Lunar New Year celebrations welcome the Year of the Horse
BEIJING (AP) — Traditional prayers, fireworks and fairs marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday — alongside 21st-century…
Brazil Carnival street party do’s and don’ts: A survival kit from veterans to beginners
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is for the uninitiated an energetic spectacle of…
Man arrested for assaulting congressman at Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A man was arrested Friday night at a party during the Sundance Film…
The Adelaide Festival cited the Bondi shooting when scrapping Randa Abdel-Fattah’s appearance
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more…
Photos show Harbin ice festival in northern China
HARBIN, China (AP) — Sculptors converged over the weekend on the frigid northern Chinese city of Harbin for…
Harbin ice festival draws sculptors, spectators to northern China
HARBIN, China (AP) — Each January, an odd and beautiful thing happens in the frigid northeastern Chinese city…
Families of Bondi Beach victims demand more federal action
MELBOURNE, Australia — Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre that targeted a Jewish festival released an…
Photos show flour, eggs and firecrackers flying at Spain’s Els Enfarinats festival
IBI, Spain (AP) — Revelers take part in the Els Enfarinats festival, a battle using flour, eggs and…
Mourners gather at Bondi Beach to honor shooting victims
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered under tight police security at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on…
See Nepal’s living goddess leave her palace to bless throngs of worshipers
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Trishna Shakya, 8, looks imposing in her finery as she is carried high in…
Photos show Indians marking final day of Ganesh Chaturthi that ends with sea immersion
MUMBAI, India — Indians marked the final day of the Ganesh Chaturthi, a vibrant, 10-day Hindu festival celebrating…
Man found dead in pool of blood at Burning Man festival, authorities say
RENO, Nevada (AP) — A man found dead in a pool of blood is being investigated as a…