15 extraordinary discoveries of 2022
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN We may dream of winning the lottery, but what about finding a medieval-era wedding ring in your yard, or a Byzantine-era mosaic…
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Cultural review: From celebrity spectacle to art in conflict, here are the moments that shaped 2022
Fiona Sinclair Scott, Jacqui Palumbo, Leah Dolan and Oscar Holland, CNN If 2021 was a tentative return to in-person gatherings and social events,…
Continue ReadingThey met on a European sleeper train. They’ve been married for nearly 30 years
Francesca Street, CNN Katy Vernon and Randy Vanderwood first spotted one another on a crowded station platform. It was the summer of 1991. The two…
Continue ReadingFor almost 160 years, a Cézanne painting had a secret hidden beneath its surface
Oscar Holland, CNN Cincinnati Art Museum’s chief conservator Serena Urry was conducting a routine inspection of the institution’s prized…
Continue ReadingThe world’s top city destinations for 2022 are revealed
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN Europe has been winning the tourism game in 2022, says a new report by a UK-based market research company called —…
Continue ReadingAwe-inspiring photos of the world’s most remarkable football pitches
Catherine Shoichet, CNN British journalist Ryan Herman still remembers the first football ground he ever visited as a kid in 1978 — the sights, the…
Continue ReadingItalian castle, palace and village on sale for $2 million
Silvia Marchetti, CNN Ever dreamed of owning your own secret citadel in a beautiful region of Italy, wandering along its fortified walls like a…
Continue ReadingVisa wait times of over 2 years are keeping Indian travelers out of the US
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Chaitali Aggarwal had long dreamed of visiting New York from her home in the Indian capital, New Delhi. And so in 2020, she…
Continue ReadingThe trains that changed the way we travel in 2022
Julia Buckley, CNN Everyone loves a good train ride, and in 2022 the world did rail fanatics proud with new routes, new operators and a new need for…
Continue ReadingThese honeymooners got stuck on a cruise ship in 2020. Here’s why they went on a do-over
By Francesca Street, CNN It wasn’t the honeymoon they planned. Instead of exploring the South Pacific on the cruise of a lifetime, newlyweds…
Continue ReadingWhat does the first year of motherhood look like? For this photographer — and many other women — it was dark and complex
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In the weeks after photographer Rachel Papo gave birth to her son, Ilan, in the summer of 2013, she monitored herself. She…
Continue ReadingTwo sisters just reunited with the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane 23 years ago
CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay clasps her hands together, trying to keep her nerves in check. She’s been waiting for this day for…
Continue ReadingTwo sisters just reunited with the mystery woman who gave them $100 on a plane 23 years ago
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Ayda Zugay clasps her hands together, trying to keep her nerves in check. She’s been waiting for this day for…
Continue ReadingClumsy cub and smiling fish among Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards winning images
By Issy Ronald, CNN An image of a 3-month-old lion cub falling out of a tree has been named the overall winner of this year’s Comedy Wildlife…
Continue ReadingPalestinians relive the raw and painful history of al-Nakba in Netflix’s new film ‘Farha’
Alaa Elassar, CNN On a warm evening last week, Leila Giries sat in her California home, took a deep breath and pressed play on a film she says forced…
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian photographer’s love letter to his homeland
Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called “Dead Sea of Ukraine,” takes on a surreal,…
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian photographer’s love letter to his homeland
CNN, AFPTV, TWITTER, GOOGLE, DANIIL REVENKO, YOUTUBE, RAMINA ESHAKZAI, GETTY IMAGES, RUSSIAN LEGION Oscar Holland, CNN In a drone photograph by…
Continue ReadingThe tourist attractions you can’t visit in 2023
By Lilit Marcus, CNN It already looks like 2023 is going to be a year of “revenge travel,” with people who were cooped up during the…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Lensa, the AI portrait app all over social media
Zoe Sottile, CNN If you’ve logged on to any social media app this week, you’ve probably seen pictures of your friends, but re-imagined as…
Continue ReadingA portrait of America’s prison arts programs
Eva Rothenberg, CNN In photographer Peter Merts’ images of California’s Arts in Corrections program, a smiling man is pictured with an…
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