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A basin of plastic waste on her head, Jeanne Bopena places it on the scales.

Eating less often does more to improve the health and lifespan of rodents than simply eating less, a study said on Monday.

For South Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim, the music of Frederic Chopin is a way of life and competing in the world’s most prestigious event bearing the French-Polish composer’s name is a dream come true. She says the first piece by the 19th-century composer and piano virtuoso – who was born in 1810 and died in 1849 – that she learned to play as a child was his Minute Waltz.

Most people, even those with no apparent artistic talent or ability, have the urge to create something with their own hands at some point or another. It could be a souvenir, a personal token or a gift for a loved one.

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is carefully packing and crating eight pre-Angkorian antiquities from the National Museum to send to the US state of Ohio for an exhibition titled Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Tired of seeing the lush Amazon destroyed over many years, Brazilian street artist Mundano decided to let nature speak for itself: he painted a giant mural in Sao Paolo using ashes he collected from the scorched rainforest to raise awareness of climate change.

For South Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim, the music of Frederic Chopin is a way of life and competing in the world’s most prestigious event bearing the French-Polish composer’s name is a dream come true. She says the first piece by the 19th-century composer and piano virtuoso – who was born in 1810 and died in 1849 – that she learned to play as a child was his Minute Waltz.

Shogi, the Japanese chess variant known as the “game of generals”, is enjoying a wave of popularity in its homeland thanks to a gawky teenage prodigy with a rock-star following. Sota Fujii’s incredible success and quirky charm have made him a household name in Japan, dusting off the traditional board game’s musty image and taking it to a new audience.

For Asma, spending a day on the beach with her boyfriend was unthinkable until recently in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia.

Given that art is inherently subjective by nature it’s almost impossible to rate one piece as “better” than another because every artist uses different styles and techniques as they evolve their identity over time and comparisons between them are always apples to oranges.