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Choi Soon-hwa strikes a pose during rehearsals for Miss Universe Korea, on September 27, 2024.
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Forget the naked dress, Kendall Jenner makes the case for underwear as outerwear
Los Angeles, CA - August 14: Artist Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, 95, poses for a photo while having her first museum survey exhibition "The Finest Regard", which consists of ceramics, paintings and drawings made by the Venezuela-born artist at LACMA in Los Angeles Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Why this mischievous 95-year-old is messing with Mickey Mouse
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Huge diamond necklace worn at two British coronations goes on sale
'Porcelaine Cube' by artist Ai Weiwei is pictured after being destroyed by a man during the opening exhibition, in Bologna, Italy, on September 20, 2024.
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Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at Italy art show opening
HN9D2Y Douglas Ginsburg (far left) and Jeff Tarr (second from left), of Operation Match, the first computer dating service.
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The 1960s computer dating service that changed matchmaking forever
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These unrealized buildings would have transformed skylines
A model walks the runway during the Ester Manas Womenswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on February 27, 2024 in Paris, France.
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Skinny is back, says this French label. And its founders are not happy about it

Arts

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These hyperreal drawings of trucks look just like photographs – and take up to 500 hours to make
US to return a trove of nearly 300 history-spanning antiquities to India
Rare Magritte painting could fetch a record $95 million at New York auction
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‘I’m amazed I lived to tell the tale’: Award-winning photographer on a life spent in the wild
Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an enduring superstition
New sculpture of late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – plus corgis – divides opinion
Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art attends the MoMA Exhibition Opening Reception: "ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN" at Museum of Modern Art on September 07, 2023 in New York City.
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Glenn Lowry, director of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, to step down after 30 years
A portrait found in a Maine attic unexpectedly sold for $1.4M. Could it be a long-lost Rembrandt?
An artist made scathing sculptures of Mao over a decade ago. Now, he’s detained for slandering China’s heroes, family says

Architecture

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Queen Victoria’s favorite Tuscan villa for sale for more than $55 million
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Dubai’s Burj Azizi tower to become world’s second tallest building.
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Dubai is home to world’s tallest skyscraper. Now it’s building the second-tallest, too
Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as <a href="https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital" target="_blank" target="_blank">6.5 million residents</a>. The government says its goal is to bring relief to overcrowded Cairo, but critics believe it is diverting resources from other needs.
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Hydrogen-powered skyscraper set for Egypt’s new capital
The building and construction sector accounts for almost 40% of global emissions. As architects look to lower its carbon footprint, they are increasingly looking to build with mass timber – thick, compressed, multilayered panels of solid wood. Vancouver-based studio Michael Green Architects (MGA) recently released its design for a 55-story tower (shown here in a rendering) in the US city of Milwaukee. Made principally from mass timber and reaching approximately 600 feet (182 meters), the wooden skyscraper would hold the title as the world’s tallest timber tower.
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This city is developing the world’s tallest timber tower, again
Aug 29, 2024
Is it possible to build cities that are resilient to earthquakes and flooding? Architecture firm Foster + Partners hope to do just that with their masterplan for the city of Antakya, in southeastern Turkey (pictured here in a rendering).
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An earthquake ravaged this city ‘beyond imagination.’ Now it’s being rebuilt to withstand any natural disaster
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Operating theaters, bowling alleys and home cinemas: Not happy with safe rooms, the super-rich are building luxury fortresses
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Fashion

MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 21: Madonna is seen departing the Dolce & Gabbana after party on September 21, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Celebrity-packed front rows, a surprise drop-in from Madonna and an ‘anything goes’ attitude: Milan Fashion Week highlights
LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: Rihanna arriving at Selfridges for her Fenty Hair launch party on September 16, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/GC Images)
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Look of the Week: Rihanna’s fluffy bathrobe
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On its 40th anniversary, London Fashion Week has plenty to celebrate
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Costuming an icon: How the Beetlejuice wardrobe got a modern upgrade
Anna Sawai poses for a Red Carpet portrait at the 76th Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services)
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‘Shōgun’ led the Emmys — and its red carpet
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 15: Dan Levy attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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Men had the most fun on the Emmys red carpet
LOS ANGELES, CA - September 15, 2024 - Ayo Edebiri arriving at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on Sunday, September 15, 2024 (Myung J. Chun/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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Best red carpet looks from the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 09: Ella Emhoff walks the runway at the Coach fashion show during the September 2024 New York Fashion Week on September 09, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
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New York Fashion Week: Highlights from the Spring-Summer 2025 runways

Design

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Republicans are red and Democrats blue. But it wasn’t always that way
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New York City is one step closer to getting its long-awaited floating East River pool
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How this ‘off-putting’ color shaded the internet and beyond
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Marathon-winning ‘spray-on’ running shoes could shake up Olympics
The Phryge, Paris 2024 Paralympics mascot, poses during a presentation to the press of the Paris 2024 podium on the Trocadero Parvis des Droits de l'Homme (Human Rights square) in front of the Eiffel Tower on May 23, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fun or frightening? A brief history of Olympic mascot design

Beauty

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Losing my sight as a child took away my self confidence. Makeup gave me it back
Krystyna Pyszková (C) and 7 contestants at the Miss World Grand Finale on March 9, 2024 Mumbai, India.
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Woman challenges rules banning mothers from Miss America and Miss World pageants
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
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D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai’s bold Emmys statement highlights missing and murdered Indigenous women
ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Chappell Roan attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
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‘It’s not meant to look classically beautiful’: Chappell Roan’s makeup artist breaks down her VMAs look
Chidimma Adetshina, the winner of the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024, reacts during the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 held at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre on August 31, 2024.
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Beauty queen at center of South Africa xenophobia spat crowned Miss Universe Nigeria
Pamela Anderson walking on the red carpet at the 2024 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala celebrating the opening of the exhibition titled Sleeping Beauties Reawakening Fashion held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
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Thin eyebrows are back, but should they be?
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 28: Dove Camerson attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global)<br /><br /><br />NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 06: Cardi B attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)<br /><br /><br />LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Florence Pugh attends the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two" in London's Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
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The creatives pushing nail art to sculptural new lengths
Elizabeth Banks as “Hope Goldman” in the thriller, SKINCARE, an IFC Films release.
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A celebrity facialist’s murder-for-hire case was worthy of a Hollywood thriller. Now it is one

Luxury

Vicken Yegparian, vice president of numismatics, Stack's Bowers Galleries, holds a golden coin once belonging to the collection of Danish king, Frederik VII, now part of L. E. Bruun's collection, in Zealand, Denmark, May 7, 2024.
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A tycoon collector forbade anyone from selling his coins for 100 years. A century on, the first set just fetched $16.5M
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A forgotten gemstone that reigned during the Victorian era comes back into focus
Part of an 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution is shown at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 5, 2024.
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Long-lost copy of the US Constitution, found in North Carolina filing cabinet, heads to auction
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Pharrell’s Joopiter puts on sale of K-pop star G-Dragon’s prized possessions
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Iconic Babe Ruth jersey sells for record $24 million
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Huge 2,492-carat diamond, believed to be world’s second-largest, unearthed in Botswana
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Photography

Wall running is part of the training regimen of young practitioners learning martial arts at a training institute in China. This photo, provided courtesy of Magnum Photos, was taken at Shaolin Academy, Henan Province, China in 2004.
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China’s Shaolin monks are known for their incredible acrobatics. This photographer captured them in action
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Life in limbo: Photographer documents ‘Kafka-esque’ migrant experience
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This photo of male intimacy in 1980s India was more subversive than it seems
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