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Six Billion Worlds
- Lebanon's missing thousands.
- Slavery: the conditions of Dubai's immigrant workers from South Asia.
- In Pictures: mining Argentina's sea of salt, high in the Andes.
- In Pictures: Nick Danziger's images of a mother's care for her disabled son in Glasgow.
- Lebanon's missing thousands.
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Don't look down
It's strange how many people think the world's tallest building is still the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which stand at 452m. It isn't: since as long ago as 2004 the world's tallest building has been Taipei 101 in Taiwan, standing at 509m. But three weeks ago the exterior of the Burj Dubai was completed, standing at a mind- ( Read more... ) -
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Today seems like a day to celebrate a world of wonders. Not only do we have the Large Hadron Collider taking us back to the first nanoseconds of the universe, but the current tallest man-made structure in the world on 10 September now stands at 688m, and still has 130m to go. Plenty more stunning photos from there, here. -
'Hotel View' Haikus
As the views from my hotel rooms usually reflect that 'mundane moment' rather well, this morning I thought it worth attempting ( a few Haikus... ) -
A few more 'Rooms with a View'
For bibliofile and anyone else who may share the quirk of taking photos of the view from their hotel rooms, ( here are a few more including an entirely ghoulish one from Kuwait )
