Author: Newslook

A time-lapse shows devotees taking part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Video provided by AFP – English

Barbecued field rats are not everybody’s idea of a tasty treat, but in Cambodia’s rural Battambang province they are popular as a cheap, quick snack.

Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo next year, but many in the growing scene in China’s mega-city of Shanghai complain that they have few places to go and are looked down upon as trouble-makers.

Almost 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims took part in the “stoning of the devil” ritual on Sunday – the last major ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Three masked youngsters from Hong Kong’s anti-government movement took the unusual step of holding a press conference to demand democracy, condemn pro-Beijing leaders.

At a festival in rural Serbia, retired construction worker Zoran Lazarevic is crowned the king of facial hair with his 140cm-long white mustache.

Egypt is restoring the gilded, gold-plated outer coffin of Tutankhamun for the first time since the ancient king’s tomb was discovered in 1922.

Brazilian prison authorities catch an inmate trying to escape prison dressed up as his teenage daughter, including a mask, a bra and wig.

Anti-government protesters in Hong Kong hold a mass rally as they face down increasingly stern warnings from China over weeks of unrest that have plunged the city into crisis. Video provided by AFP – English

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