 69 million years ago, is seen in this illustration image released on February...

Australian state lawmaker Aussie Trump , formerly known as Ben Dawkins, and US President Donald Trump. — Facebook/ @Ben Dawkins MLC/ AFP/ File SYDNEY: An Australian state lawmaker has legally changed his name to 'Aussie Trump', in what he said was a protest against the...

The seal found by a woman in her room at a Dutch hotel on February 5, 2025. — Facebook/Stichting Dierenwelzijn Zeeland THE HAGUE: A guest at a seaside Dutch hotel got more than she bargained for when she opened her room to find a large grey seal kipping on the...

Director of the Andreas Pittas Art Characterisation Laboratories of the Cyprus Institute Nikolaos Bakirtzis stands next to the Ecce Homo painting, produced by Titian, at the Limassol Municipal Arts Center in Limassol, Cyprus, on January 30, 2025. — Reuters LIMASSOL, Cyprus:...

A ginger tabby cat looks on in this undated photograph. — AFP/File LONDON: Scotland is not planning to ban cats, the leader of the devolved government insisted Monday, after welfare experts gave ministers pause for thought in a new report. The Scottish Animal Welfare...

Peter Macann pictured with one of his bulldogs. — Facebook/Peter Macann A locksmith turned to social media for help after his dogs locked him out of his work van, with his tools trapped inside the vehicle. Peter Macann was on his way to help a customer in January...

This 2021 photo shows a view of Mount Taranaki on New Zealand's North Island. — Xinhua The government of New Zealand has legally recognised a mountain as a person and has given it all the rights and responsibilities of a human. Taranaki Maunga's status as a human...