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The white dome of the US Capitol shines through the night, illuminating a small group huddled down the hill, bundled tightly against the winter cold and carrying long-lens cameras and binoculars.

One evening last month at an art gallery in the capital, those attending arrived and saw a wall filled with photos and pictures – both film prints and paintings – combined together in an undeniably creative and stunning presentation that conveyed a sense of many different cultures and religions overlapping.

A Roman villa housing the only mural by Caravaggio and at the centre of a legal battle between a former Playboy model and the sons of her late husband, an Italian prince, will go up for auction on January 18.

The eyes of the region are on Cambodia from January 16-22, as Sihanoukville hosts the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 – Southeast Asia’s largest tourism trade event.

Doel has a reputation as Belgium’s best-known ghost town. But its few inhabitants – today numbering just 21 – now see a glimmer of hope of their village bouncing back to life.

Ecuador created a massive new marine reserve on January 14 north of its Galapagos islands, forming a Pacific corridor up to Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park to preserve species of migratory fauna, such as sharks.

There must have been something in the water in 1972 – there almost certainly was for these guys.

With Sokha Beach Resort the location for the 40th ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022 from January 16-22, the five-star luxury holiday destination will be helping put Sihanoukville on the map regionally and to the world.

Independence Hotel by Dara general manager Eap Boun Kean is extending the iconic resort’s famously warm welcome, with the “Grande Dame” the ideal escape from the rigours of modern living to unwind in delightful and tranquil surroundings.

Kadi Ben Wahab, 15, puffs out his chest and poses for a photo with several friends, before setting off to hunt cats in northern Mali’s Timbuktu. As part of an age-old tradition in the city, in the desert north of the troubled Sahel state, Kadi and his band of hunters hit the streets after dark in order to trap, skin and cook cats.