ceremony earlier this month. over 190 countries have laid out their stalls with our best cultural offerings. ——with their best cultural offerings. china's pavilion showcases robot pandas and electric cars, while saudi arabia's display boasts the world's largest interactive lighting floor. the organisers hope as many as 25 million people will come for a look around, with visitors having to show proof of vaccination, or a negative pcr test to get in. it's open for six months, ending on march 31. if your favourite bit of a convention is the food samples, the salon du chocolat in paris promises plenty of treats to satisfy even the sweetest of tooths. beginning on october 28, there's a dazzling confection of chocolate—themed events, including a chocolate fashion show with 100 chocolate dresses, chocolate stalls, chocolate competitions, and a reproduction of pablo picasso's guernica,