Graveyard Giggles
Death
You usually go to the cemetery to shed a tear, but in Romania you go to have a good laugh.
THEY COME TO RAISE THE DEAD
Death
The 'Association of The Dead' in Uttar Pradesh, India, is a group of men trying to come back to life. But not in the way you'd imagine.
Beware the Raisin
Beijing
@kiziZZZZ: "Now each time when I eat outside or have snacks, I cannot help imagining that I am eating chemicals, and gutter oil, and various filthy pictures fill my mind. And yet with a sigh, I continue to eat".
Disappearing Islands and Buried Treasure
The Sea
The ephemeral island of Ferdinandea is claimed by four nations, and only appears above the surface of the sea every hundred years.
The End of Pretend
Apocalypse
The modern age is foundering on the paradox of too much magic, too many layers of complexity heaped up at too great a scale. At the heart of this literal engine of progress has been fossil fuel: coal, oil, gas, with a side dish of nuclear power.
Maya Pedal
Sports
Bike-blenders, bike-grinders, bike-water pumps, bike-washing machines invented by descendants of the ancient Mayans, in the Guatemalan village of San Andrés Itzapa.