Cult

Air Guitar World Championship 2017!

29 August 2017

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Tibetan yak racing

14 August 2017

Russia

'Military Olympics': Soldiers battle for medals

Fierce competition is underway in the 2017 International Army Games

6 August 2017

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia: thousands watch Mostar bridge-jumping contest

Bright sunshine provided an idyllic backdrop for the annual competition in Mostar's Old City.

31 July 2017

Culture news

[In pictures] Gallery has new contest in focus after selfie success

15 June 2017

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Coal carrying challenge

People of all shapes and sizes gathered outside the Royal Oak pub in Gawthorpe, in Yorkshire, England on Monday (April 17) to carry 50 kilograms of coal 1.

19 April 2017

France

US wins gold at Bocuse d'or: watch in 360°

The United States has won the prestigious Bocuse d’or cookery competition, considered by many as the Olympics of the food world.

27 January 2017

This Is Culture

Zimbabwe ready to crown its ugliest man in November

The ugliest man in Zimbabwe will be crowned on November 25 despite the difficulties in securing funds to sustain the pageant in the past years.

20 October 2016

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Homage to Hemingway

Over one-hundred people participated in the annual Ernest “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest in Key West, Florida on Saturday (July 23).

25 July 2016

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Tightrope Walking Tournament in China

The 3rd International Highline Tightrope Walking Tournament was held on Saturday in Xianju County of east China’s Zhejiang Province. Sixteen world

8 May 2016

World News

Hospital choir beats Justin Bieber and tops UK Christmas chart

Good karma: a London hospital choir tops the UK Christmas chart with a song whose proceeds will go to charities.

27 December 2015

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Spain takes Miss World crown

Spain has won this year’s Miss World beauty contest which took place in the Chinese city of Sanya on Saturday. Mireia Lalaguna Royo’s victory was

21 December 2015

China

Spain takes Miss World crown

Spain has won this year’s Miss World beauty contest which took place in the Chinese city of Sanya on Saturday. Mireia Lalaguna Royo’s victory was

19 December 2015

Sport

Runners compete in vertical race in Shanghai

Shanghai’s 57-storey International Finance Center was the unlikely location for a race that brought together runners from across the globe

25 October 2015

World News

International landscape photo contest 2015 winners announced

More than 2,600 entrants submitted entries to the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Organisers say the best 101 images

8 September 2015

Sport

World Tango Festival and Championship kicks off in Buenos Aires

Salon tango dancers from around the world showed off their skills in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (August 18) as part of the World Tango Festival and

19 August 2015

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Germany wins the 14th European Championship of Forestry Skills

25 May 2015

United Kingdom

Miss South Africa is crowned Miss World 2014

Twenty-two year-old Rolene Strauss from South Africa has won this year’s Miss World title. There were the usual tears of joy and surprise as the

15 December 2014

Europe

Eurovision: Songs, Scandals and Sequins

9 May 2013

Europe

Bonus interview: David Goodman, Eurovision Song Contest expert

9 May 2013