Asia
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The Nahoum and Sons bakery is one of the last vestige’s of Kolkata’s Jewish heritage – but it still attracts the odd very important patron
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Drain covers mark the entrances to underground tunnels and shafts that shift utilities around the urban environment. While most are plain and functional, many cities add a touch of local flair to brighten up the streets beneath our feet
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Cloaked in creepers, the captivating ghost village of Houtouwan, on the tiny island of Shengshan, east of Shanghai, now finds itself repopulated by a regular influx of tourists who come to photograph it
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Just a decade after six European-style towns were built to absorb Shanghai’s increasing population, China’s slowing economy has left them mostly deserted. James Bollen’s images record the failure of these deserted copycat boroughs
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The Vattanac Capital tower – the tallest building in one of the world’s poorest countries – has an occupancy rate below 30%. Customers at its high-end boutiques are likely to be ‘excellencies’, members of Cambodia’s ultra-rich elite of business tycoons and MPs. So, what is the point of such a building?
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The ghost town of Pripyat, near Chernobyl, and derelict sites around Europe and central Asia became evocative locations for urban explorer David de Rueda on a six-week tour discovering hidden relics of the recent past – as part of Nikon’s Project Spotlight: Abandoned Places
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When the green enclave of Dadar was threatened with the arrival of street hawkers, Mumbai’s proud Parsi community staged its first protest in memory – and now the plan has been withdrawn, to the relief of many in the city
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Cambodia’s Kampot pepper is among the world’s best but it was nearly lost forever under the Khmer Rouge regime. Luckily a few farmers kept their cultivation skills alive and today there is demand from across the world
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A short break on tropical Gaya island is a dream for snorkellers and conservationists alike – but just beware of the monkeys
The Way I See It Following the Volga – Thom Wheeler's journey through 500 years of Russian history