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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace

Our Postcard this week comes to you from just outside the ancient Uzbek city of Bukhara and a palace that has been turned into a museum.

Japan

Fans storm Japanese bookshops as new Murakami goes on sale

Japanese author Haruki Murakami has his fans abuzz with the publication of his first proper novel in four years.

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Postcards from Japan: the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails

On the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region, many walk the ancient Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes

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The Best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the world

From Italy to Indonesia, here’s our special selection of some of the finest arts and cultural shows now.

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France

One hard act to follow - French artist Abraham Poincheval entombed in a rock for a week

You may think it is a cracking story, or the man at the centre of it is just cracked, but it is definitely one hard act to follow.

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Japan: Naked Man Festival

Around 10,000 men, wearing nothing but sumo-style loincloths, gathered at a Japanese temple on Saturday to scramble for sacred sticks called shingi.

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: Bukhara's famous trading domes

In this episode of Postcards we go shopping in the ancient city of Bukhara in Uzbekistan.

Netherlands

Moments after murder: striking image wins photography prize

Photograph of assassin standing by his lifeless victim in art gallery in Turkey wins prize

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The best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the World

Photo Pictures which have been re-staged by film photographers for the stills camera on a film set are on show at an exhibition at the Albertina Museum in…

Sci-Tech

Virtual reality comes to Emperor Nero's Golden Palace in Rome

The Golden Palace in Rome, built by Emperor Nero is getting the virtual reality treatment.

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New chapter: world's first ice library launched in Russia

The first ice library in the world was launched in Baikalsk, Russia.

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Bolivia opens the "Evo Museum"

Bolivia on Thursday opened a $7 million museum dedicated to President Evo Morales and indigenous peoples in Morales’s birthplace of Orinoca high up in the deserts of the Bolivian…

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Trump gets his wall

A tourist attraction in Hamburg, Germany that features miniature models of various parts of the world has put up a wall around the United States, in a dig at President Donald Trump’s plan to build a f

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Art and Cinema, Dimitrije Popovic and Transmedia in Rendez-vous

Explore European culture in Rendez-vous

Cinema

'Gold' a throwback to the golden age of Hollywood

Matthew McConaughey confirms his flexibility in the role of a prospector desperate for a lucky break.

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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Chashma Ayub mausoleum

The Chashma Ayub mausoleum was built over a famous, ancient spring in Bukhara

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The best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the World

Aussie impressionists Impressionism is not the preserve of the French or indeed Europeans.

USA

Translating Trump: How the president's language may pose policy problems

Beyond the insults and inflammatory rhetoric Donald Trump's grammar may make understanding the presidency and policy harder in the future.

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Sustainable and hi-tech fashion at Berlin's Green and Ethical Fashion Show

Off the shoulder dresses, flower prints in varying colours.

France

Team USA takes gold at 'Chef Olympics' in France

Like a professional athlete winner Mathew Peters, trained five days a week, up to twelve hours a day for the gastronomic battle.