Slovenian artist on hunger strike to protest lack of arts funding and ‘bureaucratization of culture’
This is Miha Turšič, a Slovenian artist who today spent his 15th day on a hunger strike to...
“I don’t want to be here anymore.” – Bogota Taxi Driver Monologues
I stepped into the cab at the intersection of Carrera 10 and Calle 4, one of Bogota’s many blurred frontiers between civility and third...
Leaving Cali
There are three toilet stalls in the men’s room of Cali’s Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport’s international departures...
The Irresistible Creepiness Of Urs Fischer’s Lamp Bear
The first thing you’ll notice after clearing immigration in the recently-opened Hamad...
Memorial and protest for Tamir Rice, 12-year-old slain by police officer in Cleveland
Below are a dozen shots from a growing memorial for Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was holding a toy airsoft gun when he was shot by a...
Report: Shark Fin Demand Down in China; Fin Harvesting in Ecuador Revisited
When I was in Ecuador last year, I posted a brief summary of how a loophole in Ecuadoran law allowed fishermen to legally sell sharks that...
A Moroccan Pharmacy
That’s how my host Amine described the small herb and spice shop we stopped by earlier this...
The World’s Only Ronnie James Dio Memorial – a Seven Photo Gallery
Heavy metal music icon Ronnie James Dio would have been 72 today. I don’t think he could have imagined that a 250 kilogram likeness would...
The World’s Most Beautiful Cemeteries – Punta Arenas, Chile: a Tour in 19 Photos
About a year and a half ago, CNN correspondent Bruce Holmes came up with a list of 10 of the world’s most beautiful cemeteries....
