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Extreme vegetarian festival
Devotees celebrate the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, sharing the belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.
Trekkie convention
Star Trek fans break the record for the largest gathering of fans dressed as characters from the TV series.
Imaging religion: Navesh Chitrakar
Nepal-based photographer Navesh Chitrakar documents almost all the country's religious festivals. Full Article
Witnessing my generation’s gold rush
Within 50 miles there was still farmland but you couldn't travel a mile without seeing a new housing project going up, or new road being cut to an oil rig out in the middle of the corn or wheat fields. I was witnessing the gold rush of my generation.
Two Candidates… Smiles Apart
Both men have so far scored high marks as fearless debaters eloquently pointing out the glaring weaknesses and flaws hiding inside the “other” party’s ideologue with precise, intellectual arguments measuring up to the price of their Harvard University degrees.